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Thinking of getting a new tug
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Many caravanners have purchased a dual cab ute to tow a caravan.While brands and models vary, most are similar in load and towing capacity. The introduction of the American utes has however, opened up the field slightly in recent years but are not immune to the sales hype.The typical Japanese dual ca...
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Van weight calculator/assessment
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Sooo, I'm not sure where I got this from but its little xls sheet to work out if your over weight or not. I just tapped in all of my latest weights and it did confirm that I'm a little over if I fill all my water tanks, gas food clothes etc. (fully loaded) So Il just keep doing what I'm doing and travel with wat...
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Funny Ol' thing the ball weight.
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Ball weight, a static measurement, who knows for sure what it should be, but I have never read any article that relates to dynamic measurement. Once a trailer, but more so a caravan is moving other forces come into play, the size and length, the position (includes height) of the center of gravity. The p...
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Rear axle and GVM to GTM
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There have been a number of discussions on this forum regarding Rear Axle Weights and ratio of GVM to GTM so I thought I would do some research myself. What I found, quite surprised me. The attached document contains my findings.
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WDH, Air Bags and/or Increased rear Spring Capacity.
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I can understand the necessity to use a WDH on a SUV or a Passenger car, they being designed primarily to carry persons and a couple of suitcases in comfort, i.e. soft suspension. But the Utility vehicle is designed to carry a load on the back. The average ute can have Driver, fuel and still have a one ton l...
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Pedder's $75 Tow and Load assessment.
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Towing & Carrying Load around this Summer? Ask about Pedders $75 Tow & Load Assessment, which includes: Brakes, Steering & Suspension Check Weight of your Tow Vehicle/s Obligation Free Written Weight Matrix ReportFind out more at https://bit.ly/3jyqHZi#TOWvember I just saw thi...
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An over weight theory, puzzle
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Many van owners have difficulty maintaining their weight within the ratings. I have a couple of theories why I struggle with van weight and am wondering if: A. Am I correct? B. Have I miss understood? c. I'm dumb? I have a weigh bridge ticket (attached) from the maker that states its tare weight at n...
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Overweightedness my goodness
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you would not believe the amount of stuff this guy is carrying in this 23 ft van including wify and 5 chidren in the ford territory you wouldnt believe the amount of stuff in the ford including large waeko -- Edited by orid on Friday 27th of August 2021 05:01:53 PM -- Edited by orid on Friday 27th of A...
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AL-KO IRS Axels
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If you have a tandem IRS axel rated at 2500kg is it rated higher or is it just 2500kg.
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Cost and Process to Increase ATM of Caravan
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Today I had a full weight assessment done on my Tug and Caravan. Findings revealed I am 154 kgs above the stated Compliance Plate AGM of 2240 kg despite all caravan storage being under utilised. The AGR for the van is 2900 kg. I have been advised it is practical to get the AGM increased to match this value....
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Dangers of Air Bags.
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Today I spoke with an engineer who was busy straightening,and strengthening,a severely bent chassis on a BT50.Seems the owner,in his wisdom, chose to fit airbags to a leaf-sprung vehicle.Because of where the load is applied to the chassis,this is a no-no,although some will disagree. Whatever. A...
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Vehicle Towing Comparison
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First time I have seen this data collated.
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Vehicle Towing Comparison
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First time I have seen this data collated.
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Weighing the combined unit.
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I have an opportunity to get our rig weighed (over a weigh bridge), so how should we do it. I want to weigh the ute and van empty, plus fuel, water and gas, the other half thinks we should weigh it with all the basic stuff in it. Not really interested in ball weight at the moment. We were above our combined mas...
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What is Tare weight?
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Looking at definitions, the tare weight is the weight of an empty container e.g. a shipping container, but what if one fits a refrigeration unit to that container, then surely the tare weight is now the container plus the refrigeration unit. The tare weight of a caravan is said to be the weight of the va...
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Is this common issue, or is this a problem ?
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Just setting up and planning for first trip. Tech details as follows, van tare 2200, atm 2600, axle group 2600, tow ball (on plate) 210 (not sure how they come up with that ! ). My GCM with BT50 is 5950 , so Im well within limits there. I have 2 X 127 litre water tanks in van, so I filled both, also filled 15 litr...
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How do you check your towball weight?
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I have free access to a weighbridge. I want to check my overall caravan weight and the towball weight when it's fully loaded. How do you check your towball weight? Do you: 1. Check the weight of just the car when the caravan is connected and then the weight of the car when the caravan is disconnected and s...
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Coromal upgrade
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Hi all can anyone tell me what the cost for atm be roughly? would like to get extra 200 kg or so
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Tow ball tongue question
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Could the experts here just let me know if it's OK for me to use this up the other way. The reason I ask is that my 2.5t van isn't quite level.. Thanks in advance.
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What appears to be another mismatch
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Here are pics courtesy of SAPOL of a caravan and car roll over in SA. I wonder is the operator of this combination going to be charged with exceeding the towing weight spec of the vehicle. From what I have read the MUX has a towing limit of 3000 kg and even the shortest Silverline has an ATM of 3145. Now I am no...
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