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Hello to All I am new here
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:27 am
by fenwayfan
Hi everyone I'm new here and have a question about my Vibe. I just bought a pop up camper that weighs 1585 and a tounge weight of 235Can I pull it within 100 miles on relatively flat land with no major hills?Please say yes. My wife and I love our 07 vibe and love the oudoorsas well. We live in upstate NY about 30 miles north of Syracuse. She has 3 kids form her first husband and we have one of our oun. 21,19 15 and ours is almost 3 Thanks for any info and i look forward to being a part of the genvibe gang!!!!
Re: Hello to All I am new here (fenwayfan)
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:34 am
by BlueCrush
Quote, originally posted by fenwayfan »Hi everyone I'm new here and have a question about my Vibe. I just bought a pop up camper that weighs 1585 and a tounge weight of 235Can I pull it within 100 miles on relatively flat land with no major hills?Please say yes. My wife and I love our 07 vibe and love the oudoorsas well. We live in upstate NY about 30 miles north of Syracuse. She has 3 kids form her first husband and we have one of our oun. 21,19 15 and ours is almost 3 Thanks for any info and i look forward to being a part of the genvibe gang!!!!Welcome to GenVibe! Under 1500lbs is recommended but I think you could get away with 1585lbs if you take it easy (which I'm sure you would). If you have an automatic transmission I would highly recommend a tranny cooler.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:39 am
by wyatt89
Make sure that if it's an automatic to turn the overdrive off or you will have one toasty tranny...
Re: Hello to All I am new here (BlueCrush)
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:39 am
by Digger
I agree and would pull it with the O.D. off unless real flat and no shifting back and forth.
Re: Hello to All I am new here (Digger)
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:53 am
by 808 Vibes
Welcome to the family
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:56 am
by sk8r78
Towing capacity is 1500, so that extra 85 probably isn't gonna be an issue. Wether or not you have an auto tranny, keeping it out of overdrive while towing, I would say you shouldn't have any problems. I'm sure, loaded up with the gear and some of the clan you will feel it. Getting a trans cooler will be something you should seriously consider. Here is something you may be interested inhttp://
www.onlinesports.com/pa...0-TOY which is also available for the vibe. Not as a replacement, for the camper but additional space, for a larger group.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:36 pm
by Mariachi
Welcome to the fam.
Re: Hello to All I am new here (fenwayfan)
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:21 pm
by RIT
i hope you're going in 2 cars ! The passenger loading combined with the trailer would probably be a no-no, but the trailer by itself should be OK, marginally.