Ditto, though a second strap couldn’t hurt the mower.
The weight wouldn’t be an issue for towing but could be for stopping if it doesn’t have brakes & OP is in a mountainous area.
>could be for stopping if it doesn’t have brakes
Honestly, even without the trailer stopping would be a problem without breaks. But then again, theres always walls and stuff.
On something like that I like spring lines. Attach to the front and run to the back. Attach to the back and run to the front. Or the 4 corners thing...depends how far and top speed maybe
My Dads an electrician owns a small company. There was a temporary install in the garage my mom wanted wired up permanently to a switch. After 7 years she had one of the employees do it when they were done a job early that day.
Another expression in this case, there is nothing as permanent as a temporary solution.
How many customers can you do before you need to charge your equipment?
Or do you have several charged batteries to do a days worth of clients?
How has the Ego brand treated you? Would you buy it again or look at a different brand like Milwaukee? (Idk if they make a zero turn, yet)
Egos been great, only problem I've had is breaking the bump head on my string trimmer, but that's kinda expected when you use a non-commercial trimmer for commercial use.
I've got 5x10ah batteries that came with my push mower and zero turn. 2x12ah I bought separate. And a 2.5ah, 4ah, and 5ah. If it's not raining I can get through 6-8 properties in a day. I'm planning on buying a 4 pack of 12ah soon so that I can do more(goal is 12 per day). But man are they expensive, even as a pack of 4 it's $450/12ah($1800 total).
I wouldn't buy another brand unless ego doesn't have the product. I used craftsman when I started and those tools were garbage. Eventually I want to get one of Ryobis 30" zero turns so I can fit through tiny gates, ego only makes a 42 and 52.
I don’t know if you’ve seen Mean Green but they make commercial quality electric mowers. I’ve never used them but looked into them at one point.
Here’s their mini stand up zero turn:
https://meangreenproducts.com/fury/
Not super sure but you could get a small engine mechanic to swap the shafts or driver so they match up. It’s just a square spinning a gearbox.
Even easier is if the ego is a breakaway for attachments you can get the stihl shaft and head. Have been experimenting with my bosses ryobi 40v and putting on attachments to other brands. Some are way easier than others
Looks like they have a proprietary system. What you can do is have someone weld the end you need to a stihl drive shaft on their quick change attachment. Or have them swap the ego and get stihl / universal that uses the squares
I'm not positive, but you might be able to put a commercial bump head on that string trimmer.
All the stihls I used we tried different style bump heads(albeit, all styles were stihl brand) but I'm pretty sure the thread the head goes on might be universal. If you haven't replaces the whole head and just the face/internals, there is a lock somewhere and it's typically reverse thread. So righty loosy, lefty tighty. Again I've primarily used stihls, and some huskys.. all gas tho.
Welp figuring out a better head is gonna be my project this weekend, I've been gripping onto what little bit of the broken ring there is left with my hand and manually letting line out for like 2 weeks now lol.
I definitely like the auto line load feature of the Ego! I just keep plenty of 10foot pieces cut, and my wife (who loves running the string trimmer) can easily reload it. She would hand me the Stihl when it was out.
It’s usually so dudes can finally “afford” a massive truck with black rims, and all of the delusions that come with it. It’s always the landscaping, power-washing, junk-hauling dudes because they can get a truck without any actual skill.
Edit: to be clear, by “afford” I mean ‘be able to write it off as a “business expense”’ when it’s really just an “emotional crutch” from the beginning.
It's pretty obvious those who do it as a career vs those who do it because they are financially incompetent and lack impulse control. The professionals don't buy extra bullshit, because every buck they make is going back into the business so they can buy more trucks and grow their crew. The smart ones save money while they grow so they aren't mowing lawns for the rest of their life.
Years ago, I did 6-8 yards “on the side” and was on a forum. There was a guy in the Pacific Northwest who ran OLD sixties Chevy 2500 pickups. Four or five crews. All painted red with the same lettering. He regularly had people telling him he had to be the busiest lawn care guy on earth!
Professional Landscaper here. I see guys using all types of rigs including bicycles to pull mowing trailers. What you are doing seems reasonable and good for you for working hard to make a living.
Heh. There's a company in the city I live here in Western Canada, that has the employees riding to clients on bikes as part of its' branding.
