Hyundai Terracan tow vehicle

I think you had better look at your figures above. A Terracan certainly wont have a GVM of 5800kg.

A 100 TD Cruiser's GVM is only 3260kg

Its GCVM may be somewhere around that.

That is allup weight of both vehicles.

However by the time you load up the Terracan with 5 of you and fuel and a bit in

the back you will be struggling to have enough left for a 2500kg van which will

have a ball weight of upwards of 220kg to be stable and safe to tow.

This weight is part of the cars load

Perhaps a rethink would be a good idea.

Hi Deto41, mate there is no way these type of vehicles where ever designed to do what you are expecting of it. Sorry but that's how it is.

I think the extra cooler would be a wise investment for piece of mind no matter what weight your van is. Have a look and ask the same question on the terracan forum for more experienced answers.

http://forum.australia4wd.com/index.php?/forum/47-terracan-owners-group-%26gt%3B%26gt%3B-wwwterracanaustralia4wdcom/

wizzer

I would second wizzer's suggestion to ask your questions on the Terracan forum - either the Chat or Technical forums - great bunch of guys.

I doubt that you would need an extra cooler. I tow a 'van of just under 2 tonnes, and the only time I had overheating problems was with a shadecloth screen on front for locusts.

You may need a suspension upgrade, depends on what you have at present. The Trek-n-Tow package available through Hyundai was VERY expensive, but did allow an increase in ball weight from (I think) 200 to 250kg. You may be able to pick up a second-hand T-n-T package from someone on the above forum(s), but there is plenty of discussion about suspensions on the forum.

Don't under-estimate the Terracan diesel as a tow vehicle. There are plenty out there towing vans of all sizes, and all owners I have spoken to are rapt.

Cheers,
glids

Thanks for the all the feedback.

Wizzer, I will go over to Australia 4wd and ask there also, I'd forgotten about their strong Terracan forum.

Snoopyone, From research, I am pretty sure the towball weight is 200kg although the figure of 250kg also came up with susp. upgrades so the van will have to be around 2000kg loaded - challenging but not impossible.
The Terracan also has a GCVM of 5385kgs (not 5800 as I said earlier) and kerb weight of 2197kg in CRDI auto form still leaving an impressive 688 kgs for payload (minus towball weight). This payload figure is comparable to or more than most other 4wds including landcruisers and patrols.

Matt, I'd like to know how many broken down Terracans you've seen on your travels and would that be more or less than other 4wds? I understand that spares availability could be an issue but its probably no worse than newer prados/ pajeros/etc. Maintenance, as with any 4wd, will have a great influence on breakdowns as will driving style.
Undeniably, the 'square' toyota series like your? ute and troopies have a much more robust CV joint system and less complexity overall so there's less to go wrong and parts availability would be better in outback areas.

Gronk,The dirty fuel issue is, I believe, influenced by certain cleaning additives helping the attomisation of fuel that can be added to the fuel system at services - and this can be omitted or substituted apparently, but other modern crdi's would probably have similar issues - correct me if I'm wrong.

Glids, You've obviously used your Terracan - have you traveled in the outback with it? I'm leaning towards ironman (cheaper) or toughdog (better?) suspension upgrade with rear polyairs from my research.

cheers

Deto