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Re: Element Towing
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:50:34 -0600, "Hugh Graham" <mattdalt@yahoo.com>
wrote: > >"K`Tetch" <no.email@here.for.you> wrote in message >news:vel1t0hbr68rcqpnbf4fb3a2vi3pkt48rp@4ax.com.. . >> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:16:56 -0600, "Hugh Graham" <mattdalt@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>"K`Tetch" <no.email@here.for.you> wrote in message >>>news:nta1t0lc9bpa9246ukvev89bimmd4h0cg0@4ax.com ... >>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:15:56 -0600, "Hugh Graham" <mattdalt@yahoo.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Me thinks the limits have more to do with the underbody carriage than >>>>>the >>>>>engine and transmission, in this case. The element, Cr-V, accord, etc, >>>>>all >>>>>seem to have about a 1,000- 1,500 pound limit. I do not think that any >>>>>of >>>>>these vehicles have a real "frame." Therefore, nothing real solid to >>>>>attach >>>>>the receiver to. >>>>> >>>>>Hugh Graham >>>> >>>> 1) Please don't top post, and >>>> 2) as I posted on the bottom, the CR-V has a 1 1/2 ton capacity ref - >>>> http://www.carpages.co.uk/guide/hond...-i-vtec-se.asp >>>> >>> >>>Reference this: >>>http://www.edmunds.com/new/2005/hond...enav..8.Honda* >>>You are right, it is 1 1/2 ton capacity, in us lbs. >> >> there are 2200lb in a ton 3300lb is 1 1/2 ton, 1500 is about 3/4 ton, >> roughly. > >thanks for the weights and measurements lesson, but did you look at the >reference to the edmunds site. It clearly states the towing capacity is >1500 lbs. yes I did, and for the US, that is right. For the UK/europe, the towing capacity for a CR-V is 3300lb > > >> >>> >>>Not kg. I find it hard to believe that the UK version fo the CR-V and >>>tow, >>>3300 lbs, and that the US version can only tow 1,500. >>> >> ok, there IS a major difference. in the UK, any trailer over 500lgk >> (1100lb, or thereabouts) HAS to have brakes on it, which activate >> with the cars, OR if it comes loose from the car. There's a standard 7 >> pin connector, which activates the lights, the brakes, and on some >> cars, will activate towing features for them. >> >> better than the 2-wire anderson powerplug connector most trucks use. > >I do not think the towing issue is related to the braking ability of the >vehicle, though that is clearly important, but in this case the tongue >weight of the vehicle is more the issue. Class 1 hitches are rated at 2,000 >lbs towing and 200 lbs tongue weight. These are the hitches desgined for >the CR-V. There is no way that a honda is rated to tow 3, 300 lbs. > > >> > |
Re: Element Towing
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:50:34 -0600, "Hugh Graham" <mattdalt@yahoo.com>
wrote: > >"K`Tetch" <no.email@here.for.you> wrote in message >news:vel1t0hbr68rcqpnbf4fb3a2vi3pkt48rp@4ax.com.. . >> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:16:56 -0600, "Hugh Graham" <mattdalt@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>"K`Tetch" <no.email@here.for.you> wrote in message >>>news:nta1t0lc9bpa9246ukvev89bimmd4h0cg0@4ax.com ... >>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:15:56 -0600, "Hugh Graham" <mattdalt@yahoo.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Me thinks the limits have more to do with the underbody carriage than >>>>>the >>>>>engine and transmission, in this case. The element, Cr-V, accord, etc, >>>>>all >>>>>seem to have about a 1,000- 1,500 pound limit. I do not think that any >>>>>of >>>>>these vehicles have a real "frame." Therefore, nothing real solid to >>>>>attach >>>>>the receiver to. >>>>> >>>>>Hugh Graham >>>> >>>> 1) Please don't top post, and >>>> 2) as I posted on the bottom, the CR-V has a 1 1/2 ton capacity ref - >>>> http://www.carpages.co.uk/guide/hond...-i-vtec-se.asp >>>> >>> >>>Reference this: >>>http://www.edmunds.com/new/2005/hond...enav..8.Honda* >>>You are right, it is 1 1/2 ton capacity, in us lbs. >> >> there are 2200lb in a ton 3300lb is 1 1/2 ton, 1500 is about 3/4 ton, >> roughly. > >thanks for the weights and measurements lesson, but did you look at the >reference to the edmunds site. It clearly states the towing capacity is >1500 lbs. yes I did, and for the US, that is right. For the UK/europe, the towing capacity for a CR-V is 3300lb > > >> >>> >>>Not kg. I find it hard to believe that the UK version fo the CR-V and >>>tow, >>>3300 lbs, and that the US version can only tow 1,500. >>> >> ok, there IS a major difference. in the UK, any trailer over 500lgk >> (1100lb, or thereabouts) HAS to have brakes on it, which activate >> with the cars, OR if it comes loose from the car. There's a standard 7 >> pin connector, which activates the lights, the brakes, and on some >> cars, will activate towing features for them. >> >> better than the 2-wire anderson powerplug connector most trucks use. > >I do not think the towing issue is related to the braking ability of the >vehicle, though that is clearly important, but in this case the tongue >weight of the vehicle is more the issue. Class 1 hitches are rated at 2,000 >lbs towing and 200 lbs tongue weight. These are the hitches desgined for >the CR-V. There is no way that a honda is rated to tow 3, 300 lbs. > > >> > |
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