Large Caravans and the D4

After experiencing the same caravan with Simplicity and then with G&S Control Rider I would never look at another caravan with Simplicity suspension.

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Originally Posted by mowog

After experiencing the same caravan with Simplicity and then with G&S Control Rider I would never look at another caravan with Simplicity suspension.

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I'm sure Control Rider suspension is excellent, but didn't Lotus originally put the incorrect load rating Simplicity Suspension on your van in the first place when they built it Mowog? That can't have helped with your towing experience with Simplicity. Having towed our van for a number of thousands of kilometres I find it bloody excellent and I take ours seriously off road for a van of its size.

cheers,
Terry

I had a quick squizz at the G&R site and that tandem setup is a bit of serious engineering. :eek:
must weigh 500 kgs by itself,,,,:eek:

I couldnt get the Quicktime thingo to work though,, :(

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Originally Posted by TerryO

I'm sure Control Rider suspension is excellet, but didn't Lotus originally put the incorrect load rating Simplicity Suspension on your van in the first place when they built it Mowog? That can't have helped with your towing experience with Simplicity. Having towed our van for a number of thousands of kilometres I find it bloody excellent and I take ours seriously off road for a van of its size.

cheers,
Terry

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Hi Terry

I did a lot of home work before the G&S was selected. I spoke to the guys that build simplicity and talked about how it travelled with 3 ton simplicity the comment from them was the 3.5 would be stiffer again.

I am not knocking the simplicity here. It is a good system and dose great service on a lot of caravans. But if you had the chance to try both systems on the same caravan you wouldn't pick the simplicity.

If you ever get the chance tow test a similar sized van with any of the good coil / shock independent systems you will be amazed at the difference.