Tow Ball Weight Upgrade
Hitch up the caravan and you re now down to 600kg thanks to the weight of the towball.
Tow ball weight upgrade. The team at active 4x4 specialise in off road vehicles we also have the engineering approvals to upgrade the towing capacity of the gx and gxl models only to 3000 kgs. That is the front of the vehicle bobs up and down over bumps. The starting specifications for the ranger are a kerb weight of 2250kg maximum towing capacity of 3500kg with a 350kg limit on the ball weight. Why most modern ute tow ratings are bulls t.
I tow a 3200kg semi offroad caravan. Normally tow bars on ford vehicles have a ball weight of 10 of the towing capacity. Maggie dee april 1 2016 at 5 07 pm reply. Manual falcons are generally rated at 1600 160 kg and the autos 2300 230 kg.
This is due to the inadequate factory fitted suspension and affects most dual axle caravan towing applications. The stage 1 braked towing compliance upgrade for the toyota prado 150 series is a more cost effective solution however it does come with limitations. View the kia sportage range today. Your gvm is 3200kg and your gcm is 6000kg.
More precisely anything other the unbraked weight tow weight must have trailer brakes and over 2000kg independently operated brakes. The mitsubishi pajero has a tow restriction for the ball weight of 180kgs when towing up to 3000kgs. Even with a relatively light ball load of about 180kg a tow vehicle can suffer from front end float. The tow upgrade toyota prado 150 owners have had the limitation of 2500 kgs towing capacity and 250 kgs ball weight.
Explore the specifications of the kia sportage from powertrain and technical features to safety interior and exterior. It was correctly pointed out by a couple of members over 12 months ago that even though my hitch states 350kg the car is only rated to. Stage 1 btc kit 3100kg towing 250kg ball weight recommended for towing a 2500kg 2700kg towing apparatus. It is strange that you say the tow bar can take 2300kgs load 160kgs ball weight we are a bit light on info here.
It is actually pitching fore aft but because the rear suspension is loaded down with the van on the back it doesn t feel that way. Is your vehicle an auto or manual. Generally a gvm upgrade can only go to max axle loading example my patrol max front axle 1500kg. The first is the maximum permissible towball download.
The drawbar weight is also increased from 250kgs to 300kgs.