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Tesla towing 5000lb camper

Cling2mygunsCling2myguns Member Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭
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SMH. If only the DOT would enforce the laws on private vehicles the way they do on commercial ones. Love the comments that the car can tow 5k so its all good.





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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,702 ✭✭✭✭
    6 charging stops in 600 miles seems like a large pain in the *.  Stated it took them appx 3 hours to go the first 120+ miles and had 12% charge left.  Did it take 3 hours to recharge?   Does that mean one can plan on averaging 20 MPH for a road trip?

    Battery vehicles currently and will always have a place.  There needs to be a major breakthrough in battery power density before road trips are practical.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    Don't know about long trips towing such a load, but I was amazed a while back to see a Tesla pull a quite large wake/ski boat out of a local reservoir. Kinda spooky to see that rig climb a long and steep ramp in complete silence and apparently without straining anything.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • mac10mac10 Member Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭✭
    put a generator in the trunk
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  • gartmangartman Member Posts: 660 ✭✭✭
    I worry more about getting a rig like that stopped without a lot of drama.
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,306 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2020
    I could 'pull' a 5000 lb. trailer with a moped.  Getting it stopped, however, is another story!
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭
    The $7,500 federal tax credit for Teslas has run out.  I glad that I am no longer subsidizing fancy cars for rich people.
    Neal
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,943 ✭✭✭✭
    https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/1893445/tesla-towing-5000lb-camper

    What exactly would the DOT be enforcing?

    https://shop.tesla.com/product/model-x-tow-package


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  • varianvarian Member Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭✭
    one thing i know for sure about towing, you can pull a LOT more than you can turn or stop.
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  • chmechme Member Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭✭
    'I worry more about getting a rig like that stopped without a lot of drama.'
    Yeah- what he said.  A number of years ago, concrete companies rented "concrete buggies",  basically an open topped tank on wheels with a big spout at the bottom rear.  Idea was Joe Homeowner could rent one to haul a yard of concrete home to pour a sidewalk.  (a) they had no brakes.  (b) a yard of concrete weighs 3700 lbs, plus weight of the buggy.  Joe Homeowner would hook one to his station wagon, head home.  First traffic light he would brake and sail right thru the light, since his gross weight had just doubled.    
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  • serfserf Member Posts: 9,217 ✭✭✭✭
      You need The Tesla truck for this,color would match too! Of course towing with present battery technology is time-consuming. I guess if you are unemployed and bored.It's something to do before you let the bank have it all back on a repo.
                             serf
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