OP
OP
- Thread starter
- #46
I guess I should check if my trailers bumper is magnetic or not before I buy one.
Sponsored
Sponsored
- Joined
- May 26, 2025
- Threads
- 28
- Messages
- 1,078
- Reaction score
- 1,478
- Location
- Niagara Region, ON
- Vehicle(s)
- 2025 Lariat Hyb AWD 4K, '25 Escape PHEV, Versa, T&C
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
True, if the brochure is boasting of it's lightweight aluminum frame your chances of a magnetic bumper are slender. But it might stick on the top of the plate holder... though also you can get a clamp on hitch mount and stick it to that if you really want. I have a spare tire carrier like that salvaged off an older trailer that might fit the bill if I needed.
- First Name
- Reggie
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2025
- Threads
- 3
- Messages
- 66
- Reaction score
- 59
- Location
- NW Washington
- Vehicle(s)
- Maverick
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
I bought them on Amazon.
Fit System 3891 Deluxe Universal Clip-on Trailer Towing Mirror
They work great.
Blue 316 - do you have the 360 camera? The strap on mirrors we used are barely usable.
Sponsored
OP
OP
- Thread starter
- #51
Thanks! Just ordered them. I think between those and the wireless rear view camera https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWK8P5B...F37IPTFBN&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1
I will be good!
Last edited:
Nice to hear you have a bumper.
Wish I did.
- First Name
- Mario
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2025
- Threads
- 9
- Messages
- 405
- Reaction score
- 618
- Location
- South East Texas
- Vehicle(s)
- Jeep Wrangler, Honda Africa Twin, TW200, 2025 XL Hybrid, AWD, 4K
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
900 lbs in my bed too. The trailer was not pushing down that hard.
[/QUOTE]
Looks like you need some airbags and doing the math you might be overloaded as well unless there was just one person in the vehicle and nothing else. With just the tongue weight and 900 lbs we are looking at a minimum of 1200 lbs coming off the payload right there. Mine is 1380 which would leave me only 180 lbs left.
[/QUOTE]
Looks like you need some airbags and doing the math you might be overloaded as well unless there was just one person in the vehicle and nothing else. With just the tongue weight and 900 lbs we are looking at a minimum of 1200 lbs coming off the payload right there. Mine is 1380 which would leave me only 180 lbs left.
Do you leave it on all the time or just push the button when you want to see behind you? I can see leaving it on forever and putting it down low so I can just look down and see behind me.
OP
OP
- Thread starter
- #55
This is the one I'm going with. It has an option to stay on forever. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWK8P5B...FBN&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1
Sponsored
You do not need a new hitch but a trailer jack that pivots 90° while attached to your truck.....
Easier first step: try putting the ball holder in upside down. If you have a slight drop, make it a slight rise.You do not need a new hitch but a trailer jack that pivots 90° while attached to your truck.....
Good luck
Last edited:
When towing in stop n go, slow n go heavy traffic, Eco Mode for the win.
Tow mode will waste gas.
Normal or Eco will save gas.
You can pull at slow speeds in EV mode.
I had about 16 miles of stop n go.
Got 30+ MPG towing this 3,000 lb beast in that section on flat highway.
With 42 additional miles at 58 MPH I net 24.0 MPG for the whole trip.
Tow mode will waste gas.
Normal or Eco will save gas.
You can pull at slow speeds in EV mode.
I had about 16 miles of stop n go.
Got 30+ MPG towing this 3,000 lb beast in that section on flat highway.
With 42 additional miles at 58 MPH I net 24.0 MPG for the whole trip.
Thanks for mentioning that! I am really looking into one of those now, too. It can just fit a small race car that I can take to tracks. The wet bath should work just fine if I sit down to shower and there are models with a rear door deck kit and awning for some shade. My old truck would probably get me single digit mpg towing something like that, so if my '25 Lariat Hybrid can get me 15 mpg or better, I would be coming out way ahead on towing costs.
Sponsored
Similar threads
