Just had to mention...Toyota VS. Chevy

[kos99ngel]

... I guess I couldn't get out because of the weight of the trailer on the rear it din't let me make good contact with the front tires. IDK what is you guys opinion?

Sure, that's a theory with logic behind it.

On the other hand, I don't really think that the tongue weight of a PWC trailer would transfer enough load off the Sienna's front tires to make a meaningful difference - since the towing ball is about 4 feet behind the rear axle and the wheelbase is 10 feet, about 40% of the tongue weight is levered off of the front axle, or 80 pounds with a 200 pound tongue weight (and the PWC trailer is probably less than that). 80 pounds is nothing to a two-ton front-heavy vehicle (maybe a 3% change). I think the trailer (which probably has tiny tires sunk into the surface) is just an anchor, holding the van back.

No the rear tires on the trailer where not sink in the sand I check I did see the front wheels of the Sienna sink into the sand. I agree that the trailer isn't heavy enough to hold me back who knows what really happen.

[romualds]

07Sienheaven,
forgot to ask -- where the front wheels was when you pulled out a Sprinter? Was they on a solid surface or on a some kind of sand?

[07sienheaven]

The front wheels were on solid asphalt. The Sprinter had both rear wheels off the pavement onto the sand but at an angle, so when I pulled him out, the rear axle was recovered one wheel at a time. I believe it was a 6 in. drop from the asphalt to the sand.