What can a Honda Ridgeline (AWD) ('17-26) actually tow?
rated 5,000 lbpayload 1,509 lbpickup bed
The rating is the easy half of the answer. A trailer never weighs its brochure dry weight — water is 8.34 lb a gallon, propane and batteries ride along, and so does your gear — and hundreds of models changed their published weights mid-run, so the model year decides as much as the model. Judged that way, with a 10% margin and 2 people aboard: 723 of 5150 campers fit a Honda Ridgeline (AWD), and 7 more fit if you buy the right years.
The number that quietly binds is payload — 1,509 lb (Honda quotes 1,509-1,583 lb across trims (GVWR 6,019 lb, GCWR 10,031 lb); 1,509 is the low end and the safe planning number): tongue weight lands on the rear axle with your passengers and the hitch, so a vehicle often runs out of payload well before it runs out of rating.
Loaded estimate: dry weight + full fresh tank + propane, battery and gear for 2. Headroom is against the rating less 10%.
FIT — IF YOU BUY THE RIGHT YEARS
These changed their published weights mid-run: some model years clear a Honda Ridgeline (AWD), others don't. A listing site treats them as one trailer. They aren't.
That depends on what you care about — bunks for the kids, build quality, budget, weight you'd rather not tow. Set your priorities as sliders and watch all of these re-rank around them, live, with your vehicle already filled in. Nothing gets hidden.