I say there is no need for looking at tow capacity when hauling with a Euro type trailer. I hauled my B’up Royal 2H for years with a Mercury Cougar (only with 1 horse) and it had a 2000 lb “towing capacity.” Hopefully the other manufacturers of Euro trailers have specs for tongue weight and horsepower to determine if a vehicle is appropriate. I would have hauled 2 horses but the hitch wasn’t rated for over 3500 lb.
IIRC, the B’up tongue weight was 3% of the trailer weight, vs 10% with a typical BP trailer.
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I have been almost clocked by two of those honking big American trucks in the last week, and it was just infuriating, because the driver literally couldn’t see me in my very normal sized 4 door coupe over that enormous front hood that Ford/Chevy/GM consider to be required for the latest “he-man” grill.
Completely unnecessary, absolutely dangerous, and coming soon to an SUV near you, if it hasn’t already. UGH
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I hear your big truck grille concern. I take my vintage BMW out for a pleasure drive every couple of Sunday afternoons, and almost always attract a toad in his truck that wants to show me how big he is.
They have likely never learned to drive a stick shift either, because they have no clue why a stick shift vehicle doesn’t accelerate linearly due to clutching and shifting. So they get even closer to express their manly rage.
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I would like to comment that it isn’t just the domestic trucks. The visibility from the drivers seat of my 2010 Toyota Tundra sucks. It isn’t too good in any direction, but it’s particularly poor off of the front corners, due to rear-view mirrors about the same size as an old-school TV set :-P. It is a menace in a crowded parking lot. I have to laugh at the owners who dress their trucks up as mighty off-road weapons. “Dude, ya gotta be able to see it before you can drive over it.”
Not to mention that it has the turning radius of a city bus . . .
It does do a nice job with the horse trailer, tho.
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