DaleA

Hello everyone. I am considering a RX300 and just found this board today. I am curious if anyone has experience towing with their RX. I have a 17' fiberglass boat, probably about 2000 lbs total that I will be towing. Does the RX handle the load well - does the rear end sag, can it keep speed up hills?

Thanks, Dale

salimshah

There is tongue weight restriction and then there is towing weight restriction. Check the user manual.

Salim

Kichgai

I put 30 80lb bags of gravel in the back once on a short trip from Home Depot once. Talk about a low rider...

I also have been towing about 1000-2000 lbs of building materials on a 60 mile drive for our weekend retreat on curving roads. The back sways a bit excessive (IMHO) compared to a truck as you would expect. It does sag like a boat a much since the weight of the tow is balance on the axle, compared to typical boats trailers.

But going up the hills (10% grade a mile on average at times) its got the power (wish it had a turbocharger) so that no one will laugh with you on your lack of power.

Kichigai

2ndRX300

Yep! We tow a pop-up trailer (2200 lbs) with ours and it rides great. Gas mileage goes down to about 16. The tow max is 3500 lbs and as a rule, we're only supposed to tow 75% of that.