Towing

[Barefoot Serpent]

Just curious. Anyone towing a 23 SC with a BMW X5? If so.........how does it make it?

[NoBones]

Towing is one thing.... STOPPING is another !!

PS: Moved post from For Sale section to General...

[FishStretcher]

Bimmers usually have better brakes than most. Florida is dead flat. 6000 lbs seems to be the rating.

If it was a few miles, I'd do it. If it was 60, I'd get a pickup. Either way, the trailer will need brakes. I have electric brakes and they are amazing towing 8000 lb. Surge brakes towing 4000 is not nearly so impressive.

I tow 60 miles, so I got a cheap 2wd pickup. Not that I have an X5. I thought the 300 ft-lb 135i M package convertible would look good with a hitch, but it got vetoed.

[bumpdraft]

I once towed my 18' SC to Key West with an S-10 Blazer with almost disastrous results.

[FishStretcher]

I meant a *real* pickup. I got a old F250 for towing.

And towing over the rated capacity probably gets very exciting with the insurance company if anything does happen.

This is a nice puff piece: http://www.boatingmag.com/tow-test-bmw-x5

[kmoose]

I towed my Tsunami with a full dive load for two years with an 04 Tacoma prerunner. It all depends how you drive.

[bumpdraft]

It also depends on how the other guy drives. Down in the keys, lots of people like to pull out in front of you, then stop a couple hundred yards down the road and turn. That's what happened to me with a light rain falling in Islamorada some 35 years ago. Missed him by inches. Its a lot worse out there now. Ron.