Watch This Before Towing In Your Tesla Model Y!

In this video we pull a 4x8 enclosed U-Haul in our 2022 Tesla Model Y LR. Come along for the ride and see how it worked, or didn't work out.

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[chantzsch]

As forward thinking as Tesla is, I'm still dumbfounded that inspite of the MX coming standard with a trailer hitch and it's a popular option on the Y, that all Superchargers don't have at least one pull through.

[flyboypat]

Wow. That's a lot better milage than I get pulling my camper. I have a 17' camper that weighs in at 2750 loaded. It's 9' tall and 6' wide. At 62 to 65 mph, I burn 850wh/m in light wind. I have to charge to 100% at almost every stop. Stops can't be over 85 miles, or I have to slow even more. A trip of 350 miles takes about 9 1/2 hours. So we are keeping our camping trips shorter. My milage on my Subaru was about 8 mpg going 62mph. But at least fillups were quicker and didn't add near as much time to the trip. I'm not too worried about it because we are only going camping a few trips a year, and the rest of the time, we get to enjoy our get tesla experience

[john]

>A suggestion for a future video: go over how you use the Tesla energy graphs app., especially the different options it presents. Your hits and misses using the app would also be interesting.
>What is the app you are using to present the efficiency, speed, and charge stats.?
>Pro tip for you on backing up the trailer: put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel ( 6 o'clock position) and then move your hand, and the steering wheel in the direction of your turn. The trailer will move in that direction. Move the wheel to the right to move the trailer to the right, etc. Easy peasy.
>I believe on your west coast trip a few days ago you had a cracked windshield. How did you get that resolved...Tesla involvement, your insurance company support, etc., etc. I ask because several forum posters have had problems/confusion with the "who pays" and "where to get it fixed" scenarios. Your experience and reflections would be helpful. Was this the result of a rock strike or did it just appear?
TIA for your feedback. Keep up these great videos.

[Nate_G_SD]

Thank you for the Video.

I'm from Saylorville & currently live in San Diego. I had an impromptu trip back home. Flights were $900+ and I'm not a stranger to driving the 1, 800 miles back home.

I was interested in Model 3/Y to commute over my motorcycle, so I rented a red Model Y from Hertz (cheap) to make the drive with my Son and see what the Tesla experience was like.

My experience was EXACTLY like this and other Tesla road trip videos. I was very pleased. Autopilot for this distance lightened the mental drain for this trip. My time was 3 hours more than my all time best SD -> IA time in a gas car. Stopping for 15-20 mins every 2/3 hours of driving was much welcomed. Previously, driving it straight almost felt like a race, like I needed to be on the road all the time. Supercharging and going for a walk, while charging, was very pleasant and refreshing.

My next car, will be a Tesla. Seeing your views & stops from IA to CO feels like my back yard.

Once again, Thanks for the video!

[tommckinney]

Great video. I especially liked how you showed the Wh/mile. Threw me for a loop for a minute with the black seats, then I realized those are your ventilated seats.

[beltrams]

One thing that drives me crazy with my Y is how difficult it is to insert hitches, bike carriers, and so on into the hitch receiver owing to how recessed the later is into the plastic fairing. Inserting and removing cotter/retention pins for the hitch cross pin is a pain in the butt. Getting at the loops the safety chain hooks attach to is difficult too.

[DanGarrett]

Good video, but the background music is so loud compared to you talking, which means I am adjusting volume a lot.

[PeaceChanel]

Thank You Everybody for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste
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[ursusskandia]

Thanks for a practical video on towing - the best one i found! I noticed you have a little custom display where one should have been in the first place - where did you get that? NVM - found the video.

[Tycoonlessons]

This is just what I was looking for, thank you sir

[markswyers]

Great video. Sorry if I missed it in the video or comments but do you know what the total weight of your loaded UHaul trailer was?

[joelm]

Glad to see the pull throughs. I didn’t think you would get that many.

[slowercuber]

@29:08 no insight, yet, but one day I'll sit down and play with the numbers and do some experimental verification with my 2023 MYLR to where the minimum time function.... given the variables even when only considering trip from beginning to leaving first stop (elevation delta, wind speed and direction, initial charge, charge when leaving destination point after charging, desired charge when leaving destination, charging profile at first stop, drag function( for vehicle and roof rack and of course trailer ), battery health, more?) it'll probably have to be encapsulated into an app ... so... might just be easier to play around with ABRP to see how your trip duration changes given various speeds.... sorry... I've been wondering about the same thing.

[TedKidd]

Wish it had that Ford feature where you could TELL it what your configuration is.

[BrandenGwin]

Did you do this with a Tesla tow hitch? Or just a 3rd party hitch?

[larrybaker]

Did you have any trouble hooking up the trailer electrical and the chains to the Tesla ? I’m a little concerned on how to hook up the trailer chang to the car as there doesn’t seem to be a lot of space to run the trail changes through the loops in the car.

[tobindavis]

The 3 times I towed a Uhaul behind my '21 MYLR, I avg 534Wh/mi (all round trips to the same area ~500 miles each). What I find surprising (and lucky) about your trip is that you were able to just pull into a charger w/o any real effort (empty chargers, pull-in stalls). I had to drop the empty trailer on the way up twice and jackknife the trailer in most of the rest of the times due to busy chargers. At one point, it was so tight, there was barely enough gap between the trailer and the corner of the Tesla to drop a quarter through, and the cable was stretched as tight as it would go w/o failing.

[Paul-Thomas-LifeCoach]

Great video, I was wondering where you got those extra graphics from for the efficiency and charging etc? they were handy. Thanks for putting it all together!

[chadsway]

So glad you covered this, we just got our Model Y with tow hitch and excited for some summer adventures!

[SilverShadowLWB]

Excellent video with great narrative. You did a nice job backing up. So for the range of 833 miles, how many hours did the whole trip take, driving and charging? Looking forward to more informative videos....thanks