What size trailer?

[eolesen]

We're picking up a new 700-4 next week...

I've read here that a 5x8 is too small because of the width. Would a 6x10 be enough trailer to balance 60/40 or should I be looking for a 6x12?

 

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[NTCPrezJB]

We're picking up a new 700-4 next week...

I've read here that a 5x8 is too small because of the width. Would a 6x10 be enough trailer to balance 60/40 or should I be looking for a 6x12?

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I believe 6x10 fits but not much room to adjust your tongue weight. You’re also not really taking any extra gear with you on the trailer. If you’re buying one and you have the room to store the 12’ then I’d say that is the better choice. Not often someone says I wish I bought a smaller trailer.

 

[Remington]

We're picking up a new 700-4 next week...

I've read here that a 5x8 is too small because of the width. Would a 6x10 be enough trailer to balance 60/40 or should I be looking for a 6x12?

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6x10 is minamal I would get.

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[eolesen]

Thanks, 6x10 is what I thought, but really wish I could manage to make it work with 5x8 because then we could try to tow it with my wife's CRV. That would be about 100 to 150 lb over the published max for the CRV, but then we could take the trailer and the 700 when we go places.

We have a 29 ft bumper pull trailer, and something tells me that trying to get a 1700 lb load on the back of that and doing a double tow will really be pushing limits.

 

[bartruff]

I have a 7x16 tilt dual axel trailer because my 700 Pioneer has Camso Snow Tracks and a snow push blade that makes it a foot or so wider and a couple feet longer and about 350 pounds heavier ......a 14' tilt trailer would have worked but the 16' will also haul a car and was $6500 .... only a couple thousand more than the 14' tilt I was considering. I need a car hauler and did not want two trailers to store.

Size matters.... but the downside of a larger tailer is that it is difficult to maneuver by hand even with a dolly...... aluminum solves a lot the weight problems but at a cost that I am not willing to pay.

 

[WagginTail]

Maybe you could get a trailer made from aluminum?

 

[Remington]

Thanks, 6x10 is what I thought, but really wish I could manage to make it work with 5x8 because then we could try to tow it with my wife's CRV. That would be about $100 to 150 lb over the published max for the CRV, but then we could take the trailer and the 700 when we go places.

We have a 29 ft bumper pull trailer, and something tells me that trying to get a 1700 lb load on the back of that and doing a double tow will really be pushing limits.

All this with a CRV! Your crazy!
Dont you have a truck of some sort?
Also, never tow something to your max towing, always tow under it or youll be replacing something sooner than later

 

[Remington]

We have a 29 ft bumper pull trailer, and something tells me that trying to get a 1700 lb load on the back of that and doing a double tow will really be pushing limits.

Cant do that either! Not with a travel trailer. With a 5th wheel yes in some states but I wouldnt. Chexk with your state regs.
But deff not with a CRV

 

[HBarlow]

This is a disaster waiting to happen. Towing a 29' travel trailer with a Honda CR/V might work to move a trailer a short distance at very low speeds but it would be a classic case of the tail wagging the dog.

Adding a small utility trailer with a SxS behind the travel trailer would be illegal in most jurisdictions and a very foolish and dangerous thing to do.

If you insist on doing such a thing please leave your family at home.

 

[Jankyeye]

This is a 7x10 aluminum. Weighs 650lbs and is rated for 2300lb load. If I were using a CRV I would be looking for something with brakes.

 

[WagginTail]

This is a disaster waiting to happen. Towing a 29' travel trailer with a Honda CR/V might work to move a trailer a short distance at very low speeds but it would be a classic case of the tail wagging the dog.

Adding a small utility trailer with a SxS behind the travel trailer would be illegal in most jurisdictions and a very foolish and dangerous thing to do.

If you insist on doing such a thing please leave your family at home.

Could be wrong but I think he just wants to tow the pioneer with the CRV. I'm thinking he has a different tow vehicle for the travel trailer

 

[HBarlow]

This is a 7x10 aluminum. Weighs 650lbs and is rated for 2300lb load. If I were using a CRV I would be looking for something with brakes.

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. . . and a proper weight distributing hitch to carry the tongue weight.

 

[JenElio]

🤔.....I don't think you guys understand, it all depends on how big a tire he run on that CRV. If he's towing a 29' bumper pull with stockers imagine what he could pull with 35s..........😬

 

[Backwoods]

When I had my 700 a 10ft would have been a pain. Go 12 or even 14 if you want to carry stuff besides the buggy on it

 

[Backwoods]

All this with a CRV! Your crazy!
Dont you have a truck of some sort?
Also, never tow something to your max towing, always tow under it or youll be replacing something sooner than later

^^^^This^^^^

 

[eolesen]

Uh.... I've been towing for 20 years.....

I never said I was towing the camper with a CRV. I said I was trying to avoid a double tow by using the CRV to pull the SxS.

The max towing as published is conservative on paper, and being over by 20% isn't automatically a deathmobile.

1850 lbs with brakes and spring bars would be manageable, but too much length would be the tail wagging the dog.

 

[Scoop]

This is a disaster waiting to happen. Towing a 29' travel trailer with a Honda CR/V might work to move a trailer a short distance at very low speeds but it would be a classic case of the tail wagging the dog.

Adding a small utility trailer with a SxS behind the travel trailer would be illegal in most jurisdictions and a very foolish and dangerous thing to do.

If you insist on doing such a thing please leave your family at home.

He's not towing a 29' trailer with a CRV. He's not planning on towing the 6'x10' trailer with it, either. He was only saying he wished he could make due with a 5'x8' trailer because he MIGHT try to two THAT with a CRV. Personally, I wouldn't try to tow a 1,500# SXS on a trailer of any size behind a CRV, but that's just me. Max towing capacity for the CRV is somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds, depending upon year and trim. Hell, that's not much more towing capacity of the 700-4 itself -- 1,500# !!! The SXS weighs nearly 1,500 itself BEFORE adding the weight of the trailer or anything else.

 

[Scoop]

Uh.... I never said I was towing the camper with a CRV. I'm trying to avoid a double tow by using the CRV to pull the SxS.

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I strongly suggest you find a 'Plan B', my friend. Safety first.

 

[HBarlow]

This is what you need. Your CRV should handle this trailer safely. You could probably double tow two of them..

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[HBarlow]

Uh.... I've been towing for 20 years.....

I never said I was towing the camper with a CRV. I said I was trying to avoid a double tow by using the CRV to pull the SxS.

The max towing as published is conservative on paper, and being over by 20% isn't automatically a deathmobile.

1850 lbs with brakes and spring bars would be manageable, but too much length would be the tail wagging the dog.

A CRV is marginally capable of towing a small utility trailer empty but adding a Honda P700 would be grossly overloaded and unsafe.

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