Hello -
(first of all - thanks for the great site - very helpful)
I am ready to purchase my next vehicle - I own a 1992 Accord and a 1983 Accord prior to that. I have wanted a truck for years and prior to the Ridgeline, I was ready to buy a double cab tundra.
I still may need to buy the Tundra if i can't tow my boat with the Ridgeline. SOOOOO - here is the question - can I pull it off?
Let me give exact details. I have read a bunch of the posts in this site (awesome site by the way!!!!!!!) and I have read some of the technical language, but still leaves me confused so let me give you my exact specificications. All help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a 2004 Malibu RLXI (ski boat). It weighs 2800 lbs. The tandom axel trailer weighs 1300lbs. I called the trailer company and they said it had a tongue weight of 350lbs to 425lbs depending on the load in the boat. Gas weighs about 250 lbs with full tank.
Add myself, wife and kids into the weight of the vehicle (extra 500lbs).
So where does that put me? Can I pull this off and if so - by how much? I have read other threads of people pulling 3500lbs okay and doing well on hills, excelleration, etc. However, the way I am adding all this up, this will put me at 2800lbs + 1300lbs + 250lbs (total of 4350lbs for trailer) plus RL and passengers.
From reading other posts, i'm not sure if i have to actually add the tongue weight to the total (and if so - why?). So based on all my numbers given - what is the ACTUAL TOWING LOAD of my boat?
Also, since i will be pushing the towing capacity to the limit - will this end up dropping the back end of the RL significantly? I noticed that the RL doesn't have load levelers.
THIS IS THE MAKE IT OR BREAK IT ISSUE FOR ME. I really would like to buy the RL, but if I can't tow my boat - then I'm afraid I'll have to go with the Tundra (not a bad option - but the RL has some incredible feature - plus - it's a HONDA!!!!!)
thanks for all the help,
Future RTL RL owner.
(first of all - thanks for the great site - very helpful)
I am ready to purchase my next vehicle - I own a 1992 Accord and a 1983 Accord prior to that. I have wanted a truck for years and prior to the Ridgeline, I was ready to buy a double cab tundra.
I still may need to buy the Tundra if i can't tow my boat with the Ridgeline. SOOOOO - here is the question - can I pull it off?
Let me give exact details. I have read a bunch of the posts in this site (awesome site by the way!!!!!!!) and I have read some of the technical language, but still leaves me confused so let me give you my exact specificications. All help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a 2004 Malibu RLXI (ski boat). It weighs 2800 lbs. The tandom axel trailer weighs 1300lbs. I called the trailer company and they said it had a tongue weight of 350lbs to 425lbs depending on the load in the boat. Gas weighs about 250 lbs with full tank.
Add myself, wife and kids into the weight of the vehicle (extra 500lbs).
So where does that put me? Can I pull this off and if so - by how much? I have read other threads of people pulling 3500lbs okay and doing well on hills, excelleration, etc. However, the way I am adding all this up, this will put me at 2800lbs + 1300lbs + 250lbs (total of 4350lbs for trailer) plus RL and passengers.
From reading other posts, i'm not sure if i have to actually add the tongue weight to the total (and if so - why?). So based on all my numbers given - what is the ACTUAL TOWING LOAD of my boat?
Also, since i will be pushing the towing capacity to the limit - will this end up dropping the back end of the RL significantly? I noticed that the RL doesn't have load levelers.
THIS IS THE MAKE IT OR BREAK IT ISSUE FOR ME. I really would like to buy the RL, but if I can't tow my boat - then I'm afraid I'll have to go with the Tundra (not a bad option - but the RL has some incredible feature - plus - it's a HONDA!!!!!)
thanks for all the help,
Future RTL RL owner.