the little engine that could.... tow?

Wow, just spent an hour watching all the youtube videos about it. Very neat! For less than $30 you can get the app and the OBDII bluetooth thing that has a very impressive response time, the videos showed the app's tachometer almost exactly matching the actual engine speed. Very cool. When i free up some money after the holidays.. this is what im getting!

 

I just run it on my old droid with a $16 dongle and a $5 windshield mount... The suction cup on it just stopped functioning today so I'll see what I can do to fix it. It sure beats a $200 scanguage... and it displays more things

 

I had a 1985 Yota truck 2.4L with a small cab type camper(not a shell)on it, 3 guys in the single cab pulling my dads 16' bass tracker boat and it did fine on the trip, but I knew I was pushing it. You will be fine with a small popup tent trailer and a couple motorcycles in the back. Just do 2 things, take it OUT of overdrive and keep the speed at 55mph, slow yes but you'll get there. The MPG will drop alot because of the load, out of overdrive, etc. just remember it will be used once in a while to tow not all the time.

 

Don't forget,the auto's also have 3rd and 2nd and low to start with.