towing with new prado
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003 at 23:04
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Jason (macca)
Hi all,
Just posting on behalf of a friend, he has just purchased a brand new (new shape) 2003 Prado 4lt V6 petrol. He towed his boat with it last week for the first time. Said that when towing the boat it was all over the place behind the Prado.
The boat weighs 1900kg and he has about 90-100kg on the ball.
I have the same boat and a 2002 Prado and
mine tows perfectly. I too have 100kg of weight on the ball. Neither he nor I have modified our vehicles in anyway.
Any feed back most greatfully appreciated
Jason (macca)
Reply By: ajax - Friday, Oct 24, 2003 at 08:19
Friday, Oct 24, 2003 at 08:19
Hi everyone,
I'm the poor btd with this lemon trailer.
Recently did tests by adding 50kg lead to bow of boat. This plus using the firmest setting on the
suspension control made a considerable difference to the way the rig towed on a straight line. The boat/trailer weighs about 1800kg. I weighed the original ball wght to be 85kg, which the manufacturer said should be ok, but obviously they were wrong. They are sending me a new winch post so i can move the boat fwd - cant move it any more fwd at the moment.
The unit still got the sways up going around a gentle sweeping bend at 100k on the last
test. It was a left hander, and just into the bend i hit a minor undulation in the road surface, thats when it started.
It just doesnt feel like the trailer wants to follow the tow vehicle - more like inching its way around the bend.
I ran a tape measure (accurately) over the entire trailer. Trailer seems square to the tow point and front axles measure square to that.
The rear axles however, are not. Hub- Hub on LHS measures 720mm as it should, RHS measures 735mm.
Anyone out there who could confirm that this could be my sole problem??
Any comments greatly appreciated.
-Alex.
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