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but it’s well planted having twin axles
but it’s well planted having twin axles
Small car trailer to keep things light.
My old sprint shuttle was too much for my poor van. It wobbled everywhere and was really slow on the hills. Using my BMW (I've had 10x) it was fine.
My old sprint shuttle was too much for my poor van. It wobbled everywhere and was really slow on the hills. Using my BMW (I've had 10x) it was fine.
Forever at this rate
Don’t worry....after a bit of home schooling they’ll be inhaling joints properly!
Absolutely! I had to reverse my twin-axle into the only bay left - between two proper artics! No problem! If it had been my 6’ trailer.....jeez, that skips about like an epileptic on Red Bull!
Does anyone on here tow (reasonable size stuff) with a lowered van?
I have my new T32 booked in for KW Variant One coil overs (Which we be hopefully fitted when my bloomin van eventually arrives!)
The van will be towing boats of various sizes short distances for work, but in its leisure mode it will be tow a 2.2 ton boat once a year to France and also regularly tow my big old 1900kg twin axle monstrosity of a caravan! (Blame the wife - Cornish boy here/all caravans should be burned!!)
Whilst I am confident that the choice of coil over is good, i would like to lower 55 mm. Is that too far for a regular tow vehicle?
(The van thing is new to me!)
I have my new T32 booked in for KW Variant One coil overs (Which we be hopefully fitted when my bloomin van eventually arrives!)
The van will be towing boats of various sizes short distances for work, but in its leisure mode it will be tow a 2.2 ton boat once a year to France and also regularly tow my big old 1900kg twin axle monstrosity of a caravan! (Blame the wife - Cornish boy here/all caravans should be burned!!)
Whilst I am confident that the choice of coil over is good, i would like to lower 55 mm. Is that too far for a regular tow vehicle?
(The van thing is new to me!)
I beat you to it on the caravan burning bit, you can have what’s left over when I’m out of matches. Destroying caravans is about the only thing I have in common with Jeremy Clarkson.
Well that's all very well, but I'm soon to be the owner of a new van and now living in Hampshire! I'm genuinely concerned that when visiting my family (Down the line
) with the new wheels this will lead to all sorts of issues with people looking at me as some sort of "outsider"!I nearly got into a full on punch up in Porthleven a while back when someone called me am Emmet! My wife thought I had lost he plot when I lost my S&%t! What is wrong with us Cornish folk?
If you look back at my post you’ll see my caravan which is a single axle, but 1900kg’s and my bus which is lowered on B14’s, no issues towing at all.
Beware that the VW/Westfalia removeable towball has a limit (vertical load/nose weight) of 100kg’s, pretty sure the van itself also has a limit of 100kg’s max towball weight.
Beware that the VW/Westfalia removeable towball has a limit (vertical load/nose weight) of 100kg’s, pretty sure the van itself also has a limit of 100kg’s max towball weight.
Thanks for the reply. I saw your post, but like you my van is 8 foot wide, but a fair bit longer and heavier than your Alpina. The boat will be 9.2 meters from the hitch to the transom. This shouldn’t make much odds as the ball weight is a max of 95kg for the boat. How low is your van? Did you allow an extra bit of height at the back end when you set up your B14s?
8ft wide is lovely inside, but not great on narrow Dorset roads, I've had a couple of near misses from wankers in lorries, 'might is right' and all that crap.
My B14's are at max height front and rear, I've got an ABT front splitter, any lower than my current settings and I wouldn't be able to get over any speed bumps. In fact my bus is off tomorrow for yet another splitter repair as I keep bashing the bloody thing. My caravan hitch and towball are almost perfectly aligned, I was expecting the caravan to look nose heavy or having to put on a longer swan neck towball, but it's the perfect level.
B14's do sag with age too, mine have been on for nearly 3 years and my tyres do rub on full lock, they never used too, I would guess they've dropped another 5mm or so over the time they've been on. They are not the only thing that droops with age, apparently
I’m really surprised at how level that looks. Very good. The van isn’t too shabby either!!!8ft wide is lovely inside, but not great on narrow Dorset roads, I've had a couple of near misses from wankers in lorries, 'might is right' and all that crap.
My B14's are at max height front and rear, I've got an ABT front splitter, any lower than my current settings and I wouldn't be able to get over any speed bumps. In fact my bus is off tomorrow for yet another splitter repair as I keep bashing the bloody thing. My caravan hitch and towball are almost perfectly aligned, I was expecting the caravan to look nose heavy or having to put on a longer swan neck towball, but it's the perfect level.
B14's do sag with age too, mine have been on for nearly 3 years and my tyres do rub on full lock, they never used too, I would guess they've dropped another 5mm or so over the time they've been on. They are not the only thing that droops with age, apparently
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That looks good.8ft wide is lovely inside, but not great on narrow Dorset roads, I've had a couple of near misses from wankers in lorries, 'might is right' and all that crap.
My B14's are at max height front and rear, I've got an ABT front splitter, any lower than my current settings and I wouldn't be able to get over any speed bumps. In fact my bus is off tomorrow for yet another splitter repair as I keep bashing the bloody thing. My caravan hitch and towball are almost perfectly aligned, I was expecting the caravan to look nose heavy or having to put on a longer swan neck towball, but it's the perfect level.
B14's do sag with age too, mine have been on for nearly 3 years and my tyres do rub on full lock, they never used too, I would guess they've dropped another 5mm or so over the time they've been on. They are not the only thing that droops with age, apparently
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I am sticking with the standard 17” Devonports. I see your running 20”s? I guess that will have a bearing on the hitch height? (To an idiot like me your van looks lowered. I’m sure if I have the KW coil overs on their highest setting it will look way higher that yours. The problem is that I don’t really understand what I’m doing with regards to van mods, but know that I want a versatile van which can tow. This is only because I think it will look better and be a more car like drive.)
The new van will have a van style splitter and I had hoped to do 55mm drop.
I think I’ll lower to 40mm and see how I get on, but if this is a mental idea it would be good if someone could let me know!
B14’s will give you a 40mm - 50mm drop if you just have them at their highest setting, at their lowest it’ll give you a 70mm - 80mm drop from factory.
Before B14’s on factory springs (T32) -
Before B14’s on factory springs (T32) -
Excellent. Thanks that is really helpful.
