Re: SUV to Pull 2 Horses

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

I pulled for a little while with a Toyota 4WD pickup and wouldn't
recommend it.  You don't have the power to get up hills and out of
trouble when you need to, the slighest head wind and you're laboring
along at 35 mph, and you simply do not have the wheelbase or vehicle
weight to control the weight of the trailer behind you.  The one trailer
accident I've been in was because someone cut on front of me on the
highway, I swerved to avoid a collision, the trailer fishtailed and I
simply didn't have the vehicle weight to control it.  We didn't actually
hit anything, but it was still pretty scary and wouldn't have happened
with a bigger truck.

It's one thing to put a hitch on it and use it as an emergency backup
vehicle to a real truck, but I wouldn't try anything more than that.

Just an opinion.

Susan G

Naztari@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> I am considering buying an SUV for the family car.  It would be nice if it
> could occasionally pull a 2 horse trailer behind it. Has anyone had experience
> with pulling horses behind one of these or are there any experts out there
> with suggestions? I am considering Dodge Durango, Toyota 4Runner, Isuzu Rodeo,
> etc. Not looking at the larger ones like Tahoes, Expeditions or Suburbans.
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> Ed Roley
> western NC