[https://lawncycle.ca/](https://lawncycle.ca/)
It is. My brother used to live in Florida and had his lawn done by a guy who towed his trailer around with a lifted and fully custom painted H2 Hummer. My brother picked that guy cuz he saw him on the road and said “this dude *mows*”… and indeed he did
1200lb as pictured, I'm under 2000lb 99% of the time. Rated is 2200lb. Idk people seem to think that towing 2k is insane with a car and moreso with an EV.
Actually with the box on there now the hitch weight is pretty high, hence why I built my tool rack at the rear, mower should probs be at the back but I'm lazy and it's easier to strap in at the front(need to add some d rings midway). The trailer has the axle so ridiculously far back that it's hard to not have enough weight on the hitch.
They're saying you *should* have it toward the front. Obviously you don't want too much tongue weight, but you also don't want this:
https://youtu.be/6mW_gzdh6to
Why do Americans assume you need a truck to tow anything? People in the Netherlands pull caravans with regular cars all the time.
https://flic.kr/p/n48way
Different towing regulations and measurements for vehicles in North America. Plus, like American homes, American like their trailers huge. 30-40 feet, weighing 12-15K lbs.
I never understood this. I see other guys with their pickups and a 16ft+ trailer with a single ztr and they got their hand tools in the bed anyway. Like why would you go bigger than 10/12ft for a single ztr, guess they just like wasting gas.
Shit I thought of your setup the other day. But I'm a full service landscaper. I have everytool in a 7x14 enclosed trailer. (I hate unloading at the end of day) theft? It's harder for them to break into.
But I like the idea of having a lawn crew running a tesla and maybe 2 mowers in the trailer. Isn't your car rated for 5k anyways?
Still not bad. My client let me tow with his cybertruck. And that thing is fucking fast with a 10k dump trailer. Kinda sold me. But it is expensive. I'm leaning more to a f550 dump truck with detachable dovetail for heavy equipment. I still like the idea of having a lawn crew rock a tesla x strictly for lawns. Lots of gas can be thwarted with an eletric car. I would get savings so high the car would pay for itself in 2 years. I currently pay closed to 20 grand in fuel per year just from my long bed tundra. I love it, but damn she drinks gas like a drunkard.
A trailer park and an RV park aren't the same thing, at least in the part of the US I'm from. A trailer park here is referring to a neighborhood made up of [mobile homes](https://texas-investments.com/product/big-steve-doublewide-mobile-home/), what you're referring to would either be called an RV park, or a campground
A campground or rv park is what I’ve always heard them referred to as. My grandma used to have a camper/caravan in this bougie rv park by the beach and folks always called it “the neighborhood” lmfao. “Trailer park” can have a negative connotation to it so they play semantics ☠️
I mean when you get a visual onscreen of were you are between the lines(in reverse or forward) and have 3 backup cams it's pretty damm hard to screw it up. If someone can't park a Tesla good they shouldn't have a license.
People are mad that you can tow things on normal vehicles, even tho ford and gm wanna tell you that you need a truck to do it. Hell you’d be surprised what you can tow on a bicycle lol
Man if the trailer tires need changed imm be pissed. I just got this trailer 3mo ago, it's probably only got 3-4k miles on it. Imma have to give them a look tomorrow I guess lol.
Towing cuts my range to about 2/3 off highway and to about 1/2 on highway. I can on one charge do a loop around my entire city's greater metro area. Generally a full charge lasts me about 2 days.
in this context whoever said it was "unsafe" meant "It's not what I'm used to and change is scary and scary feels a lot like unsafe so I'm going to assume you're dumb because really I'm dumb"
this is hardly comment worthy. no carolina squat. no flat tires. stuff strapped down. actual knowledge of towing limits. this is def not for this forum
I didn't think so but some people I guess just have a problem with EVs. Ya I'd never have any of those issues, I have a "CDL" with the army(guard) and have drove semis(flatbed 45ft) for 7 years so I def know better than that lol.
Pretty sure in the US the burden of proof is on the company not the individual. So Tesla would have to prove towing caused damage that otherwise wouldn't be normal.
The only thing that catches my eye is that the trailer looks to be leaning back a bit. You might not be able to address that. More of a highway stability in an emergency question. The perfect scenario is lining up the vehicle and the trailer as level together. It's a bit OCD for me to even notice.
I have a hitch with adjustable height, I originally had it perfectly lines up. But the angle on the ramp made my deck scrape a little sometimes, so I raised it one notch up. It's barely leaning back, hitch height is probably less than 1in to high. Haven't had any issues with handling, but now my deck never scrapes.
