What speed do you tow your caravan

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

If either you or your rig are incapable of driving at the speed limit when the prevailing circumstances make it safe to do so, then you have several options:-

1- Learn to drive.

2- Get a rig that will tow at the speed limit.

3- Stop towing or driving or both.

Very loud air horns and very bright headlamps and driving lights become hard to ignore if used repeatedly on the same brain dead caravanner.

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Maybe you are just trolling?
If you are not & genuinely believe what you say then you must be one very unhappy trucker.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

If a 70 tonne b-double can maintain the speed limit in most locations then there is no reason why a 4-5 tonne car and caravan can't do the same.

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Professional drivers who are trained and do it day in day out in rigs designed from the ground up to do the job. They are also limited to 100km/h on motorways not 110km/h like other vehicles and required to go slower than other vehicles when descending some steep grades.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

If a 70 tonne b-double can maintain the speed limit in most locations then there is no reason why a 4-5 tonne car and caravan can't do the same.

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Bull****, trucks are designed to be loaded at all times and have professional drivers at the wheel. You're either just trolling now (pretty sure you are) because if you aren't you're the most misinformed person on here at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

If a 70 tonne b-double can maintain the speed limit in most locations then there is no reason why a 4-5 tonne car and caravan can't do the same.

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Im the general manager for a transport and logistics business that supplies building materials to the construction industry. If there is one thing i know its trucks. You sir are a goose! Trucks are purpose built to do one thing, I wont even bother with the details.

My opinion is that everyone can get a licence but not everyone has the ability to drive! Towing requires ability and the knowledge to travel at a speed that is safe for the circumstances and conditions you are travelling in. For example the speed limit reads 110kmph but its raining heavily and I'm fully loaded with the family on-board in a live axle vehicle (ie defender) therefore i slow down to 80-90kmph, maybe slower.

I don't have a problem being behind a slow vehicle towing but i do have a problem with a stupid driver towing that does not have the curtiousy to let me pass when safe to do so. In that situation i get frustrated and usually flash my lights. Ignorance drives me insane

I thought this might apply to this thread.

Cheers, Mick.

just perpetuating the myth,, thanks Mick,,,:bat:

hehehe,, feel a bit like that just driving the old Series [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

just perpetuating the myth,, thanks Mick,,,:bat:

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i would hardly call it a myth.

i love this cheeky holden comercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPmq5Aducc

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Originally Posted by mick88

I thought this might apply to this thread.

Cheers, Mick.

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should be a horse float not a caravan [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by incisor

should be a horse float not a caravan [biggrin]

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Maybe over in the east [emoji6]

Over here on the Eyre it’s likely a lovely couple enjoying our scenery, terrified by the cross winds, white knuckles and 80km/h.

Their favourite trick - wait until you’re approaching at the posted limit and just pull out of a rest stop and forget what the pedal on the right can do! Causing some serious braking and shaking of head!