Ridgeline as Towing Vehicle

[herman]

I have a 2008 rl and tow a 5200lbs boat with trailer 2 axle the total weight is 5200lbs and the reason I bought the ridgeline is because I said to Honda I will need to tow my boat first and then if it works I'll buy it, they didn't want to do it at first so I said If youguys want to be a part of the big 4 you better build a truck that can tow so I used the truck for a week-end and drove the sh*t out of it and yes the little 4 wheel drive minivan pulled the boat and gained speed from stop to 100 kph quicker then my last truck Ford f-250 superduty diesel and better fuel milage too. As long as you stay around 90kph so I went to a different dealer and purchased a Ridgeline (LOL)
So yes Love it, I bought the f250 just for the boat but after the climb in fuel prices and the actual amount of time I tow with truck it's about 5 hours a month for 3 months so 15 hours, So why do I need a 3/4 ton pick up for the rest of the year? Yes you'll be fine with 2000lbs
Good luck.

[# 1 hondaman]

Originally Posted by herman

I have a 2008 rl and tow a 5200lbs boat with trailer 2 axle the total weight is 5200lbs and the reason I bought the ridgeline is because I said to Honda I will need to tow my boat first and then if it works I'll buy it, they didn't want to do it at first so I said If youguys want to be a part of the big 4 you better build a truck that can tow so I used the truck for a week-end and drove the sh*t out of it and yes the little 4 wheel drive minivan pulled the boat and gained speed from stop to 100 kph quicker then my last truck Ford f-250 superduty diesel and better fuel milage too. As long as you stay around 90kph so I went to a different dealer and purchased a Ridgeline (LOL)
So yes Love it, I bought the f250 just for the boat but after the climb in fuel prices and the actual amount of time I tow with truck it's about 5 hours a month for 3 months so 15 hours, So why do I need a 3/4 ton pick up for the rest of the year? Yes you'll be fine with 2000lbs
Good luck.

I bought an 08 rtx to pull my coachman captiva. I have just started to pull and the trans seams to be working hard to pull just over 5000 pounds. Has anyone been pulling 5000 pounds for any amount of time?

[TeamRidgeline]

around 4500 lbs enclosed here, plus a loaded truck, tow 75+ mph, always leave it in OD, up to 9000 ft altitude and hold WOT steep grades

2007 RTL (new 11/2006) with 52,000 miles

change the trans/diff lube every 15000 miles