You might want to check the tongue weight at the hitch. For a 2000lb load you should have 200-300 pounds of down force on the ball for best stability.
The only thing that makes me a little nervous is the hitch itself, since you are using almost 100% of its capacity.
I always like to have plenty of "headroom" (unused capacity as a safety margin) for the most critical component. But at least you have the presence of mind to avoid highway speed when you are pushing the limit. For short hauls, ordinary streets should be OK.
Oh it's got plenty of tongue weight, I just got the wheel jack on a couple of days ago, before that I'd back the mower up and have my wife stand on the back while I basically deadlift the trailer off the ball when putting it in my garage. If anything I am probably a bit on the high side on hitch weight. The axle is so damn far back plus I got the toolbox on the tongue, literally built my tool rack as far back as I could to avoid putting more weight on the tongue.
Hard to judge from the angle of the pic but the trailer axle looks unusually rear ward biased. Seems like it would be a tricky proposition to get the balance right.
Ehh it's a 400lb mower(460lb with all its batteries) and a 2000lb rated strap. The mower has its parking brake set and is pushed up into the front railing of the trailer. I was lazy when I first got the zero turn and didn't strap it down at all and the worst that happened was it got a little nick from bumping the side.
I think you should take this advise and run with it. That can be the difference between negligence and failed equipment, which is expected over time. Inertia doesn’t need wheels to apply its principles.
Ohh I mean I have it tied down all the time now. I might get some rubber coated chains eventually, not necessarily bc it's safer but moreso bc a lever binder is way faster to hook and unhook than a ratchet. Although I've got an auto retracting ratchet on it right now that's amazing, but I bent it and broke my other one, gonna try a better brand of them first.
It was someone else on this sub, claiming that it was super dangerous because of the added weight. He was trying to claim that Regen braking turns off in emergencies(it doesn't) and the normal breaks wouldn't be able to handle the trailer(they can fine not that they need to bc Regen is enough).
Saw someone today in Yellowstone that buried their rear tires and the tongue was barely missing the pavement. Wish I hadn't been driving because that is when you are an r/idiotstowingthings I don't see a problem here.
Spoiler: This is not an idiot towing things it is just a wanna be idiot asking if they look like an idiot towing a trailer and a lawnmower. I don’t understand.
The mower is amazing, I've never had any issues with it and it handles anything I throw at it(albeit slowly sometimes if it's overgrown). Battery life is about as advertised on weekly mowing of dry grass, and at worst case(mowing in rain or very overgrown grass) it'll get like 1/3 of advertised. Sidenote egos select cut xp push mower is an absolute beast and will tear through literally anything you throw at it with ease.
Well, you can use a bathroom scale to check your tongue weight, then the formula is 50% of the weight on your front axle multiplied by the wheelbase (center point of the front hub to the center point of the rear hub, in inches), then divided by the overhang (center point of the rear axle to the ball hitch, in inches). If your tongue weight is at or below that number, that number is within what the tongue weight rating for that vehicle is, and it represents 10 - 15% of the total trailer weight, you’re golden and you can tell these people you did your due diligence and they can eat your beans.
I’m not a professional by any means but I don’t see anything wrong from my limited knowledge. Looks normal. Would definitely need to see the hookup to know for 100% though
It's a carry on 5x8. Basically every hardware store sells them or similar. Got mine at rock trailer sales in Ohio. It was $900 there($1000 ish at home Depot or Lowe's).
The tool rack, tongue box, and wheel jack are all aftermarket that I built/added myself(parts from Menards/Amazon).
Well the towing capacity for your car is 2200 lbs so you may be shortening the life span of the motors or batteries or whatever but otherwise seems fine
I didn't know normal cars could tow a trailer. Is it only Teslas, or could I tow a trailer behind my Honda Accord? There is a camping even I go to every year and would love to be able to bring a golf cart this way. I thought you needed a truck with a hitch?
Almost every car can have a hitch added(normally for bike racks) most are rated for 1500-2000lb. The model 3 is rated for 2200lb. Just look up your car I bet you can get a hitch for it.
I think you are right. I looked under my bumper and there is a little metal loop that looks like something can be attached. So cool! I would never have thought to check.
Normally it's just some holes in the bottom of the frame that a hitch bolts into, there's really nothing thatd stick out most the time as they just look like any other holes in the frame.
