I think this guy needs a new F150!!





Oh and I have never seen a Volvo tow a trailer before!!

 

YEAH he does, but that much stuff wouldn't fit in an F150 without some really creative load securement. He really needs a trailer.


Yeah, it's not common. Really goofy fender mirrors too. That thing isn't that heavy though, looks like it's riding on a single 5,000 lb axle. The guy is a bit overweight though, looks like those things are only rated to tow 4,000 lbs. Hope he upgraded his tranny cooling!

 

If its Awd its closer to 5,000lbs. But with the way those XC90s seem to eat transmissions i would not attempt it. family friends have two (his and hers) both bought new. the '05 (wifes) has had two full rebuilds that Volvo covered all of and it now has a tick over 65k miles. the '07 has been in for shifting issues more then once and i have a feeling it is not far behind the '05 and it has 45k on it.


you should see the crazy stuff we see up here in AK!

case in point...

 

That may have been true in the past, before posting I looked up the spec for the current model. 3,790 lbs towing capacity for both FWD and AWD.

http://www.volvocars.com/us/all-cars...fications.aspx

 

But it has a Hemi !

 

that's pathetic

 

BUT, looking at the picture that is about an 07-08ish XC90 thus those numbers would be close to accurate.

 

Wow now that is insane! I would love to find out what that trailer weighed!

 

That is AWESOME!!! Takes serious ***** to do that!

 

A quick visit to the Airstream web site showed a model like the single axle
version the Volvo is pulling. Looks like it's a Flying Cloud with a net weight of
3800 lbs. and a gross of 4500 lbs.
So it's in the ballpark for the Volvo to be pulling it.

Some of us are old enough to remember when trailer owners used their family car in
the 60s, 70s and earlier, before pickup trucks came into the realm of "cool and
practical to own." Of course, you probably had a car with a 440, 455, ect.

The guy in the Dodge is driving a car with about the same weight as a 60s Dodge, and has
better brakes, more power, better cooling, better tires, better suspension. The 60s Dodge with a 440 was used
by a friend of mine to pull a trailer that size around the country way back when. It got the job done.

Ever seen the early 50s movie "The Long Long Trailer" which put Lucy and Desi on the map? Click below:
Who can identify the car they're using?

the long long trailer - Bing Images

 

I refuse to go back 55-65 years ago to see how to properly tow a trailer

 

not to mention the new chrysler 300c as seen in the pic is a unibody car, the old cars of yester year were full body on frame.

 

Yup. Advantage: Chrysler. Those things happen to be rated to tow 3,800 lbs more than my body-on-frame Lincoln.

As long as the hitch stays attached to the car, the unibody construction is going to be far stiffer which will afford better handling of the trailer. NOT that I'd pull something like that with a 300.

I get what you're saying Truckpilot, but there are a few things to consider when figuring a safe configuration. A conventional trailer needs at least 10-15% tongue weight for safe handling, so guessing on the light side that 7,000 lb trailer will need 700-1,050 lbs of tongue weight. The 300 doesn't have that kind of excess capacity on the rear axle, and the maximum payload is only about 900 lbs. You'd be over rear GAWR, GVWR, and most likely the hitch rating because it seems like nobody makes a Class IV hitch for a 300.

So how can it be safe if he's over rear GAWR, GVWR, and running at double the rated capacity of the hitch?

 

Sure most were except Chrysler, they didn't have a full frame since 1960.

Fortunately factory load ratings are not absolute, It's not like if you go over your tow vehicle will fall apart. Not to mention NA pickup truck tow ratings
are bogus, made up by PR department to boost sales. Just watch as soon as every manufacturers adopts J2807 standard tow ratings will drop unless manufacturers beef up their trucks.

 

I've seen the film several times, so I know that two different cars were used. In most scenes, it's a yellow '53 Mercury ragtop, but in some scenes, it's a yellow '53 Lincoln ragtop.

In a recent book on the history of Airstream's, most of the trailers are pictured being towed by full sized station wagons, 'Cornbinder' Travel and Carry-All's.

It was a rare occurrence at one time to see a pickup towing a travel trailer. Only 2 (or 3 in a pinch) people could fit inside the cab, the luggage and etc would have to be placed in the bed.

Not all people installed camper shells. If there were four or more family members, there would be no place for all of them to fit into a cab of a pickup.

btw: Y'all sure it's a Chrysler 300C? Only the C comes with the semi-hemi, the other 300's come w/a V6. The first coupla years, the only V6 available was the anemic 2.7L