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Old Nov 1, 2009, 09:41 AM
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Towing with an Evo

Searched around and didn't see much about anyone towing with their cars.

I'm curious to see if our cars are capable of towing a small 5'x10' utility trailer with a 400lb motorcycle on board? Has anyone ever towed anything significantly close to that weight or more?
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not the best idea to tow with a evo
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Ive seen guys tow thier autox setup to the track. Trailer , tires, tools,etc. The owners manual should have the towing information.
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Originally Posted by KenMasters
Ive seen guys tow thier autox setup to the track. Trailer , tires, tools,etc. The owners manual should have the towing information.
Yeah, it says "towing not recommended".

TBH, I don't know if the t-case is able to take towing.
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Doesn't do well since theres 0 power until 2500... As long as the surface is flat youre okay.... I use to tow couple jet skis with my car and i was okay... Just have to take it easy...

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Originally Posted by KenMasters
Ive seen guys tow thier autox setup to the track. Trailer , tires, tools,etc. The owners manual should have the towing information.
I have wondered about this as well. Just a micro-trailer with AutoX/Track days stuff in it.
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I would do it. In fact, if i had enough wheels i would tow a trailer to racing events.
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Doesn't do well since theres 0 power until 2500... As long as the surface is flat youre okay.... I use to tow couple jet skis with my car and i was okay... Just have to take it easy...

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Do you remember how much the towing hitch was?

I don't see this being a huge problem, I see subarus towing larger things all the time, why not haul my bike around with it.

Does anyone have pictures of a trailer attached to an evo?
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A 5x10 utility trailer is probably rated as too much weight for a standard car hitch.
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Something like this:

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I've towed a trailer with 3 junk engines and a set of wheels/tires from the back of our IX race car before.
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there is a kid from around here (DocCola) that towed stuff back from washington state all the way here in the spring.
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