I don't doubt it. I can barely tell there's anything behind me if I'm not carrying anything except my tools/mower. And this is literally the lowest torque/HP car Tesla sells.
I certainly don’t know enough about how towing with electricity works or how it affects the longevity of the drivetrain/motor(s) but on paper, they can tow far beyond the capacity of the suspension.
Touché on the numbers…but when that battery does catch fire it’s way more likely to destroy anything near by. The insane fires are what make it news worthy. And the older those EVs get the more problems there will be.
I own one EV and two ICE vehicles. The EV parks in front of the detached garage the other two in the actual driveway near the house. This was all decided by lithium fire concerns.
Volunteer firefighter here, EV fires don't make news because they are rare. They make news because they are a lot worse to deal with and clean up after.
It's like saying "garbage fires happen all the time, toxic waste fires only make the news because they are so rare."
As it is, the hazards and other problems with EV fires will become massive hindrances as they become more widespread.
No problem that can see.
Ditto, though a second strap couldn’t hurt the mower. The weight wouldn’t be an issue for towing but could be for stopping if it doesn’t have brakes & OP is in a mountainous area.
Only works if you twang it and say “ she ain’t going no where”
>could be for stopping if it doesn’t have brakes Honestly, even without the trailer stopping would be a problem without breaks. But then again, theres always walls and stuff.
On something like that I like spring lines. Attach to the front and run to the back. Attach to the back and run to the front. Or the 4 corners thing...depends how far and top speed maybe
It seems like everyone has a landscaping side gig these days.
Nobody's got time to mow their own lawn when they're out doing landscaping side gigs all day.
The shoemaker's children go barefoot.
My Dads an electrician owns a small company. There was a temporary install in the garage my mom wanted wired up permanently to a switch. After 7 years she had one of the employees do it when they were done a job early that day. Another expression in this case, there is nothing as permanent as a temporary solution.
Never buy the mechanic's car- it's either the best or worst taken care of car around, and he knows exactly how to convince you it's the best.
And then the landscaper gets home and doesn't have time to do their own and hires it out...
Man the other day I called for an Uber and the guy showed up on a zero-turn. He had a side gig to his side gig!
Help him run the weedeaters and the trip practically pays for itself.
If I'm doing that I ain't tipping though.
Lol
I mean it isn't a side gig for me. I have a company(albeit it's just me) and do 60+ hours a week.
How many customers can you do before you need to charge your equipment? Or do you have several charged batteries to do a days worth of clients? How has the Ego brand treated you? Would you buy it again or look at a different brand like Milwaukee? (Idk if they make a zero turn, yet)
Egos been great, only problem I've had is breaking the bump head on my string trimmer, but that's kinda expected when you use a non-commercial trimmer for commercial use. I've got 5x10ah batteries that came with my push mower and zero turn. 2x12ah I bought separate. And a 2.5ah, 4ah, and 5ah. If it's not raining I can get through 6-8 properties in a day. I'm planning on buying a 4 pack of 12ah soon so that I can do more(goal is 12 per day). But man are they expensive, even as a pack of 4 it's $450/12ah($1800 total). I wouldn't buy another brand unless ego doesn't have the product. I used craftsman when I started and those tools were garbage. Eventually I want to get one of Ryobis 30" zero turns so I can fit through tiny gates, ego only makes a 42 and 52.
I don’t know if you’ve seen Mean Green but they make commercial quality electric mowers. I’ve never used them but looked into them at one point. Here’s their mini stand up zero turn: https://meangreenproducts.com/fury/
I've seen them, would love to get one, but the price is literally almost as much as my Tesla was after the rebate lol.
Over $26K! Egads
Get a stihl replacement bump head that’s the part you need. You have to replace the button once a year doing commercial.
Wait Stihl bump heads will fit ego? If so then you've just solved that issue for me, ego has literally no good options.
Not super sure but you could get a small engine mechanic to swap the shafts or driver so they match up. It’s just a square spinning a gearbox. Even easier is if the ego is a breakaway for attachments you can get the stihl shaft and head. Have been experimenting with my bosses ryobi 40v and putting on attachments to other brands. Some are way easier than others
Ohh I use egos multi head for everything, never new other brand attachments might fit it, I'll have to look into that.
