Flat Towing Scout Traveler / Terra?

[smrpilot]

Hoping they are planning on allowing these to be flat towable. And/or even chargeable while being flat towed like the first Pre production Rivians were (I don't know if they still are). I love the bumper design tow points, we flat tow our Bronco with the similar design tow points on the modular bumper, it's so simple and easy without additional tow adapters.

 

[JesseS]

This would a huge plus for us, I currently flat tow my Ranger with our RV. Love towing it to Moab or the like then hitting the trails.

 

[DaveM]

The new Scout EVs are brimming with practical utility features, I'd be surprised if they didn't of designing them for flat towing! They'll be sizeable heavy vehicles to tow though. Wonder how much vehicle weight we're talking about

 

[JesseS]

The new Scout EVs are brimming with practical utility features, I'd be surprised if they didn't of designing them for flat towing! They'll be sizeable heavy vehicles to tow though. Wonder how much vehicle weight we're talking about

That is the only sticking point, I am thinking most EV's are on the heavy side for flat towing, my Ranger is only 4200 lbs, well within the 7000 lb tow hitch on my RV.

 

[smrpilot]

That is the only sticking point, I am thinking most EV's are on the heavy side for flat towing, my Ranger is only 4200 lbs, well within the 7000 lb tow hitch on my RV.

Yeah the EV's tend to be on the chunky side. Probably a bit much for the gasser class A's, but we also used to pull our 2dr Bronco with the gasser as well. It's 5,300# before it's used as a cargo trailer when being flat towed. We've upped our game to a diesel super c now, so I'm not too worried about that part. Now just if they'll come in under the 8k rating of our tow bar. And have a built in braking system for flat towing.

 

[JesseS]

If it's too heavy then I will just keep my Ranger seeing as it is already all sat up to tow with built in braking, charging and wired for the lights. Cheaper than buying another 100K RV seeing as mine is paid for.

 

[Mousehunter]

The weight is not a huge factor with my tow rig, but it would be VERY nice if Scout came with it pre-wired and set up for braking.

I hate to say it, but the main thing I love about flat towing is I can generally tow my Jeep to the repair shop...
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now I seriously doubt they would do it, but they could make it a self powered toad. Even if it did not carry all it's own weight, it could self propel some of it. Likewise, regenerative braking would help a bit.

 

[Donnie]

The new Scout EVs are brimming with practical utility features, I'd be surprised if they didn't of designing them for flat towing! They'll be sizeable heavy vehicles to tow though. Wonder how much vehicle weight we're talking about

Rivian r1t weighs about 7,148 lbs if that helps you. I’m assuming it would be similar in weight but probably couple hundred pounds heavier

 

[JesseS]

I hate to say it, but the main thing I love about flat towing is I can generally tow my Jeep to the repair shop...

OK, this is funny

 

[pwrofgrayskull]

The weight is not a huge factor with my tow rig, but it would be VERY nice if Scout came with it pre-wired and set up for braking.

I hate to say it, but the main thing I love about flat towing is I can generally tow my Jeep to the repair shop...
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now I seriously doubt they would do it, but they could make it a self powered toad. Even if it did not carry all it's own weight, it could self propel some of it. Likewise, regenerative braking would help a bit.

You've got some really good ideas here...really, really good...