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This past weekend on our Futura Trailer
By The Barn in Miami;1969 #Porsche 911 RS Tribute. A nut & bolt restoration for chassis #00004, powered by a 3.0L RSR, twin plug, fuel infected with individual throttle bodies, freshly build by the renowned MGM motorsports.
Open aluminum ATC trailer and GT4.....love the CTT adjustable suspension, use loading level to get the car on the trailer and back to normal height for towing.
I back my CD up in the loading level, to where the ball is just under the trailer and then raise it into the hitch, rather than lower the trailer with the winch. When unhooking I go to offroad 2, extend the trailer jack and then lower the car out of the ball hitch.
After a few months of searching (and a LOT of research), I just bought a 1936 Chris Craft 19’ Custom Runabout. It is an absolutely stunning boat, and it will live at our lake home up in Northern Wisconsin alongside our 2014 Moomba LSV ski & wakesurf boat. While it will sit on a covered lift on our dock during the summer months, the Cayenne S will pull her when we trailer anywhere. I’ve got some final restoration work to complete primarily on the bottom, but I can’t wait to drop her in the water!
Here are a few pics with the wife and our 3 boys with the boat in the workshop.
This beauty is no more than 3,200lbs with a full tank, so the Cayenne will tow her without even breaking a sweat
This trailer was previously pulled by a Cayenne 2004 base 3.2L, a Q7 2007 4.2L and now with a Cayenne 2011 base 3.6L. The new 8 speed transmission is much better vs the 6 to haul a 6,500 lbs 31' travel trailer.
My Cayenne just reached the 100,000 miles (160Km) this summer and run like a new. I baught it used for xmas at 90miles (146Km) from the orignal owner. For pulling a trailer this is the best vehicule for performance and fuel economy with and without the trailer. On highway 26 mpg and 12 mpg (9L/100km and 20L/100kmwith the trailer considering 300hp and 295tq with 8 speed transmission. My Q7 4.2 was at 20mpg and 9 mpg (12L/100km and 27L/100km) while pulling the same trailer @ 350hp and 325tq with the old 6 speed tiptronic. Every time I have the trailer, I'm driving in manual with sport mode, of course I have to downshift but can even pass a Yaris while climbing a hill with the RV...
Cayenne69... what's the tongue weight on your trailer? I'm guessing at least 650 pounds and with the weight distribution system you're using, I see absolutely no sag on the rear end. That's impressive. Is your cayenne equipped with springs or airbags?
I have a 26 foot Lance that weighs 4,600 pounds but has an 825 pound tongue weight based on where the dealership placed the two batteries, two propane tanks and the storage area. That amount of tongue weight, even with a WD system, has stopped me from using the GTS to tow. I'm trying to come up with some creative solutions to balance out the tongue weight. Hence why I'm interested in your setup. Thanks.
Cayenne69... what's the tongue weight on your trailer? I'm guessing at least 650 pounds and with the weight distribution system you're using, I see absolutely no sag on the rear end. That's impressive. Is your cayenne equipped with springs or airbags?
I have a 26 foot Lance that weighs 4,600 pounds but has an 825 pound tongue weight based on where the dealership placed the two batteries, two propane tanks and the storage area. That amount of tongue weight, even with a WD system, has stopped me from using the GTS to tow. I'm trying to come up with some creative solutions to balance out the tongue weight. Hence why I'm interested in your setup. Thanks.
I've been looking at Lance trailers and am concerned about their TW. What model do you have?
Mine is a 2011 Lance 2185 model. It's about 25-26 feet from bumper to hitch and about 22 feet of interior space. We absolutely love it. We have thought about selling it and moving into a Class C+ or small Class A but absolutely nothing comes close to the Lance quality and interior layout. I MEAN NOTHING! The dinette slide-out is huge and basically a second RV queen mattress at night. The fact that it sleeps 7 is awesome with kids and friends in the mix.
I had it weighed at the CAT scales a couple of weeks ago with it fairly well loaded as if we were going on a trip (but the tanks were dry because I typically don't tow with tanks full of water). It clocked in exactly where the factory said it should at about 4,620 lbs. I then bought a tongue weight scale and weighed the tongue weight. It was about 820lbs. That's more than the factory spec of 650lbs but I've come to learn that the factory specs don't include the two batteries or two full propane tanks which I think is absolutely absurd.
I'm thinking of moving the batteries somewhere out back off the bumper, as well as storing one of the propane tanks inside the trailer while we travel (that way the fridge can operate off the single remaining tank up front). That should get us close to 650-700 lb tongue weight, especially if I can add a carrier hitch to the back of the trailer and place my 220 lb Honda generator back there to counterbalance the weight up front.
Here are a few pics from a couple of weeks ago. Don't pay attention to the rear end sag on my Ram 1500 pickup. This was a quick hook and book trip from the storage yard to get the trailer home for a much needed detail. I didn't have the weight distribution set up for that trip.
Mine is a 2011 Lance 2185 model. It's about 25-26 feet from bumper to hitch and about 22 feet of interior space. We absolutely love it. We have thought about selling it and moving into a Class C+ or small Class A but absolutely nothing comes close to the Lance quality and interior layout. I MEAN NOTHING! The dinette slide-out is huge and basically a second RV queen mattress at night. The fact that it sleeps 7 is awesome with kids and friends in the mix.
I had it weighed at the CAT scales a couple of weeks ago with it fairly well loaded as if we were going on a trip (but the tanks were dry because I typically don't tow with tanks full of water). It clocked in exactly where the factory said it should at about 4,620 lbs. I then bought a tongue weight scale and weighed the tongue weight. It was about 820lbs. That's more than the factory spec of 650lbs but I've come to learn that the factory specs don't include the two batteries or two full propane tanks which I think is absolutely absurd.
I'm thinking of moving the batteries somewhere out back off the bumper, as well as storing one of the propane tanks inside the trailer while we travel (that way the fridge can operate off the single remaining tank up front). That should get us close to 650-700 lb tongue weight, especially if I can add a carrier hitch to the back of the trailer and place my 220 lb Honda generator back there to counterbalance the weight up front.
Yeah, that model is rather tongue heavy. The new ones show a dry TW of 755lbs! I really would like to get a 2285 but the dry TW of 635lbs worries me. As you said, that's without propane or batteries and the storage bin is still in the front so I'm expecting the actual TW to come in around 750-800lbs. I may have to step down to a 1995. Or go with a different manufacturer.
08-13-2018, 11:44 AM
