Thread: Caravan advice

Thanks for the input that I have received so far, another question that I was would like to throw out there is about towing in 5th gear (manual gear box). I have read somewhere along time ago that when towing larger vans/boats trailers ect it should only be done in 4th because 5th is not strong enough for the job. Any advice would be great.

Regards

Chook

I would second the advice to tow heavy stuff in 4th not 5th. If you examine the inside of the gbox, 4th goes straight through. 5th goes onto the laygear etc. I had my R380 rebuilt after it chewed the input gear and the matching gear on the laygear. When it let go I was not towing, did have a bit of a load in the vehicle but I think the damage had been done previously with the towing of a boat.