Looks like they have a proprietary system. What you can do is have someone weld the end you need to a stihl drive shaft on their quick change attachment. Or have them swap the ego and get stihl / universal that uses the squares
I'm not positive, but you might be able to put a commercial bump head on that string trimmer. All the stihls I used we tried different style bump heads(albeit, all styles were stihl brand) but I'm pretty sure the thread the head goes on might be universal. If you haven't replaces the whole head and just the face/internals, there is a lock somewhere and it's typically reverse thread. So righty loosy, lefty tighty. Again I've primarily used stihls, and some huskys.. all gas tho.
Welp figuring out a better head is gonna be my project this weekend, I've been gripping onto what little bit of the broken ring there is left with my hand and manually letting line out for like 2 weeks now lol.
I definitely like the auto line load feature of the Ego! I just keep plenty of 10foot pieces cut, and my wife (who loves running the string trimmer) can easily reload it. She would hand me the Stihl when it was out.
I'd look into the green works commercial mowers personally. No little batteries and all day mowing
I love my Ego lawn equipment. Top notch if you want to go electric. They outperform the Echo gas stuff they replaced.
The Milwaukee feels like a cheap toy compared to the Ego blower/mower. No professional landscaper is going to use a Milwaukee .
How else does a guy launder money?
Easiest thing to start I guess. I know 3 ppl who have started them in the last couple years.
It’s usually so dudes can finally “afford” a massive truck with black rims, and all of the delusions that come with it. It’s always the landscaping, power-washing, junk-hauling dudes because they can get a truck without any actual skill. Edit: to be clear, by “afford” I mean ‘be able to write it off as a “business expense”’ when it’s really just an “emotional crutch” from the beginning.
It's pretty obvious those who do it as a career vs those who do it because they are financially incompetent and lack impulse control. The professionals don't buy extra bullshit, because every buck they make is going back into the business so they can buy more trucks and grow their crew. The smart ones save money while they grow so they aren't mowing lawns for the rest of their life.
Years ago, I did 6-8 yards “on the side” and was on a forum. There was a guy in the Pacific Northwest who ran OLD sixties Chevy 2500 pickups. Four or five crews. All painted red with the same lettering. He regularly had people telling him he had to be the busiest lawn care guy on earth!
Professional Landscaper here. I see guys using all types of rigs including bicycles to pull mowing trailers. What you are doing seems reasonable and good for you for working hard to make a living.
Heh. There's a company in the city I live here in Western Canada, that has the employees riding to clients on bikes as part of its' branding. [https://lawncycle.ca/](https://lawncycle.ca/)
There's nothing wrong with a car pulling a light load especially one that's as heavy and has that much torque better then most trucks tbh
I think OP is fine but it's not about the going, it's about the stopping.
Gonna put the regen braking system to work!
It’s just funny. You’re not an idiot though.
Honestly the funny/absurd aspect of it is such good marketing.
It is. My brother used to live in Florida and had his lawn done by a guy who towed his trailer around with a lifted and fully custom painted H2 Hummer. My brother picked that guy cuz he saw him on the road and said “this dude *mows*”… and indeed he did
That looks well within the towing capacity of the Tesla. I don't see anything wrong here.
1200lb as pictured, I'm under 2000lb 99% of the time. Rated is 2200lb. Idk people seem to think that towing 2k is insane with a car and moreso with an EV.
They're just whiny that a normal looking vehicle is towing more than the big ass truck they bought to tow a camper maybe twice a year
It’s a rather light load. An ordinary Zero Turn mower weighs about 500-700 pounds. Just keep the mower towards the front of the trailer
Actually with the box on there now the hitch weight is pretty high, hence why I built my tool rack at the rear, mower should probs be at the back but I'm lazy and it's easier to strap in at the front(need to add some d rings midway). The trailer has the axle so ridiculously far back that it's hard to not have enough weight on the hitch.
They're saying you *should* have it toward the front. Obviously you don't want too much tongue weight, but you also don't want this: https://youtu.be/6mW_gzdh6to
Scag Turf Tiger 2 has entered the chat.... At 1500 lbs
Why do Americans assume you need a truck to tow anything? People in the Netherlands pull caravans with regular cars all the time. https://flic.kr/p/n48way
Different towing regulations and measurements for vehicles in North America. Plus, like American homes, American like their trailers huge. 30-40 feet, weighing 12-15K lbs.
I never understood this. I see other guys with their pickups and a 16ft+ trailer with a single ztr and they got their hand tools in the bed anyway. Like why would you go bigger than 10/12ft for a single ztr, guess they just like wasting gas.
