Pleasantly surprised with Cybertruck towing! Towed tow my boat (2500lbs) to mountains west of Colorado Springs.

[Chris9702L]

I’ve been anxious to tow my boat (2500lbs) up into the mountains west of Colorado Springs. Going west it is a charger ghost town, there is almost nothing. I charged up to 100% at the supercharger a little north of home (for some reason my home charging only went to 80%) and then headed up. It was a 56miles up to the reservoir (11 Mile Reservoir) with an elevation gain of 3000ft (6000-9000). I was pleasantly surprised making it to the reservoir at 70%. On the way home it got even better (two short stops) and arrived home at 53% state of charge. Sweet! Now I need to test out the next reservoir further out (Spinney Reservoir - 66 miles out and Anterro Reservoir - 78 miles out).

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[Cybertruck 1974]

Very good. Yes, anything shorter than the truck it does good, not great but good. Anything taller than truck, man good luck. You'll use double that. My 3500lb airstream killed my truck on a 120 mile tow with a 4k elevation change at last 20 miles with a start of 250 mile charge and at destination I had 2 miles left. 55mph whole way.

 

[CyberTruckeeTheOne]

My own showed that mh range was cut in half with a 4,200 lbs RV.

 

[RoboTaxi]

I view the CT range while towing to be comparable or a tad better then my 2000 Toyota Tacoma.

 

[SolarWizard]

I’ve been anxious to tow my boat (2500lbs) up into the mountains west of Colorado Springs. Going west it is a charger ghost town, there is almost nothing. I charged up to 100% at the supercharger a little north of home (for some reason my home charging only went to 80%) and then headed up. It was a 56miles up to the reservoir (11 Mile Reservoir) with an elevation gain of 3000ft (6000-9000). I was pleasantly surprised making it to the reservoir at 70%. On the way home it got even better (two short stops) and arrived home at 53% state of charge. Sweet! Now I need to test out the next reservoir further out (Spinney Reservoir - 66 miles out and Anterro Reservoir - 78 miles out).

I have a property in park county thats only 2.5 miles from Antero. Next time you’re going up there this summer let me know you’re welcome to cruise by if im around for a cold beverage

 

[PointHope]

Very good. Yes, anything shorter than the truck it does good, not great but good. Anything taller than truck, man good luck. You'll use double that. My 3500lb airstream killed my truck on a 120 mile tow with a 4k elevation change at last 20 miles with a start of 250 mile charge and at destination I had 2 miles left. 55mph whole way.

An old 3500 lbs Airstream is basically a big boat anchor.
Likely the newer generation electric Lightship style travel trailers will see better range numbers.
Remember the old saying, "It's not how far you go that counts, but how you get there".

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

An old 3500 lbs Airstream is basically a big boat anchor.
Likely the newer generation electric Lightship style travel trailers will see better range numbers.
Remember the old saying, "It's not how far you go that counts, but how you get there".

Well it's a 2023. Soooooooo???????

 

[WenssCT88]

Everyone always loves to talk trailer weight, but that part is almost irrelevant at highway speeds. It’s all about aero. Your boat is very aerodynamic so minimal impact. Nice!

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

Everyone always loves to talk trailer weight, but that part is almost irrelevant at highway speeds. It’s all about aero. Your boat is very aerodynamic so minimal impact. Nice!

? I can tow my 3500lb jeep 70 miles further than my 3500lb airstream. This test proved it for me. Low profile is the winner always

 

[Pilottom]

What speed were you towing the boat?

 

[Chris9702L]

What speed were you towing the boat?

The fastest that I could! I would say 45-60 going up the pass, 65 on the main road, and 45-60 on the side road.

 

[jf64k]

Everyone always loves to talk trailer weight, but that part is almost irrelevant at highway speeds. It’s all about aero. Your boat is very aerodynamic so minimal impact. Nice!

The Tesla engineers makes this exact point on Munro's Deep Dive video @ about 45:00

 

[jookyone]

Everyone always loves to talk trailer weight, but that part is almost irrelevant at highway speeds. It’s all about aero. Your boat is very aerodynamic so minimal impact. Nice!

Weight does some, but not anywhere close to aero.

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