Towing advice (Caravan)........

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TheQ said:
I recently had a tearful young ( low 20s) young lady arrive at the house asking for help, her horse box truck had a flat battery and the horse was getting upset. She had parked the truck on a farmer's concrete pan normally used for loading sugar beet. I ended up giving the truck a towed bump start behind the 110
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Bet that horse wont load very well next time.
 
I have a single axle caravan, two birth ideal for me and my woman, and a 110 to pull it, can hardly tell its there half the time till I check the mirrors :)
 
John03 said:
I have a single axle caravan, two birth ideal for me and my woman, and a 110 to pull it, can hardly tell its there half the time till I check the mirrors :)
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I'd agree with that, I've towed a boat on its trailer or caravan anywhere between the outer Hebridies and Norfolk and the boat directly between the two. Behind a car it can be hard work, behind the 110 it's no problem at all. The higher bigger body shell of a landrover greatly reduces the buffeting of the wind on the caravan and the weight of the 110 greatly reduces the amount of vibration felt though bodyshell caused by the trailer bouncing or snatching across rough roads.
 
_Stingrey_ said:
I may well look at a boost pin then. Whilst my Landy drives well I have noticed on long steep inclines I need to drop down through the box. Thats with a new turbo and intercooler, so with a caravan that will be exaggerated further. The pump has been tweaked as the cap has been removed from the pump but I don't know by how much. I'm going to fit an EGT gauge to check that everything is as it should be and enable me to tweak further if readings allow.
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The Boost pin only works on an un tweaked pump. You can achieve similar results by that same tweaking anyway. What intercooler and turbo have you fitted?
 
As others have written, from a power point of view you should have no problem towing without any tweaking, but if you want to go ahead.
You should also think about stopping the caravan, you are trying to brake an extra 1500kg or so. So make sure your brakes are in good condition, and also the caravan overrun brake. As with cars older caravan owners can skimp on maintenance, so when you buy a caravan make sure it has had a recent service. This will also cover the onboard gas and electrics.
 
this is a 300tdi and did the job with ease in Australia
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