Tuesday, Apr 07, 2015 at 20:33
Check towball weight and get a spreadsheet that allows you to
check what happens to towball weight as you load van and fill gas and water. Learn how to
check weigh the towball weight with bathroom scales and a lenght of pipe or timber on a block.
Also
check limits on back axle of tug, maximum combined mass, payload of tug (and remember that towball weight is part of the load.
If you can't load van because of tow limit of tug, you'll probably end up breaching payload or back axle weight of tug instead.
I ended up doing a spreadsheet comparing power to combined weight (van + load + tug) of several vehicles using data from carsales.com.au (scroll down to specifications)
A Mitsubishi Challenger is about 10% less power to weight and torque to weight than many alternatives. It's about the same as a 100 series with turbo, but much less than a 200 series twin turbo. The challenger is not much less than a Workmate Wagon or late model Troopie.
Will you be under warranty for your trips over the next few years - if so, make sure you don't void it.
The 2011 PB Challenger 2.5 TD auto is:
-10 % Diff to Workmate Wagon Power to weight towing
-15 % Diff to Workmate Wagon 100*Torque to weight towing
90 % Diff to 100 non turbo diesel Power to weight towing
60 % Diff to 100 non turbo diesel 100*Torque to weight towing
-8 % Diff to Pajero turbo diesel Power to weight towing
-14 % Diff to Pajero turbo diesel 100*Torque to weight towing
12 % Diff to Troopie turbo diesel Power to weight towing
-4 % Diff to Troopie turbo diesel 100*Torque to weight towing
-23 % Diff to 200 turbo diesel Power to weight towing
-38 % Diff to 200 turbo diesel 100*Torque to weight towing
-4 % Diff to 100 turbo diesel Power to weight towing
-10 % Diff to 100 turbo diesel 100*Torque to weight towing
7 % Diff to Prado turbo diesel auto Power to weight towing
-12 % Diff to Prado turbo diesel auto 100*Torque to weight towing
-10 % Diff to
Ranger turbo diesel Power to weight towing
-25 % Diff to
Ranger turbo diesel 100*Torque to weight towing
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