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Submitted: Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008 at 15:16
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I recently located an article in Overlander magazine dated March 2001 where they tested a Prado towing a van weighing 2000 kg. The article said "When travelling at upwards of 95km/h the Prado was easily unsettled by bumps as the rear of the vehicle tended to sway in a pendulum motion." Has anybody had any experience with the post 2003 model Prado towing a van of this weight only using a trigg bros. coupling or the like.
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AJ
Reply By: ian-and-penny - Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 13:43
Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 at 13:43
I used to own a 2003 90 Series Auto GXL TDI Prado (with polyairs), it towed a
Kimberley Camper everywhere without any problem whatsoever.
When we upgraded to a caravan (say 1.8 ton) we didn't experience the problem your post refers to. I suspect that this was for a couple of reaons:
1. The polyairs stiffened the rear of the vehicle somewhat. (I did also use a WDH after a while.)
2. The 90 series really didn't have the guts/grunt to tow the van at that sort of speed. (Despite the specs saying that it could do so with ease, and knowingly buying a van that the vehicle could tow). It would take an eternity to wind up to 90km/h on the freeway.
I now own 100 Series, and it tow the van reall
well. I'm really happy with it even though I would have preferered not having the expense of having to change vehicles in the first place.
Ian
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