Campers around 845 lbs

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Originally Posted by terrym

Don't forget to factor in the weight of passengers and other gear when calculating what your vehicle is rated for.

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Commonly known as MGVWR (sticker inside drivers door) manufacturers gross vehicle weight rating, but this does not include the trailer. Sometimes (on trucks anyway) you'll get the MCVWR the C stands for combined including weight in vehicle and trailer.

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Originally Posted by CptSydor

You never mentioned what you wanted out of the camper.

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Not gonna get much at that weight..lol

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Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy

I think it's called a tent :)

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Yeah, I was worried about that :D

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

What type of car and is that pulling weight or tong weight

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It's a 2013 Focus. It's a great car, but there's a long story behind why I picked it and not something a bit beefier.

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Originally Posted by Oddmott

A'van Weekender - Not sure how many you'll find in N.A.

Microlite Trailers - Multiple options

ProLite Eco12 & ProLite Mini13 - Multiple options

Taylor Coach Compact Trailers - Multiple options

A Liner Lil Demon - Discontinued, may find used

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I'll check 'em out. Thanks Oddmott.


And thanks everyone else too.

I thought you were talking about a person who wouldn't fit in the tent. :) :silly:

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Originally Posted by FishingMonkey

It's a 2013 Focus. It's a great car, but there's a long story behind why I picked it and not something a bit beefier.

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I had a focus FM, and i'd be pretty leary about making it tow anything. Although, back when i was working in media I did load mine down with almost 2000lbs of papers (a minor emergency to get them off a broken down delivery truck) and it never hiccup'd. Not the same as hauling a trailer though.

My wife's cousin uses a 2008 focus to haul their regular crank-up tent trailer. It's quite heavy so they took the trailer and car to a friend mechanic who actually added an axle to the trailer and put a custom towing package on the focus to ease the strain. They've driven from Peterborough to North Bay area and Peterborough to Nova Scotia with no problems yet.

Theirs is a manual though, so i'm sure that's helped a bit.

You should be able to find a small popup in that range. The wind resistance of the hard bodies pretty well rules them out.
Make sure you take the Ford to a tranny shop and have them install an aftermarket tranny cooler BEFORE you start towing, then check the tranny fluid for a burnt smell as you are travelling.

im not sure what camper it can pull, but it should be able to pull those pull up trailer campers, on a side note, i had the 2012 focus, last year, great car! very fuel efficient, and nice small engine, that can go from 0-140 km in no time!

A fried tranny will be the least of your worries,FM. Towing any trailer above the towing vehicles weight class (obviously in this case,anything larger than a small utility trailer) can throw you out of control. Besides,MTO inspectors or the OPP would take one look at that and be all over you like white on rice and who needs that noise?

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

A fried tranny will be the least of your worries,FM. Towing any trailer above the towing vehicles weight class (obviously in this case,anything larger than a small utility trailer) can throw you out of control. Besides,MTO inspectors or the OPP would take one look at that and be all over you like white on rice and who needs that noise?

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There's no law saying you can't to tow a vehicle/trailer that is over the recommended limit of the "car" by the manufacturer.

I'm sure there'd be a blanket law about generally unsafe driving or towing...

Unsafe driving, yes, but not for towing something that is heavier than the manufacturers recommendations. Weight laws only start coming into effect when in regards to Commercial Motor Vehicles.