Towing with ur accord (5th gen or similar)

[cda96]

hey every1..
wondering if ne1 out there tows nethin on their accords
im lookin to tow a small boat prob bout 500kg all up with trailor
ive got 2.2L 5spd Man vtec.
Will she struggle to pull ?
thanx

[poid]

yeh it'll struggle big-time

[cda96]

500 is wrong.. prob more around the 200Kg mark..

[EuroAccord13]

I think you might need a braked trailer if you are towing something of that weight on your Accord, I think your user manual will advise you of the limits of the car :)

[h22a accord]

oh shit, does that mean that the kennards hire enclosed trailer full with furniture etc of a mates was too heavy for my car?


haha, i had to tow it 200kms and i used a full tank of petrol. it sat on the speed limit but i think the wind resistance really got to it above 100kph. the trailer was a full metre or more higher than the car!!!


not sure what it weighed but damn i could feel it!!! thats even with a h22a!!

i reckon the load would have been at least 700kg.

[Drew]

Anything over 300kg on an Accord would probably have to be braked

Having said that I've towed many cars with my wagon with just a rope without too much of a hassle, but trailers are generally a bit more difficult

[Vinnie]

nice thread mining mate ;)

[Drew]

What the hell? I swear to god it was like on the first page :S

[Xplodin]

Hahaha

My mate has a Toyota Corolla 1.8lt and he even tows a 300Kg Jetski...

That should mean no problems for me at all :D

[Tobster]

You'll tow it easily.

You can legally tow up to 500 kg (some cars up to 750 kg) without a braked trailer.

Most boat trailers are braked anyhow.

You'll probably find that the legal max load (braked) for your car and towbar is 1200 kg.

I have a Euro and I've used it to tow pallets of phone books -- 7-800 kg -- without any problems. A towbar is a common part of my life (for all sorts of reasons).

If towing 500 kg were a problem, you wouldn't be able to put a towbar on your car! And towing a 500 kg trailer is easier and much lighter than towing a car! (which in SA is now illegal to do with a rope -- you need a trailer to tow a car)

Anyone who suggests that you won't be able to tow a small boat doesn't do much or any towing.

That said, driving with a trailer is obviously different to fanging your car around the back blocks, so don't expect to go like a bat out of hell. You'll find the most sluggish part is just moving off. Once you're going, there's not a right lot of grunt needed -- unless, as in the example above, you're towing a huge wind-resistant trailer and trying to go at 100 km/h.

Just drive normally and you won't have any issues.

[Riviera]

legal speed with a trailer is 80 anyways lol but who does 80??

i wont say how fast i was going with a cherry picker on the back of the work truck lol but was more than 100