[Caevlist] Towing with the Y

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Go bigger!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5lzqzZ2Do
Teslas can clearly tow far more than their tow rating.

On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 18:04:48 -0400 (EDT), Glenn Burket <gburket at peak.org>
wrote:
> Or, go even smaller, at less than 400lbs, to tent trailers designed to
be
> towed behind motorcycles: https://www.timeouttrailers.org/
> 
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> FROM: "Craig Hudson" 
> TO: "Otmar Lists Account" 
> CC: "Corvallis EV CLub" 
> SENT: Monday, April 5, 2021 1:18:12 PM
> SUBJECT: Re: [Caevlist] Towing with the Y
> 
> Some great engineering in Houston at TAXA Outdoors.
> https://taxaoutdoors.com/habitats/  [1]
> 
> I'm thinking of the Woolly Bear with a customized front "nose cone" and
> some wheel "pants".... 😎
> 
> Here are their 3 models:1500 pound Cricket (popup)
> https://youtu.be/J2aT94GdnII [2]
> 1300 pound Tiger Moth (sleeps 2) https://youtu.be/_tBh5aFzASo [3]
> 1300 pound Woollybear (gear wagon) https://youtu.be/2UwiS7uU-FI [4]
> 
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> _CRAIG HUDSON__ __Mobile _503-798-6952Poco Vineyards 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:49 AM Otmar  wrote:
> Thanks for the real world data. 
>  I’m sure we all know conceptually that towing increases energy use
> some. The thing I am realizing more and more is that having a very
> aerodynamic tow car, makes the trailer drag a higher impact by
percentage
> than it might be with a tow vehicle that has higher aerodynamic loads to
> start with. 
> 
>  -Otmar, on mobile device.
> 
>  -Otmar, on mobile device.
>  > On Apr 5, 2021, at 9:58 AM, Alan Batie  wrote:
>  > 
>  > Aerodynamics really do matter - I drove up to Portland yesterday to
> look at a small tent trailer I've been giving some thought (only half
> seriously) to getting. As expected, they wouldn't let me take it for a
> "test tow", but I did get a new stinger with the 1 7/8" ball I need for
> my little utility trailer (the one I had on the RAV was for a smaller
> hitch and wouldn't work in the Model Y). This afternoon, I took my
little
> utility trailer out for a test tow. On the way up to Portland at 70mph,
I
> was consuming 270Wh/mile. Coming back at 75mph, it was just a hair under
> 300Wh/mile. Pulling the little, unloaded, utility trailer at 60mph out
to
> Tangent...440Wh/mile, and for a brief run at 70mph, just over
500Wh/mile.
> Since I didn't have a cover on, I think I was hit aerodynamically with
> both the front of the trailer and the tailgate, so it's probably about
> what I can expect if I got the tent trailer. Between the $15k and the
> range hit, I think I'll just keep using a tent or a motel 😉
>  > 
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