A Trap for Young Player's
Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 22:04
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Geoff (Newcastle, NSW)
Hi Team,
I was putting the hitch receiver tongue into my rear wheel carrier come towbar this afternoon and happened to notice some numbers stamped into the tongue body.
They said SWL 1,650kg.
Interesting, the tongue is rated at 1,650kg but the rating plate on the rear bar is marked to the Troopy's maximum of 3,500kg.
So I'd guess using that tongue the Troopy is rated to tow 1,650kg's.
Interesting if I had an incident whilst towing say 2,000kg and somebody noticed!
Geoff
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Reply By: Kiwis Ross & Cushla- Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:38
Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:38
Hi Geoff, Join the club,we bought over the net prior to coming to Aust, from NZ a Ford Explorer [Yes,I have heard all the jokes etc] from Centre Ford in
Perth,when I negotiated for it one of the things we wanted to know what is the hitch etc on it and what is it rated for......2500kg's came the reply.Came over ,picked it up in January,[and thats a nother story on poor service],on inspection back at the motel,turned out to be a 1600kg tongue,it was stamped on it....back to Centre Ford
Perth,to bad,so sad,go away,they were not interested in doing anything,ended up we had to
fork out several hundred dollars for the correct hitch system,which we got from Wescott Towbars in Welshpool,who gave us excellent service.We have since driven across from
Perth to
Wollongong and picked up our van [yes.the Explorer did make it!] and #$$%^^ the H/R shank is too short and have had to get a new one of those at another $260 !!! SO, its been an interesting month,and expensive,should be sorted now,but boy,the rules on towing are just so complicated here in Aust.Hey,loving the caravan life though.
Rosco
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