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Mine pulls fine. You’ll feel a bit of wind push from 18 wheelers but it’s fine. I don’t go over 65. I have a Rhino hitch and heavy style WDH with a nice brake controller. No mirrors or back up cam
Also, I just pulled an older heavier TT from Kentucky to Georgia with no problem.
I have a 2015 LR4 and I tow a 2020 Grand design Imagine XLS 23BHE so I’m shorter than you and I’m at around 6,000lbs loaded for a trip. My tongue weight is around 600lbs depending on how I load things. I can tell you that I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable towing anything larger than what I have. Stopping it’s totally fine. Power on the flats is fine but going over mountain passes is slow going.
I’m not using a weight distribution hitch but I’m exploring the option as my rear axle weight is at 4,400lbs when towing. That’s over the axle rating. I had my two small boys (3 and 6) in the back seats and really not much gear in the cargo area.
nice rig! That seems really odd you are over the real axel considering we have a 1300 lb payload and only a 600 lb hitch weight? Any ideas why?
This setup is very similar to what I am looking to run --- actually this model is on my short list!
nice rig! That seems really odd you are over the real axel considering we have a 1300 lb payload and only a 600 lb hitch weight? Any ideas why?
This setup is very similar to what I am looking to run --- actually this model is on my short list!
Not sure why. I plan to run over to a Cat Scale soon and weigh just the LR4 and see what my front/rear axle weights are with no trailer. Then I'll hook up the trailer and get it with the trailer. My one thought could be that the Cat scale I initially weighed at was potentially off. I have a different Cat scale about 30min from my house and will try that one.
I towed my Audi (w/trailer, roughly same weight as yours) 900 miles with almost no issue. If I went over 70 mph, I would experience some squirlyness in the back end. Even stock brakes were adequate. Other than that, towed like no other mid-sized SUV on earth!
Not sure why. I plan to run over to a Cat Scale soon and weigh just the LR4 and see what my front/rear axle weights are with no trailer. Then I'll hook up the trailer and get it with the trailer. My one thought could be that the Cat scale I initially weighed at was potentially off. I have a different Cat scale about 30min from my house and will try that one.
a quick update on this...I weight my 2015 LR4 at a new Cat scale while on a trip with the family. We had a full tank of gas, myself, my wife, two boys (3 & 6) in the rear seat and then 4 small duffel bags and the kids bikes in the cargo area. Rear axle weight was 3380. So with a rear axle limit of 4,090 I have 710lbs to spare. So with a hitch weight of 600/650 I should be fine. I’ll have to hook up the trailer and weigh again to see if I’m within the limit.
given that we were loaded about the same as before and my weighsafe hitch showing between 600/650lbs I don’t understand how my other scale reading showed 4,400lbs on the rear axle. We should have been well under that. Either the other Cat scale is off or my weighsafe hitch is off.
My towing vehicle was a '13 LR4 (V8). I was towing a '16 Audi S4. Didn't get individual axle weight but total weight ticket of both vehicles was 11,980 lbs.
I have a 2015 LR4 and I tow a 2020 Grand design Imagine XLS 23BHE so I’m shorter than you and I’m at around 6,000lbs loaded for a trip. My tongue weight is around 600lbs depending on how I load things. I can tell you that I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable towing anything larger than what I have. Stopping it’s totally fine. Power on the flats is fine but going over mountain passes is slow going.
I’m not using a weight distribution hitch but I’m exploring the option as my rear axle weight is at 4,400lbs when towing. That’s over the axle rating. I had my two small boys (3 and 6) in the back seats and really not much gear in the cargo area.
have you changed anything since this last post? Looking to tow GD 22mle WITH MY 2015 LR4
11-05-2020, 01:25 AM
