Evo 9 Towing Capacity?
Dec 28, 2010, 10:43 AM
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Evo 9 Towing Capacity?
What is the towing capacity of an Evo 9? I've been thinking about using it to tow a pair of jetskis on occasion since I don't have a truck. The jetskis are pretty light, probably not more than 1500lbs for both skis and the trailer.
Dec 28, 2010, 11:19 AM
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Dec 28, 2010, 11:22 AM
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Sure you can tow with an Evo, I (and many others) did it for a couple years with a small HF trailer for race tires without issue
.....a better question would how much weight can you safely tow without causing too much strain or damage to the drivetrain.....
.....a better question would how much weight can you safely tow without causing too much strain or damage to the drivetrain.....
Dec 28, 2010, 11:27 AM
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Maybe you should read your manual 
In this thread the guy tows a wave runner
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ng-thread.html
Best of luck
In this thread the guy tows a wave runner
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ng-thread.html
Best of luck
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Dec 28, 2010, 11:50 AM
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There is a section in maintenance that outlines what types of usage for the car and the maintenance intervals. Under severe usage - towing is indicated. They even show a cartoon of a police evo towing something.
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Dec 28, 2010, 02:07 PM
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fabbing a hitch to hold 1500 lbs will be a problem. the tongue weight from my hitch mounted bike rack was to much with two super expensive race bikes. after 5 miles it had bent down till the tires of the bikes were hitting the ground. unless you seriously beef it up i doubt you;ll be able to pull a couple jet skis
with that said, with a tow rope around the rear trailing arm, i've pulled another evo with mine for a mile
with that said, with a tow rope around the rear trailing arm, i've pulled another evo with mine for a mile
Dec 28, 2010, 03:02 PM
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Eh, fabbing up a mount and/or reinforcing the mounting point is no problem at all. The tongue weight of the jetski trailer is damn near neutral; it is very well balanced.
