Post Mortem after towing.

Submitted: Saturday, Mar 09, 2013 at 17:29
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With all the vehicles rated three tonne plus towing capabilities I would really like to read reports on some of the "middle range" towing vehicles ie Navara,Mazda,Ford,Holden Colorado & others to just see what effect the stress of towing has on the structure of the vehicle. For example I have just had my towbar strengthened where it attaches to the chassis. Engineers whom I have shown the vehicle to scoffed at the chassis thicknes 2.5mm and the lack of structural support. When I showed them the Nissan identifying plate on the towbar stating 3 tonne towing capicity & ball weight not to exceed 300kg they say that Nissan could have done more to make the vehicle more apt to the stated capacity. I know I am not the only person who has looked at a vehicle towing a large heavy van & looked at advertising stated "Now with 3.5 tonne or 3 tonne " towing capacity. I have also been told that some of our emergency services had experienced problems when fitting up vehicle to use when fitting equipment such as bullbar & winch....ie the Toyota Workmate ute bullbar & winch exceeding the front axle weight criteria....late model patrols cracking chassis!!! Anyone heard similar reports or am I being lied to? As a consumer we purchase these vehicles & believe we are safe when fitting extras. Only to find out when we tow our 2.7 tonne van & hit a bump our towbar falls off!!!
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