Thread: In Sydney need advice instability when towing

A couple of questions come to my mind ...

Is your car an airbag model or springs/shocks? You mentioned WDH, and of course if you have the airbag system you don't use them.

What ball weight has the van got when towed? I suspect it's either far too heavy or too light.

Regards,

Les.

How many kms on the current shocks? They only last about 60K if doing any work.

Air suspension and ball weight around 300kgs normally, tried to measure it before we left and got 280 but was doubtfully method, but that is about normall, has been to ;340kgs fully loaded when we lived in it.
Shockers are original, I am dubious about them that would explain some of the bouncing but not the flightyness,
Van has always towed fine never been a problem, we bought it new.

DD

Your only two hours drive away from Goulburn, why not come down here and try towing your van with my D3 and see how that goes?

Mine is set up with a Mitch Hitch as well. My guess is your Wrangler tyres and possibly your shocks are causing your issues.

Your welcome to stay the night on the property if that makes things easier.

PM me if you like.

It might be weight. My D4 is airbag equipped and how 3.5 tonne horse float causes the rear of the disco to wallow. It's 340kgs. My Toaureg with wdh is smooth with the same load.

The airbags try to imitate wdh but will never be as smooth for my tow setup.

LR videos on youtube showing it towing 3.5 tonne, shows the wallowing too....it must be an airbag thing with heavy weight.

Maybe need to move more weight to the rear....I can't move our horses any further back to help my problem.

Brett....

I would have thought the more weight you put on the rear of the trailer the more it wallows, not less.

Anyway DD the offer is there.

Originally Posted by TerryO

I would have thought the more weight you put on the rear of the trailer the more it wallows, not less.

Anyway DD the offer is there.

Probably does. I was just basing on transferring weight from the hitch away using the wdh on my Touareg which seems to cure it for that car.

Your offer sounds the best option.

Brett....

Thanks Terry might just do that, we intended taking a week off from baby sitting from the 25th on and heading your way, will contact you if it works out.
It is not he wallowing that worries me it is the directional instability, and the sever wind affect, something we have not had before with other tow vehicles, is your Disco any less stable than your Touraeg Brett ? Direction wise and does it track in wheel ruts ?
Camped next to a guy with a Touraeg loves it tows a 22 foot van, unfortunately 2 guys with Discos here love the power but won't admit it but I get the feeling not much better than mine, a handful on the road.
The van does tow well behind other brands of tug, so it is Disco specific, will find out if we get up to Terry's

DD