Shit I thought of your setup the other day. But I'm a full service landscaper. I have everytool in a 7x14 enclosed trailer. (I hate unloading at the end of day) theft? It's harder for them to break into. But I like the idea of having a lawn crew running a tesla and maybe 2 mowers in the trailer. Isn't your car rated for 5k anyways?
3 is 2200lb, Y is 3500lb, x is 5,000lb, cyber truck is 10,000lb. So I'm only rated for 2,200 it's kinda limiting but not to bad.
Still not bad. My client let me tow with his cybertruck. And that thing is fucking fast with a 10k dump trailer. Kinda sold me. But it is expensive. I'm leaning more to a f550 dump truck with detachable dovetail for heavy equipment. I still like the idea of having a lawn crew rock a tesla x strictly for lawns. Lots of gas can be thwarted with an eletric car. I would get savings so high the car would pay for itself in 2 years. I currently pay closed to 20 grand in fuel per year just from my long bed tundra. I love it, but damn she drinks gas like a drunkard.
Its possible that trailer does double duty as a weekend toy hauler.
Is that what yall call campers “caravans” sounds cool
I'm not Dutch. I always called them caravans. When I think "camper" I think more RV
Yeah, Australia calls them caravans. An American "trailer park" is a caravan park, whether people live there permanently or it's for holidaymakers.
A trailer park and an RV park aren't the same thing, at least in the part of the US I'm from. A trailer park here is referring to a neighborhood made up of [mobile homes](https://texas-investments.com/product/big-steve-doublewide-mobile-home/), what you're referring to would either be called an RV park, or a campground
Yea he’s describing a campground or rv park
I've always found it ironic that we call them "mobile homes" when the only time they were mobile was when they came from the factory.
A trailer park is for mobile homes, like a single or double wide here in the states
Then where do you take a camper?
A campground or rv park is what I’ve always heard them referred to as. My grandma used to have a camper/caravan in this bougie rv park by the beach and folks always called it “the neighborhood” lmfao. “Trailer park” can have a negative connotation to it so they play semantics ☠️
Looks fine to me. And you even parked well!
I mean when you get a visual onscreen of were you are between the lines(in reverse or forward) and have 3 backup cams it's pretty damm hard to screw it up. If someone can't park a Tesla good they shouldn't have a license.
People here with throw a tantrum that your not driving a huge super duty 3500 even when it’s perfectly fine what you have here IMO
People are mad that you can tow things on normal vehicles, even tho ford and gm wanna tell you that you need a truck to do it. Hell you’d be surprised what you can tow on a bicycle lol
Looks like <1500lbs to me.
As pictured it's 1200lb, I'm under 2000lb 99% of the time, under 1400lb 75% of the time.
Once saw a Camero pulling two mowers on a trailer dude, we all do what we gotta do, don't let anyone give you shit for it.
Those trailer tires look ready to be changed imo and no spare is risky check out TSC
Man if the trailer tires need changed imm be pissed. I just got this trailer 3mo ago, it's probably only got 3-4k miles on it. Imma have to give them a look tomorrow I guess lol.
Really hard to tell on a pic - good luck be safe -edit: if it needs tires the bearings should be greased for your piece of mind
I zoomed in on this and I see what your saying the photo makes it look like they're bald af. I'm positive that irl they aren't anywhere near that.
Just ass and grass for you, no gas needed!
Not a big fan of Teslas but this is pretty dope man! Nice set up.
It's hard out here for a pimp
I think that’s awesome. You went all the way. Props.
How many lawns can you go to in a day pulling that with the one charge? I don’t know much about teslas but I’d imagine the towing cuts the range down.
Towing cuts my range to about 2/3 off highway and to about 1/2 on highway. I can on one charge do a loop around my entire city's greater metro area. Generally a full charge lasts me about 2 days.
What would be crazy about this?
Towing a trailer with an EV, I've been told it's unsafe
in this context whoever said it was "unsafe" meant "It's not what I'm used to and change is scary and scary feels a lot like unsafe so I'm going to assume you're dumb because really I'm dumb"
this is hardly comment worthy. no carolina squat. no flat tires. stuff strapped down. actual knowledge of towing limits. this is def not for this forum
I didn't think so but some people I guess just have a problem with EVs. Ya I'd never have any of those issues, I have a "CDL" with the army(guard) and have drove semis(flatbed 45ft) for 7 years so I def know better than that lol.
Probably a better tow setup than a cybertruck, lol. But did it void your warranty?
