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pulling trailers with a Prius R.J. Babin 04-27-2008
Posted by R.J. Babin on April 27, 2008, 3:57 pm
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 Question,
I have a four hundred pound trailer that I use to haul about 2 to 3 hundred
pounds of Kayaks and gear, could a prius handle this load? Anyone have
experience using a trailer with a Prius or Honda Hybrid?
R.J. (Bob) Babin


Posted by Le Forgeron on April 27, 2008, 4:13 pm
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 Le 27.04.2008 21:57, R.J. Babin nous fit lire :
> Question,
> I have a four hundred pound trailer that I use to haul about 2 to 3
> hundred pounds of Kayaks and gear, could a prius handle this load?
> Anyone have experience using a trailer with a Prius or Honda Hybrid?
> R.J. (Bob) Babin

The prius is not allowed to pull a trailer. End of story.

Posted by Chas Gill on April 27, 2008, 5:23 pm
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> Le 27.04.2008 21:57, R.J. Babin nous fit lire :
>> Question,
>> I have a four hundred pound trailer that I use to haul about 2 to 3
>> hundred pounds of Kayaks and gear, could a prius handle this load? Anyone
>> have experience using a trailer with a Prius or Honda Hybrid?
>> R.J. (Bob) Babin
>
> The prius is not allowed to pull a trailer. End of story.

- but nobody has ever questioned why........

Why?

Chas



Posted by Shawn Hirn on April 27, 2008, 6:18 pm
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> > Le 27.04.2008 21:57, R.J. Babin nous fit lire :
> >> Question,
> >> I have a four hundred pound trailer that I use to haul about 2 to 3
> >> hundred pounds of Kayaks and gear, could a prius handle this load? Anyone
> >> have experience using a trailer with a Prius or Honda Hybrid?
> >> R.J. (Bob) Babin
> >
> > The prius is not allowed to pull a trailer. End of story.
>
> - but nobody has ever questioned why........
>
> Why?

The Prius was designed to get high mileage, not be a towing vehicle.
Why? I suppose you will need to ask Toyota's design engineers that
question, but it is definitely not intended for towing. The owners
manual makes that very clear.

Posted by e on April 27, 2008, 6:34 pm
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Reductio ad absurdum...

Surely a 100# trailer would work fine. A 300# trailer
would not be more of a problem than two 150# people in
the rear seat, and then there's luggage, etc. in the back.

So it's not the principle of the thing, but a matter of
weight and distribution. A sufficiently light trailer
might be okay, though a trailer hitch might be a
warranty-buster.

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