Tow Vehicle for Jayco Expanda

Falcon seems to be popular with the caravan fraternity, the max towing mass is 2300kg I think, the modern ones anyhow.

The Falc is the choice for towing you'll pull the bum out of a Dunnydore towing.

I have a 16ft expanda and tow it with a 98 V6 3.5L jackaroo. Get about 24-26L/100km when towing at 95-100kmph.

Just more food for thought
wizzer

Falcon will pull it no problems, New Falcon, Power 195kW @ 6000rpm
Torque 391Nm @ 3250rpm towrate 2300kg
Commodore........190kW @ 6700rpm Torque 290Nm @ 2400rpm
towrate 1600kg

Falcon has heaps more pulling power then a commodore always have,(only 19nm less then a diesel prado) like the old valiants as you can see by the towrate between the two. Heaps of falcons pulling even bigger loads then your asking, better brakes also.The commodore will also scrub the rear inner edges of the tyres due to there IRS set up which falcon has also but better set up (this is from experiance with a VX we had from brand new and towing). My uncle toured most of oz (obviously not off road) sealed roads and never had an issue and his. His van was close to 2t and cruised along beautiful, obviously had it set up write in regards to electric brakes, towing aids etc for memory the only extra thing he had added from new was a transmission cooler....If your not going off road then no need for a 4wd unless you were towing a huge van or you were extremely close to the towing rate remember to take into account full water tank plus all your extre luggage which Im sure your aware of..............

Falcon will pull it no problems, New Falcon, Power 195kW @ 6000rpm
Torque 391Nm @ 3250rpm towrate 2300kg
Commodore........190kW @ 6700rpm Torque 290Nm @ 2400rpm
towrate 1600kg

Falcon has heaps more pulling power then a commodore always have,(only 19nm less then a diesel prado) like the old valiants as you can see by the towrate between the two. Heaps of falcons pulling even bigger loads then your asking, better brakes also.The commodore will also scrub the rear inner edges of the tyres due to there IRS set up which falcon has also but better set up (this is from experiance with a VX we had from brand new and towing). My uncle toured most of oz (obviously not off road) sealed roads and never had an issue and his. His van was close to 2t and cruised along beautiful, obviously had it set up write in regards to electric brakes, towing aids etc for memory the only extra thing he had added from new was a transmission cooler....If your not going off road then no need for a 4wd unless you were towing a huge van or you were extremely close to the towing rate remember to take into account full water tank plus all your extre luggage which Im sure your aware of..............

Thanks guys

Sounds like a Falcon will do the job nicely.

Yes I'll keep my eye out for something else but it is a case of $.

Cheers

Guys

This had me a bit worried as the prospect of having to go and find a cheap but decent tow vehicle was a bit daunting.

However...

I have just had a look at what is PERHAPS such a vehicle.

Now I know they were not the most popular of the Falcons but here's what I'm ooking at:

1999 Futura

Now it has low km so the age does not put me off.

It has no towbar which can be a good and bad thing I suppose.

Is this vehicle rated to 2300kg?

What would I be up for for a 2300kg towbar?

Are there many downsides to this model apart from the supposed styling (which I actually don't mind)?

Cheersa