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08-11-2023, 06:11 AM | #1 | ||
DIY Tragic
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Still chewing over this one. Have linked a Ford brochure for the model.
http://australiancar.reviews/_pdfs/F...ons_200410.pdf By my reading of this (P.3, “Vehicle Masses”) I have a GCM of 4245kg for my ute, unless a WDH is fitted, which then adds a further 630kg. Obviously, that would be working a 20 year old ute pretty hard! What I’m mostly looking at, is ensuring that my towing is nominally compliant and therefore not voiding insurance. Likely errands include taking any of the project cars around the traps for glazing, welding or straightening; resulting ATMs should fall below that “2300kg” figure cited by Ford when using a WDH. That said, it would look odd to see a Falcon ute towing another Falcon ute on a trailer. |
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08-11-2023, 11:45 AM | #2 | |||
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Not sure if that's what you meant but just to clear that up. Many car carrying trailers are up around 700kg which does limit the payload somewhat.
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08-11-2023, 12:02 PM | #3 | ||
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The “communal” car trailer is fairly light, it’s got old style strip floors and minimalist frame. Never thought to either photograph it unladen or take over a weighbridge to verify. Quite similar to this one, which gives its mass as 485kg.
My tow bar has a label indicating capacity as 2300kg (it’s a Carasel retrofit). So I’m fairly confident those two details are on the right track. |
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08-11-2023, 12:45 PM | #4 | ||
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The tow hitch, as it stands. Towball is mostly used as a parking sensor and step into the tray.
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08-11-2023, 01:02 PM | #5 | ||
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If the wdh you found is still available I would buy it. Better to have it and not need it than not have it and wish you did.
I would aim to have a load in the ute, while keeping an eye on rear axle weight, bearing in mind tow ball weight adds about 45% more to the rear axle. I. E 200kg ball weight will be close to 290kg on the rear axle. Good luck with it all. Common sense generally works.
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03-04-2024, 12:06 PM | #7 | ||
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The punchline has been, paying a good bit more for a storage box than the hitch kit cost.
Due to length of the stabilising arms and total weight of the kit, it required a fairly large, heavy-duty toolbox. I plan to not keep this on the ute, mostly it isn’t needed and would either take up load capacity or tempt thieves. At least it will also have room for my chains and other towing/recovery gear. Haven’t done any towing of note lately, either. But it’s nice to be safely prepared. |
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