While the Cayenne does not look out of place at the local Home Depot, it definitely stands out when walking up to the local heavy equipment rental company. When filling out the paperwork for a 26' offroad 4x4 scissor lift, the store assistant proclaimed, "You aren't trying to tow that with THAT?! (points to the Cayenne right outside the front door)

I am sure he thought I was clueless walking in with my "Nissan Murano" wanting to tow something that big. He inquired on if I even have a tow hitch. You know, because having something non-basic, probably means I am clueless about these things.

After a brief fact debriefing, the assistant resigned his judgement until after I had it hooked up. This was close to, if not a hair over, the max tow rating of 7,700 lbs. The scissor lift itself was 6,500 lbs plus about 1,200 lbs for the two axle flat bed trailer (rented also). Given that math, we are at about 7,700 lbs- max tow capacity!

Here are a couple of shots. Considering the weight, it did an excellent job on the 45 min out to location and back. A combination of city and highway driving. Look at how level the load-leveling suspension is - no sweat.

Cayenne - Do work!!

 

Love it. Do work son!

 

Hahaha.. glad that you got the reference. "Do work, son!"

 

We're most likely a rare bread.

 

That's bad ***.

 

Very nice. That trailer looks like it's seen some better days though. Was it top heavy at all?

 

No question - that is putting it mildly. It is hard to believe they charged me extra to rent that trailer that looked to be 20 + years old. Made out of heavy gauge boxed mild steel square stock, that trailer weighed much more than a comparable aluminum trailer these days.

Hard to say since the mass is fairly compact. I did notice on the highway at about 70 mph, it was swaying a little side to side when taking bends and changing lanes. Thankfully, the air suspension has built in anti-sway measures. It is a 26' lift after all, so it would have to be somewhat top heavy and it is not hard to imagine that the center of gravity for that unit is around the top of my rear window. Not reassuring, considering that this unit + trailer out weighed my CTTS by a decent amount.

I think I get another notch in my belt for maxing out the tow rating on my piggy

 

Ha! This is awesome!

 

love it

 

Awesome pictures and nicely modded!

 

What is the point in having it if is doesn't do some hard work once in a while

 

awesome!!!! DO WORK is right!!!

 

Can you post a picture of your trailer hitch setup?

I want to add a hitch to mine, but I'm not sure how I'd work a hitch around the exhaust.

So far I've used my Cayenne to haul bags of pine bark nuggets (with a plastic tarp as a barrier) and an 8x10' rug. I know, not the most demanding of jobs. lol

 

Thanks guys for the kind words! I know I have some audacity asking my Cayenne to do work outside of mall parking lots

 

No worries. By setup, I think you mean of the hitch itself - not of the actually hitch + receiver + ball.

If I understand you correctly, I think it is more simple and straight forward than you think. My hitch was a factory installed option and in no way will interfere with the exhaust due to the placement on the outside of the unibody construction. Meaning the exhaust is ran under the truck and the hitch is integrated into the bumper itself under the plastic bumper.

If you do not have the factory hitch option, you can add one afterwards. There are a couple of companies that offer bolt-on options, but they are not as beefy as the factory hitch.

For example, here is a couple of aftermarket hitch images with the bumper cover removed for clarity:





For comparison, here is a picture of the stock bumper/hitch:





Once again, neither of these will require a rework of your exhaust in any way.