98 Camry Solara able to use a hitch to haul????

I am moving and I need to haul a small trailer. I don't know if a hitch can be attached to this model, or if it can even stand the weight.

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kingluvham
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:28:06 -0400, kingluvham ("kingluvham" ) wrote (in ):

I wouldn't if I were you. The Solara is a sporty car, not designed for hauling trailers. Better to rent a truck and a trailer to carry your Solara instead. The extra money you spend doing that would be much less than getting your Solara repaired if you use it to tow a trailer, IMHO.

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Zvpunry W. Ebfraobet

What does your owner's manual say?

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Travis Jordan

should be like a camry up to 1000lbs. I tow with my 4 cylinder camry a small boat weighing about 600 total.

Reply to
Rob

I put a "light duty" hitch or tow-bar Max towing loads

Trailer with brakes

5SFE 1100kg (approx a ton) 3VZFE 1200KG

Without brakes Both engines 500KG

Tow ball vertical weight 80kg

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I'd like to add, there is no way I would try to tow a 1100 kg trailer + load with a 4 cyl Camry.

If you just want to tow a box trailer (6ft by 4ft or 8ft by 4ft) with total weight no more than 500kg, then a light duty hitch would be more than adequate. They cost about $200, take an hour to fit if you have the tools and know-how to hook-up the trailer plug for lights etc.

The light duty hitch uses the 4 bolts already in situ on the two rear chassis rails holding on the vehicle towing eyelet-brackets. Then you need to drill a few holes in the spare-wheel well for the centre anchor brackets. This doesnt cause any sparer tyre probs as the bolts heads are on the inside of the well and are not going to harm anything.

Jason

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Jason James

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