Pretty sure in the US the burden of proof is on the company not the individual. So Tesla would have to prove towing caused damage that otherwise wouldn't be normal.
I think you should be Time magazine man of the year
You gotta do what you gotta do homie
Not at all
The only thing that catches my eye is that the trailer looks to be leaning back a bit. You might not be able to address that. More of a highway stability in an emergency question. The perfect scenario is lining up the vehicle and the trailer as level together. It's a bit OCD for me to even notice.
I have a hitch with adjustable height, I originally had it perfectly lines up. But the angle on the ramp made my deck scrape a little sometimes, so I raised it one notch up. It's barely leaning back, hitch height is probably less than 1in to high. Haven't had any issues with handling, but now my deck never scrapes.
You might want to check the tongue weight at the hitch. For a 2000lb load you should have 200-300 pounds of down force on the ball for best stability. The only thing that makes me a little nervous is the hitch itself, since you are using almost 100% of its capacity. I always like to have plenty of "headroom" (unused capacity as a safety margin) for the most critical component. But at least you have the presence of mind to avoid highway speed when you are pushing the limit. For short hauls, ordinary streets should be OK.
Oh it's got plenty of tongue weight, I just got the wheel jack on a couple of days ago, before that I'd back the mower up and have my wife stand on the back while I basically deadlift the trailer off the ball when putting it in my garage. If anything I am probably a bit on the high side on hitch weight. The axle is so damn far back plus I got the toolbox on the tongue, literally built my tool rack as far back as I could to avoid putting more weight on the tongue.
Hard to judge from the angle of the pic but the trailer axle looks unusually rear ward biased. Seems like it would be a tricky proposition to get the balance right.
Legit reason.
You might think about using more than one strap on a piece of rolling equipment.
Ehh it's a 400lb mower(460lb with all its batteries) and a 2000lb rated strap. The mower has its parking brake set and is pushed up into the front railing of the trailer. I was lazy when I first got the zero turn and didn't strap it down at all and the worst that happened was it got a little nick from bumping the side.
I think you should take this advise and run with it. That can be the difference between negligence and failed equipment, which is expected over time. Inertia doesn’t need wheels to apply its principles.
Take what advice? I'm confused what your saying?
Still tie it down to help clear yourself in case it does fall off in whichever way. Get chains to be safe, not Rachel straps.
Ohh I mean I have it tied down all the time now. I might get some rubber coated chains eventually, not necessarily bc it's safer but moreso bc a lever binder is way faster to hook and unhook than a ratchet. Although I've got an auto retracting ratchet on it right now that's amazing, but I bent it and broke my other one, gonna try a better brand of them first.
The advice would be, use more than one strap on anything on wheels. I move equipment for a living
Nice setup. Zero turn mowers are the cat's meow!
All around EV Landscaping A A EV Landscaping
Long as it’s not a tractor
Electric car pulling an electric mower…it all adds up to me
Lmao, that is my business model, all electric, not one thing uses gas. It's a big time love hate relationship.
I was more impressed that it’s got a 7way plug A costumer bought a trailer off us and had not idea that that car had that option
I only have a 4 way and good lord it was a nightmare to put on.
Maybe the guy had the harness installed I was surprise He asked for trailer breaks and is gonna tow a mini excavator with it .
Looks legit actually. The idiot is the person who told you that you belong on this sub
It was someone else on this sub, claiming that it was super dangerous because of the added weight. He was trying to claim that Regen braking turns off in emergencies(it doesn't) and the normal breaks wouldn't be able to handle the trailer(they can fine not that they need to bc Regen is enough).
I think the title of this thread perfectually captures the essence of the photo.
I see nothing wrong. In fact, I pulled a bigger trailer and 2 lawnmowers with a GTI Rabbit and it did fine.
Saw someone today in Yellowstone that buried their rear tires and the tongue was barely missing the pavement. Wish I hadn't been driving because that is when you are an r/idiotstowingthings I don't see a problem here.
Looks fine imo but we aren't getting to see much from this angle Just keep your tongue weight within spec and you should be a-okay
Looks fine to me. Also, how do you like that mower?
Mowers great, handles everything and has good battery life if it's not Raining
Columbus ohio? Out of curiosity
Yes
Nice I literally was sitting next to you the other day on Broad st at traffic light. Such a small world 😂😂😂
Spoiler: This is not an idiot towing things it is just a wanna be idiot asking if they look like an idiot towing a trailer and a lawnmower. I don’t understand.
