2017~2025: CX-5 Friendly campers?

[Mdykeman]

Hello,

I'm wondering if there is a list of recommendations for campers/ teardrops that the cx5 wouldn't have an issue taking around. If anyone has experience with which camper they use with the cx5 I would love to hear it. I like the bushwacker 10hd but don't know how It would handle on a trip with my 2020 cx5 touring trim.

 

[ColtX-5]

I have towed my R-pod 180 all over the southeast and eastern Kentucky mountains without issue. I limit my towing speed to 65 mph, use a ScanGauge II to monitor trans and coolant temps and use an inertia brake controller. My hitch is not rated for load equalization and the subframe likely isn't either. But I use a friction anti-sway device. The towing weight is 3219 pounds with about 14% on the tongue. After a while, I added airbags to the rear springs, but never thought they were mandatory. Some of the R-pods weigh less than 2500 pounds.

My car has about 125k miles and the trans and diff lubes get changed every 30k miles.

 

[Mdykeman]

Wow this gives me a lot more confidence I was definitely thinking of a small tear drop and probably will still lean that way but glad that there is a basis for pulling something larger. Thank you so much your post gave me a lot of info!

 

[ColtX-5]

They are rated to tow 1800 kg (3960 lbs) up to 100kph in many other countries. those places appear to have strict limits on towing speed, in particular.

I use my R-Pod for disaster work and required a bathroom.

Look at R-Pods with numbers 180 or below. There are other brands that are close, but R-Pod was designed to be the lightest.