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Imight need ato be 'cut', was a bit of the shock..
It makes towing easier, but discourages tugging, I'm told.
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Any folks on and reading this morning who can offer advice? Can I tow a 5 meter long caravan with a 2ltr VW golf??
2) Can anyone recommend a caravan cleaning service in the South East Essex area? it has been sat for two years and has marks/mould etc)
Bump:
Any folks on and reading this morning who can offer advice? Can I tow a 5 meter long caravan with a 2ltr VW golf??
Single electrics are OK. Battery charging when towing is minimal due to the voltage losses in the cables, and you can manage fine without the fridge powered up while towing. We take all the chilled stuff in a cool box in the car, then transfer to the caravan fridge after it's been going for an hour or two on-site (despite having full electrics).I bought a caravan recently too - already had a singler electric towbar, which is useless really. You should definitely get twin electrics. to charge the battery, keep the fridge cold while travelling etc.....
Read the links I posted yesterday
You need to know the maximum braked trailer weight for the car as it's illegal to exceed that.
As a guideline the laden weight of the caravan also shouldn't exceed about 85% of the car's kerbweight. Under no circumstances go over 100%.
You also need to know the car's trailer noseweight limit in kg. For good stability the caravan should be loaded to give a noseweight of about 7% of the laden weight (so roughly 100 kg for a 1500 kg caravan). Some cars are limited to 40-50 kg noseweight ...
Finally (per the link I posted yesterday) you may have limits on what you can tow legally, based on the entitlements on your licence. Worst case you'll have to take a "B+E test" - not particularly onerous, but needs to be arranged.
Yup, but for some cars it's the other way round ... the trailer weight limit is lower than the kerbweight. As you say, in all cases the lower figure applies.taking my W124 estates as an example ( these being the last cars I towed anything more than a small trailer with ) , since I vaguely recall the figures : M-B quote the max braked trailer weight as 2100Kg , however , the kerb weight of the 300TE was something like 1600Kg - therefore you would not want to tow anything above the lower figure
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