Towing a caravan? (1 Viewer)

[zaskar]

A mate of mine tows his Swift Conquerer 580 (1639KG) with a Kuga.
He's thinking of swapping the Kuga for a Peugeot Boxer Utah 2.2 HDI, 110BHP (GM Coachwork camper conversion) to tow the caravan.

Will it cope?

 

[2657]

Depends what you mean by cope, 1639kg is within the towing weight range as long as the combination does not go over the max train weight which as far as I can see is 5000kg.If the gross weight of the camper is 3500kg and the train weight is only 5000kg then he may have a problem.

Won't be doing any racing starts but 110 HP pulling 5 tonnes is 22 HP/Tonne, when I first started driving 180 and even 150 HP pulled 32 tons....something like 5/6 HP/Ton.......did go up windy hill at around 10 mph though

Will have to use the gears a lot and slow down on hills.

 

[Dilbert]

Depends what you mean by cope, 1639kg is within the towing weight range as long as the combination does not go over the max train weight which as far as I can see is 5000kg.If the gross weight of the camper is 3500kg and the train weight is only 5000kg then he may have a problem.

Won't be doing any racing starts but 110 HP pulling 5 tonnes is 22 HP/Tonne, when I first started driving 180 and even 150 HP pulled 32 tons....something like 5/6 HP/Ton.......did go up windy hill at around 10 mph though.

Will have to use the gears a lot and slow down on hills.

Ahh 180 Gardner , laying across the seats dreaming of scanny 111s, Volvo f88 s and the boss goes out and buys a SED AK with a 220 rolls. Happy days......

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[Mikeco]

If it’s a van conversion at 3.5t then the trainweight should be 6t. I tow the car on a trailer which is 1.5t and it copes ok but have to change down through the gears on the hills.