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Originally Posted by bono
I am towing 33' Jayco 28DSBH with X5 35d. Around 20k towing miles so far. I have the OE hitch reinforced and using Proprietary hitch, which eliminates sway. The trailer is usually around 7,200 lbs ready for camping (dry tanks), but recently I was very heavy 7,600-7,800 lbs going to Mammoth Lakes (too much water toys). We ended up going through Monitor Pass which is 9% grade in average. X5 did fine - I needed to turn off the AC, but that was OK, given how heavy we were.
I am using Carly to monitor motor, oil, transmission temps. Also I have sensors in trailer wheels and could not be relaxed with them 
From my experience X5 is great tow vehicle. I would never tow with a truck. Just not my world.
Any airstream would tow better then box trailer. Your trailer is relatively small and probably just about to be able to avoid weight distribution. The next size would require WD.
Please let me know if you have any questions. You can find my posts on BF forum under kanar200 (as mentioned by ard). |
How funny, We just got back from "Another" trip with the Airstream +X5 Combo, Happy to report so far so good. Our setup is also ran with a Kurt WDH. The trailer itself is almost always dry when we pull it but thats 4200 pounds, The LP tanks up front i keep under 50% to reduce weight, I dont feel the x35d struggles at all in terms of power or stopping but i am somewhat nervous about the hitch weight as Airstreams predominantly have heavy hitches but like you said, there are countless folks over on the Air forums using X5's, ML's, touaregs without issue for many many miles.
I do plan on getting a monitoring system of some kind so i can see the Coolant, trans temp etc. That will probably be a size investment.