daluv

I have to make a 6 hour trip from western NY to south western PA at the end of this month and want to bring my Recon 250 with me. I'm pretty sure I will be set, but I wanted some second opinions...

The trailer I am getting has a dry weight of 300lbs. My ATV has a dry weight of 425lbs, so 725lbs dry weight total between the both. After a bunch of research, I found different ratings for the maximum towing capacity for the 1st gen Cr-V's. One site says 1,000lbs between the both, one forum says 1,500lbs between the both, then one says 3,000 if the trailer has electric brakes (which obviously, mine does not have.)

I think it would be safe to assume that I will be safe only towing ~725lbs for the trip, but just wanted a second opinion(s).

Also, any suggestions as to a decent scale for determining my tounge weight? I was thinking about just using my personal (for humans,) electric scale, throwing a block of wood in-between the tounge and scale, then load the ATV on the back and slowly work my way forward till I find a "sweet spot."...?

2000crv sport

i think you will be fine i towed my honda trx300 ex up north 4 hours with some tires from my buddies quad and 2 big gas cans so i think i woulda been pushing around 1300 pounds in my calculations and messured on my home scale around 200 pounds tongue wieght ..... but it went fine pulled smooth the whole way just dont be dumb and go over 115 ish on the hwy .... i have a 2000 manual crv

daluv

Thanks for the info! I picked up my trailer yesterday, and will be making practice drives around my town to get a feel for it and see how she does.