Interesting, I knew you guys used those can things with the horse right behind you, or the smaller trailers which are lighter. I didn’t know you got upgraded motors. Do you also get bigger tires and brakes with that upgrade?
Something very few people think to consider here isn’t whether or not you can pull the thing, but whether or not they can stop it.
Each car has a maximum towing capacity (which is limited by a few factors, including brakes). If you often tow things upwards you’ll want a bigger motor to still accelerate in a reasonable time (I subconsciously assumed that everyone is towing things upwards because I live in a mountainous region, but I guess people from flat areas won’t tow things upwards). Downwards should be fine either way if you’re not exceeding your car’s maximum towing capacity, the criteria are strict enough for that.
And we don’t upgrade our motors but rather simply buy a stronger car. That typically also comes with better brakes, yes.
That said a quick Google search returns 500-600 kg for average horse weight and 600 kg for usual horse trailer weight. This means a VW Golf or similar will be able to tow a horse with no problems.
Interesting, I knew you guys used those can things with the horse right behind you, or the smaller trailers which are lighter. I didn’t know you got upgraded motors. Do you also get bigger tires and brakes with that upgrade?
Something very few people think to consider here isn’t whether or not you can pull the thing, but whether or not they can stop it.
Each car has a maximum towing capacity (which is limited by a few factors, including brakes). If you often tow things upwards you’ll want a bigger motor to still accelerate in a reasonable time (I subconsciously assumed that everyone is towing things upwards because I live in a mountainous region, but I guess people from flat areas won’t tow things upwards). Downwards should be fine either way if you’re not exceeding your car’s maximum towing capacity, the criteria are strict enough for that.
And we don’t upgrade our motors but rather simply buy a stronger car. That typically also comes with better brakes, yes.
That said a quick Google search returns 500-600 kg for average horse weight and 600 kg for usual horse trailer weight. This means a VW Golf or similar will be able to tow a horse with no problems.