Hey Bruce. I thought the Subaru Outback 3 litre H6 total towing capacity
was 2,000 pounds.
I have one with a class 2 hitch, and was contemplating towing my 1500 midget
to a rally up here with a tow dolly.
I figured the total weight would be around 2,300 pounds (or 15% over the
limit of the car and hitch).
Should I just give it up and drive it there? It's probably 250-300 miles.
Kinda far in a Midget.
Mike
'78 Midget
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Mansell [mailto:bruce@rapidmachinery.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 10:04 PM
To: Wm. Severin Thompson; Team-Thicko@Autox.Team.Net
Cc: Vintage-Race
Subject: Re: hard to believe, but I learned somethin
Hi from Australia,
I'm amazed at the high tongue weights you seem to be accepting as normal. We
have a rule of thumb for single axle trailers at about 10% of the gross
trailer mass. Are we missing something here?
My all aluminium trailers have independant suspension with ALKO rubber
suspension axles and weigh in the 650 -700 lb range unladen. they carry a
Healey 3000 with ease or any smaller car. We aim for about 200 lbs on the
tow ball laden. With electric brakes towing is a breeze even behind low
powered Toyota light pick up of only two litres. The Subaru Outback 3 litre
of the boss does it even better when she lets me borrow it!
Cheers,
Bruce Mansell.
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