Hi Tina'

I pull a 25oo# boat trailer with my '95 855T uasing a Volvo factory class II hitch. The Volvo hitch is more expensive than teh after markets, but there is a world of difference in teh way it attaches and teh way teh weight is distributd to teh load bearing structure of teh car. Something like 16 bolts for teh Volvo hitch versus three for the rest (UHaul, etc) even though they all claim to have the same capacities. As far a tounge weight, I wouldn't dream of putting that up into the 200 plus range regardless of what teh hitch specs say. The car responds instantly to the added weight and it just becomes much more unweidly and heavy feeling. Keep within Volvo's spec for teh tongue weight )160# or so, if I remember). This is based on experience. My current boat on its custom trailer came with a tongue weight of around 300#, and I have had to do a lot of reconfiguring the trailer to get it down, but each reduction was very apparent and helpful. The lower limit is just before you get any sway in the trailer as you drive down a failry smooth raod. I'd worry about pulling any big trailer on snowy roads, but particularly with FWD. The front end is unweighed by teh trailer weight, so has less traction and stability vs RWD where the trailer weight stabilizes things. Bst of luck,
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Mike Sullivan ('91 745 (184k), '95 855T (70k), '98 V70XC (83k). Past Volvo's: '85 744 (256k), '86 245 (165k), '86 245 (195k), '88 745 (208k), '93 965 (147k) .