Best stabiliser

Water Wytch
Water Wytch Forum Participant Posts: 4
edited March 2016 in Caravans #1

We have recently changed our tow car from an Izuzu  truck to a Ford CMax.  We are getting a lot of snaking and we think we need a stabiliser.  Before we go and buy one what do other members use?

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  • ADP1963
    ADP1963 Forum Participant Posts: 1,280
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    edited March 2016 #2

    It is not as straight forward as that!.A stabiliser would maybe help,but you may have wear somewhere on the damper. I am not very good at these things but there are a lot than can give you good advice. I would try and find out why it is snaking first!.

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited March 2016 #3

    ..... I would try and find out why it is snaking first!.

    Spot on there ADP. A stabiliser will only stabilise an otherwise well balanced outfit. Is your caravan too big/heavy for your CMax? Undecided 

  • Tigi
    Tigi Forum Participant Posts: 1,038
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    edited March 2016 #4

    Also agree with above posts something fundamentally wrong with your outfit, stabilisers, ATC etc are only mean`t to assist a stable outfit and not control an unstable one. Try noseweight, overall weight suitability, weight distribution and  tyre pressures 

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited March 2016 #5

    What caravan are you towing with your cmax? are you saying that it has not got any stablizer ie alko or winterhof? 

  • grin factor
    grin factor Forum Participant Posts: 20
    edited March 2016 #6

    The best stablizer I ever had was the leaf spring type. Much better than the built in things we have these days!

  • commeyras
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    edited March 2016 #7

    I can only support the comments that if your outfit is unstable then there is something funadamentaly wrong.  I would look at noseweight and tyre presuures  first as these are the easiest to solve.  Am I right that the C max kerb weight is 1634kgs? If so the 85% guide is 1389 kgs.  So what is the weight of your caravan?

  • Lyke Wake Man
    Lyke Wake Man Forum Participant Posts: 238
    edited April 2016 #8

    use the stabiliser that is on the ball, they do pitching, roling and yawing,the old leaf spring ones only stop yawing

  • Wildwood
    Wildwood Club Member Posts: 3,585 ✭
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    edited April 2016 #9

    I agree that the implication of the question is can a stabiliser make a bad match better? For the question to be answered though I think we need to know which model of C Max you have and the make model and year of the caravan.

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