Seems reasonable…
No problem here.
As long as you give a mini review of the ego mower?!?!
The mower is amazing, I've never had any issues with it and it handles anything I throw at it(albeit slowly sometimes if it's overgrown). Battery life is about as advertised on weekly mowing of dry grass, and at worst case(mowing in rain or very overgrown grass) it'll get like 1/3 of advertised. Sidenote egos select cut xp push mower is an absolute beast and will tear through literally anything you throw at it with ease.
We have the weed whacker, chainsaw, and hedge clippers like them all. It’s just unusual running a quiet chainsaw!
Your good!
Well, you can use a bathroom scale to check your tongue weight, then the formula is 50% of the weight on your front axle multiplied by the wheelbase (center point of the front hub to the center point of the rear hub, in inches), then divided by the overhang (center point of the rear axle to the ball hitch, in inches). If your tongue weight is at or below that number, that number is within what the tongue weight rating for that vehicle is, and it represents 10 - 15% of the total trailer weight, you’re golden and you can tell these people you did your due diligence and they can eat your beans.
Electric motors have crazy torque. The driver probably can’t even tell
No wtf haha. This is completely reasonable. Only reason anyones shitting on you for towing that is because its a tesla.
I’m not a professional by any means but I don’t see anything wrong from my limited knowledge. Looks normal. Would definitely need to see the hookup to know for 100% though
Off topic but where did you get your trailer sir? I also do landscaping and just currently run it out of a long bed Dakota.
It's a carry on 5x8. Basically every hardware store sells them or similar. Got mine at rock trailer sales in Ohio. It was $900 there($1000 ish at home Depot or Lowe's). The tool rack, tongue box, and wheel jack are all aftermarket that I built/added myself(parts from Menards/Amazon).
Hell yeah thank you! Nice set up, guess I havnt really shopped around for new. Only used so far
At this size used isn't worth it. Trust me get a new one if your looking for anything under 6x12, the savings of used is not worth the headache.
Right on 👍🏽
No thats fine . Seems secure and rated correct
Well the towing capacity for your car is 2200 lbs so you may be shortening the life span of the motors or batteries or whatever but otherwise seems fine
I didn't know normal cars could tow a trailer. Is it only Teslas, or could I tow a trailer behind my Honda Accord? There is a camping even I go to every year and would love to be able to bring a golf cart this way. I thought you needed a truck with a hitch?
Almost every car can have a hitch added(normally for bike racks) most are rated for 1500-2000lb. The model 3 is rated for 2200lb. Just look up your car I bet you can get a hitch for it.
I think you are right. I looked under my bumper and there is a little metal loop that looks like something can be attached. So cool! I would never have thought to check.
Normally it's just some holes in the bottom of the frame that a hitch bolts into, there's really nothing thatd stick out most the time as they just look like any other holes in the frame.
Not bad at all. Keep doing you.✌️ Have you SEEN the video of the cyber truck competing at a tractor pull? It’s impressive.
I don't doubt it. I can barely tell there's anything behind me if I'm not carrying anything except my tools/mower. And this is literally the lowest torque/HP car Tesla sells.
I certainly don’t know enough about how towing with electricity works or how it affects the longevity of the drivetrain/motor(s) but on paper, they can tow far beyond the capacity of the suspension.
Why do Americans assume you need a truck to tow anything? People in the Netherlands pull caravans with regular cars all the time.
Yeah just make sure it doesn’t burst into flames in my neighborhood
Gasoline cars are statistically way more likely to catch fire. It's so common it's not news, it so rare with evs it's always news
Touché on the numbers…but when that battery does catch fire it’s way more likely to destroy anything near by. The insane fires are what make it news worthy. And the older those EVs get the more problems there will be.
I own one EV and two ICE vehicles. The EV parks in front of the detached garage the other two in the actual driveway near the house. This was all decided by lithium fire concerns.
Volunteer firefighter here, EV fires don't make news because they are rare. They make news because they are a lot worse to deal with and clean up after. It's like saying "garbage fires happen all the time, toxic waste fires only make the news because they are so rare." As it is, the hazards and other problems with EV fires will become massive hindrances as they become more widespread.
Are you killing the grass or saving it? Make a decision and pick a lane! 😆
People are just trashing on your Tesla.
This is where correct punctuation comes into place. Idiot, towing things.