You apparently have not driven a YUGO.

 

If the Suburban had the 5.7 you would understand. I had the misfortune of renting a GMC 3500 van with the 5.7 and it could barely get out of its own way, empty.

Jim

 

I had one in high school. Have you ever heard the song "Piece of S--t Car" by Adam Sandler? I think he wrote it about my Yugo.

 

That 2nd link is the one I was referring to in my earlier post. Lord I would not trust that trailer on the back of that Honda. It's overweighted first of all and the driver stated he still hand plenty of power, even on hills. So the reviews that state the Ridgeline is a slug when loaded must be wrong. I'm also wondering what kind of hills he was climbing, cause here in CO he'd have one heck of a time trying to climb some of the passes here with that it loaded like that.

Oh well, to each their own.[/QUOTE]

I'd be interested in seeing the Vin plate on that trailer. I've got a 28 footer that weighs in at about 8500 lbs. I have a hard time believing that 27 footer is only 4700 lbs. Maybe with all tanks empty and nothing in it. Kind of like the way it was shipped from the manufacturer.

 

...and the same as the Odyssey (mini-van) too! Yea, thats a real 'truck'.

I dont believe it. I know a guy who has one. Empty, the 'thang' (not 'truck') is very level (front and rear is same height). For this reason, that trailer is not sitting on the rear, so there is no tongue weight. Unless they have added air bags or something, which I doubt, there is a jack somewhere holding up the trailer. You can see that with the trailer tandems as far back as they are, there would be a lot of tongue weight. Now would you like to be decending down a 6+% hill in that set-up? Very unsafe! These guys have no clue what a real 'truck' is.

More like an open trunk car.

 

Saw one the other day, towing a boat, couldn't have been bigger than 19 foot, outboard, nice new trailer, MAYBE 5000 lbs total. And, MAYBE the tonque weight wasn't set right, but the trailer looked perfect. 20% tonque at most, MAYBE 1000 lbs.

It was squatting so bad, it was almost funny. Except for the safety aspect.

If that thing has a 1550 lbs payload, does that mean ON the bumpstops?

 

I have always been a firm believer that you must buy what you want. Because you must pay for the payments, insurance and taxes. Because you must look at it. Because you must deal with it on a day to day basis. You must be happy. But, c'mon, dont buy something and act like it is something it is really NOT! Why purchase a Ridgeline and then treat it like a real truck? It wont last long, not to mention the safety aspect.

 

I guess some people have never heard of weight equilization hitches.....




[here's hoping that site doesn't start making fun of the posts at FTE]

 

Wow, truer words have never been spoken. ( blantanly obvious more like it....)

I guess on the flip side of your comment here, how many people buy a 1/2 ton truck regardless of make and actually "treat it like a real truck"? You could replace "Ridgeline" with "Canyon"or "Ranger".

 

Or how about F-650 owners dissin' on F350 owners; or F-350 owners dissin' on 1/2 ton owners????

This is one of those threads that makes me wonder why so many people feel threatened

 

In some aspects I could agree with this comment (like towing within the mid-size/compact truck segment), but the issue I'm looking at is the Canyon and Ranger, or Tacoma and Frontier, can actually do some off-road work/fun, while the Ridgeline isn't nearly as capable by what I've read/seen.

Like others have stated, buy what you like, otherwise you'll be unhappy in the long run. Some like it, some don't. Just don't try to sell me on the Ridgeline being a bad ars off-roading machine or can tow with the 1/2 ton and up market.

Simply put, it is what it is.

 

Threatened?

So far, what I've read in this thread, it's just plain hilarious

 

You're right; but you'll find a lot of same stories here:

150's towing a gazillion pounds.

People winning races against Buggatis(sp?) in their Super Duties.

People's opinions are, of course, expected.


I'm just having a hard time with the "manly" comments or how "my" truck is soooo much more of a real truck.


Or when people say things about squatting when there's clearly an equalizing hitch in the pictures.



I "think" the point Smiggy was making is what I'm jumping on:

People on Peterbuilttractorenthisiast.net would look kinda silly bragging about how wimpy our 3/4 and 1 ton trucks are.

 

Indeed wise grasshopper, but we don't try to tow 80,000lbs with our trucks. I think it is funny that owners of the Ridgeline load them up past what they were designed for. My moms 99 F250 SD had a cord of wood on it and barely squatted because thats a load it was designed for.

 

Buggati's were notorious for having terrible brakes. When someone asked Ettore Buggati why, he said: "I build them to go, not to stop!"