Towing a caravan with an SJ410?

[suzukisteve]

jay, may I make a suggestion? bearing in mind that im full to the brim with scrumpy cider (win!). what about a roof tent?
they seem cool but you'd ave to measure em up as the suzuki is fairly narrow

[windsor]

Yeah the shels are pritty simpel tbh and just kit it out how u want it

[Jay18]

do they fit onto a roof rack? i will have a butchers...

[Anton]

Jay - you should be fine towing that, but beware - your vehicle may weigh more than the plated kerbweight, but the law simply states that your car's official kerbweight must be higher than the caravan's MTPLM (Maximum Total Permissable Laiden Mass). The caravan's empty (MRO - Mass In Running Order) weight is irrelevant.

So if your caravan's max weight is more than the SJ's *plated* kerbweight, it's illegal. But according to this the caravan's max is 752kg. I'm fairly sure a 410's kerbweight (unmodded) is about 870.

You should be fine, as long as you have a cat B licence that allows for a max trainweight of 3.5 tons. Pretty sure everyone's got that, but might be best to make sure. And remember - that 3.5 ton figure is for the car's max allowable laiden weight + trailers max allowable weight, not their weight at the time of towing - so towing an empty 1 ton trailer with an empty 1 ton pickup truck might be more than 3.5 tons in the eyes of the law, even if physics say you've got 2 tons there.

[turbo-tom]

See Jay all that crap abouts weights. Just get tent or roof tent! Job done

[Darrell]

Don't know about you guys but I don't think I could tow anything more than a wheelbarrow up a hill in 2wd high

[Jay18]

okay guys, thanks for the help, think im going to build a teardrop caravan, well see what happens, if a roof tent comes up cheap ill get one of them...

[Tramp]

Don't know about you guys but I don't think I could tow anything more than a wheelbarrow up a hill in 2wd high

Like i said earlier in this thread, a camping trailer was fine on the back, a motorbikes trailer with bike was a real hassle, took all my power and was a real chore to tow

[Jay18]

well see what happens, im planning on getting a lwb vitara next year..

[Ladaman]

Here is a bit of a curve ball for you.

Why not a trailer tent? Less frontal area, so should be easier to tow, probably a lot lighter. Does the job for occasional use.

Something like this. (This has nothing to do with me, just one I found)


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PLUS, you don't have the shame of being a caravan owner then, that got to be a bonus!!