Tuesday, Jan 17, 2006 at 22:55
My tyre size change is pretty small (about 10mm I think) so I hardly notice the speedo change. Think it was only out a couple of k's when we last checked on the GPS.
My CT is about 1.3 T fully loaded with a ball weight around 220KG if I fill all 4 gerrycans on the drawer bar (only do this when necessary). Apart from some bum sag (which I'll fix with the air bags) it tows very
well. I do most of the towing in 4th gear, only going to 5th on long down
hill runs. 5th gear (in any vehicle) is not designed for the strain of towing. Only notice the weight when we have to change down a bit earlier on steep hills. Cruise at 100KPH no problem.
Went to Fraser Island fully loaded with CT. Handled the sand
well. Only place we had any trouble was getting around
Indian Head (very long run of deep dry sand) on the way up (slightly up
hill and fully loaded with fuel, fire wood, beer etc).
Rated tow capacity is 2250 (from memory), but for a real long trip, I'd try to stay below 1.5T, particularly if you also have a fair weight in the vehicle.
We will be doing Brdsville area, then NT and Kimberleys, GRR etc this winter towing the CT. I'm comfortable with the set up for the trip.
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