Confused - D3/D4/RRS Towball Weight

[101RRS]

Since I have had my RRS I was under the impression that the max allowed towball weight was 350kg.

When reading my handbook this evening I was surprised to see that the actual tow ball weight is only 250kg.

So I then went into TOPIX and put in a D3 VIN so I could have a look at an Aust D3 handbook and it has an even lower tow ball weight of 150kg.

PDFs of relevant pages below.

What does your handbook say?

Confused Garry

[33chinacars]

My P38 was only rated at 150 kg. BUT Hayman Reece towbar only rated to 120 kg or 250 kg if the car didn't have ABS. So was stuck with 120 kg
Sorry but doesn't answer your question but manual says 250 kg ??
Gary

[Fatso]

Gday , there is a 350kg stamped on the tow hitch insert itself but can not see anywhere that the rrs can have 350kg on towbar .On page 200 of my book it says at GVW i can have 150kg ball weight , but if have a 250kg ball weight then i must reduce my GVW to compensate and keep to axle weight specks . Al

[Dougal]

Somewhere I read 350kg for Australian market only. I'll see if I can find it again. I was trying to work out at the time if the NZ market vehicles also got the 350kg rating.
But maybe that was 250kg. The brochures state 150kg for the euro style cast neck towball and adjustable height plate style tow-bar.

[wardh]

Hi Garry

On page 308 of my D3 owners hand book it clearly states under the page heading "Towing"

Nose weight at Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight [B]On-road 350 kg and Off-road 350 kg [B]

Hitch receiver also clearly stamped with the above rating

Cheers

Howard

[101RRS]

Hmm - as clear as mud.

The ball weight is the lesser of the manufacturers designated ball weight and the tow bar ball weight.

So if the cars tow ball weight is 250kg and the tow bar is 350kg then the allowable ball weight is 250kg.

I put in another VIN into TOPIX and looked at that vehicles Aust handbook and this one shows 350kg.

Garry

[TerryO]

But in Australia the vehicles tow ball weight, for a D3/4 anyway, is 350 kg so there is no issue.

cheers,
Terry

[Fatso]

Garry my previouse post was a bit wrong , on page 200 in my book it says that at GVW i can put 150kg on the ball but if i increase the ball weight to a max of 250kg then i must reduce my carrying load accordingly to maintain GVW . In all cases i can not exceed 1710kg rear axle load , bit confusing . I cant find 350kg ball weight anywhere in my handbook .

[101RRS]

But in Australia the vehicles tow ball weight, for a D3/4 anyway, is 350 kg so there is no issue.

cheers,
Terry

Who says it is?? Hence the question what does "your" handbook actually say.

The two D3 pdfs I have put up are from Australian Handbooks.

Garry

[Fatso]

Hand book says i can tow 3500kg and the tow hitch insert is rated 350kg , wonder if that refers to the tow weight and not ball weight , any way i think any load heavier than the tow vehicle is the tail wagging the dog .