Finally bought a toy hauler

[kalantar]

After many many many years of searching/researching I finally purchased a 27 foot Eclipse Attitude toy hauler. This is the first toy hauler that I can safely pull with my h2 and still be semi comfortable in it. Pretty decent floor plan. Just came back from a trip to Glamis and the H2 handled quite well, only thing that sucked was that I averaged 7.5 mpg towing the trailer up there and 11 mpg on the way back (I left the toy hauler out there).

I should be getting the 4:56 gears installed next week and will see how it improves my towing mpg on 37 toyo MT's..

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by kalantar

After many many many years of searching/researching I finally purchased a 27 foot Eclipse Attitude toy hauler. This is the first toy hauler that I can safely pull with my h2 and still be semi comfortable in it. Pretty decent floor plan. Just came back from a trip to Glamis and the H2 handled quite well, only thing that sucked was that I averaged 7.5 mpg towing the trailer up there and 11 mpg on the way back (I left the toy hauler out there).

I should be getting the 4:56 gears installed next week and will see how it improves my towing mpg on 37 toyo MT's..

Congrats. looks like a beauty. Yes, unfortunately, the H2 is not the most ideal towing vehicle. (thus the reason mine is getting the diesel conversion done now... so I can tow)

Changing to 4.56's will give you about 2mpg tops increase.

Mark

[timgco]

That is a nice setup you have! I've wanted to go to Glamis ever since I got into the UTV's. You are lucky to have all the toys to enjoy them out there!


you may want to look into help bags for the rear if you are running coil springs. That may help your ride a little as well. That should help from squating and squating more when starting from a complete stop.

What is your local shop charging you for the gears?

[kalantar]

Thanks, got the 4:56 gears put in today and new stainless steel brake lines. Wow! What a difference! When flooring the h2 from a stand still I feel the tires break loose when it shifts...Drove 200 miles tonight and only used a half tank of gas.. If I recall correctly this has never happened. Before I would average 220 miles per tank, best case scenario 240, allbeit it was mostly city driving and tonight was mainly highway miles, but nonetheless I noticed a major overall improvement! The car drives much smoother and with more power.... Brake lines stop much better as well.. I paid $1400 for the new gears installed and total $280 for new brake lines installed. IMO if you have big tires and rims the gear change is a must. I wish I would have changed it sooner when gas prices were $5 a gallon.

Glamis has been a blast, I have been there the past 2 weekends. I use a wait distribution hitch and that brings up the rear end substantially. As pictured I am full with water so it brings down the rear end a bit, but when I tow dry and toys are in the back it only sags about an inch. I looked into getting the airbags and after MUCH research I found out they are pointless. The h2 has springs and the air bags go inside the springs which will eventually pop.

Your best bet is to tow dry, put more weight on the rear of the trailer to alleviate the hitch weight and to use a weight distribution hitch.

Hopefully next purchase will be a used RZR S...

[Viet Nam Vette]

What is the weight of the towed rig and are you using a Trailer brake set up on the H2?

[kalantar]

6300 lbs and I am using a brake controller.
In addiiton I got the upgraded brake package on the toy hauler, awesome stopping power.