But is anyone using Weight Distribution hitches? Am concerned most about sway control. Seems like my 3 options are: 1) Get a full WD hitch 2) get a friction sway bar or 3) just tow it.
The GVWR for a Bambi 16 is 3500lbs so you will want to keep your actual total weight below that. A WD hitch is recommended (by the experts, which I am not) if what you are towing is more than 50% of the weight of the tow vehicle (see just below). Therefore you
should have a WD hitch installed. See the Model X forums for posts by
@ohmman about doing that on an X, the same principles apply to the Y.
Read this page
https://www.etrailer.com/faq-weightdistribution.aspx
QUOTE:
Even if you are within the towing limits set by your equipment, vehicle manufacturer, etc., there are other indicators that you may benefit from a weight distribution hitch, including:
- Your trailer weight (GTW) is more than 50% of your vehicle's weight (GVWR)
I hope that your Y does not have the Performance Wheels. If you do, replace them with the standard wheels.
Your range will be abysmal
Airstreams are reasonably well streamlined. His range will be cut in half at 55-60mph. You can call that “abysmal”, I call it usable. I’ve been towing for years, for tens of thousands of miles,with my X with my range cut almost in half and it’s fine. The Supercharger network is now so extensive that it is much easier than it used to be
the unhooking and charging frequent.
True. Which I have no problem with. It takes me about two minutes to unhitch and three minutes to hitch up.
I was wondering how you can charge a Tesla while it's hooked up to a trailer? In this case there is room to park along side a charger. But can this be done at a Supercharger station? It seems to me you'd have to disconnect the trailer so you can back the car in to charge.
Only a very small fraction of all Supercharger stations are configured so you can charge without unhitching and not blocking a lot of the other stalls.
Would it be easier to Supercharge with a trailer if Tesla had put the charging port in front of the car?
Tesla is not going to change the location of the charge port. And even if they did that would not help with charging while hitched up since the trailer would completely block the lane in front of the other chargers and you likely could not turn sharply enough to get the car into the stall while hitched.
You will learn to unhitch and hitch quickly.