I have been towing with a BMW X5 for many years. Initially I relied on my car's sat nav to get me to my destination. But, after having had a number of scary moments with unsuitable routes, height restrictions, etc I have used BMW Routes to plan my own route and upload it to my vehicle via USB. I have recently replaced my…
I'd appreciate some advice. Has anyone had experience of suspension stiffeners - spring assisters- rubber inserts into the rear suspension springs. The car sags when hitched . The tow bar limit is 75 kg and I'm using a 60 Kg noseweight. I'm hoping the inserts will stop/ limit the sag. |Do they work ? What are the problems…
Looking for some advice. Does anyone use a Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.4 petrol to tow a caravan mtplm 1475Kg? We are considering buying one but unsure how it would cope towing our caravan. Thanks for any advice.
If I have a ball tow bar on my vehicle can this be replaced wire a swan neck or does the whole tow bar have to be replaced Towbar is a witter
I use my Ford SMax for towing a 1500 kg Caravan. It has just failed the Mot on worn rear trailing arm bushes. When I removed them they just fell apart. I am wondering whether this a consequence of the extra stress on the bushes caused by towing. Have other people experienced this.
Hi Folks, My wife and I are considering purchasing a Bailey Discovery D4-4 was looking for some advice as completely new to touring. My car is a 2013 Astra 1.6 Sri, The power and weight specs are Power 113 bhp | Weight 1578kg | Torque 155 Nm, 114 ft-lb The Bailey Discovery D4-4 specs are Shipping Length - 7.141m / 23′5″…
Hi Folks, My wife and I are seriously considering purchasing a 4 berth caravan for our young family and was looking for some advice as complete newbies. My car is a 2014 Peugeot 308 estate 1.5 diesel. The V5 states it has a technical premissible towable mass or trailer braked 1300kg. The Vin shows the following numbers…
I was wondering if anybody could possibly help us please. Long story short, car has the towbar on and all of the electrics, however, I need to get the car coded so apparently the lights etc work on the caravan on tow. We live in surrey, can anybody help over the next few days please? Happy to travel (a reasonable distance)…
Hi, I need to move an English caravan from a campsite at Montrevel-en-Bresse to Vallon Pont d'Arc, France - about three and a half hours. Do you know of a company that provides this service? I appreciate restrictions and timing, but when the time is right a company needs to be in place. Thank you. Brian
Hi. Just registered for this forum so not sure where to go. We still have our 2007 caravan with the two 7pin plugs but just ordered towbar for our new car which has to have the 13pin socket. I see there are 2 types of adapter so I'm hoping to get some advice from people who have tried the different adapters. Thanks!
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