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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:45 AM
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Official - Evo Towing Thread

Hey everyone,
I was curious what other members out there are towing with their evos. Tow-***** save your comments to yourselves and start another thread on why you guys disapprove of towing with the evo. Here's my contribution:




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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:54 AM
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Saw this elsewhere.

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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 04:07 AM
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subscribed to see what I can tow
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 04:56 AM
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Evo + Wave Runner = Awesome.

Lets see your tow packages people!
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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Lol, this is awesome! I have never seen and evo towing anything, glad to know it can be done.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:53 AM
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Sub'd.

Been looking into some < 1000lb trailers, and none of our cars are tow rated. Of all of them, the Evo is the only one that has "excess" capacity in braking and cooling.

I'm assuming the owner's manual says don't do this?

OP, do you know if this is a Curtis or ?? Or model number? Does it bolt through the spare tire well? I wouldn't be to sure that the crash beam mount isn't crucial in preventing some bending moments from pulling out on that mounting point, just sayin. But if Uhaul put it in, I guess they take on some of the liability.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:57 AM
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Ah, and here's an older thread on this

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...their-evo.html
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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im going to post this here, because i really thought thats what the topic meant, not actually towing with the evo. But whatever floats your boat!! Just please dont tow one with your evo for petes sake!

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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 07:56 PM
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Where do you mount the ball hitch?????
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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yeah id like to know too
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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that cant be good on the suspension on the red evo
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by EvolutionVIIIrs
im going to post this here, because i really thought thats what the topic meant, not actually towing with the evo. But whatever floats your boat!! Just please dont tow one with your evo for petes sake!


I'd love to see an Evo towing another Evo.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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kinda off/on topic.. but im looking into this setup for 2011.

gets annoying hauling down track tires for 3 hours with a passenger

anyone have a similar setup?

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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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I always wondered this myself.... I've looked for a towing capacity on the evo but havent found anything. I've heard people say that you can tow up to 750 lbs stock. Might be enough for a trailer and a jet ski or 2.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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lol i love it,.. just wash the crap outa your evo after dunking it in salt water with that jet ski.
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