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Topic: Renault Megane Scenic 1.9 dci W Reg

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uncle-ian

10/7/2015 at 2:14pm
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Hi I would be grateful for any help on this.
The car I usually use to tow is my Citroen Dispatch 7 seater taxi but I had it written off yesterday so as I am booked into a campsite for 4 weeks starting from next Sunday I am now panicking about how I am going to get it towed down from Pontypool in south Wales to The campsite down Bank Farm in the Gower.
My partner has a Renault Megane Scenic 1.9 Sci with a towbar. But would it tow a 1998 Viceroy Jubilee?
I have no idea on how you work out the weights of the caravan and the cars maximum allowed towing weights.
I believe my partners car can tow up to 1300kg's?
As she has only just passed her test I may have to get myself insured on her car to avoid us losing our holiday.

navver

10/7/2015 at 3:38pm
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Look at your cars Max train weight. Subtract the cars loaded weight from it and what's left is what you can tow.

Then check the cars max braked trailer weight and make sure that is more than the caravans loaded weight.

Then check that the caravans loaded weight is ideally not more than 85% of the cars kerb weight but definitely not more than 100%.

Check the nose weight of the caravan and make sure the max nose weight for the car is not exceeded. You can adjust this by careful loading of the caravan.

All this ignores any license issues.

Grampian91

10/7/2015 at 8:46pm
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Max tow maybe 1300kg but the cars kerbweight is likely to be less than that.

If your caravan is under 1100kg then you should be OK.

But as above check the weight plates.

Skoda Bob

11/7/2015 at 6:16pm
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max tow for the Renault is 1300 kg, max weight of van 1300 kg, max nose weight 75 kg

uncle-ian

29/2/2016 at 11:48am
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Quote: Originally posted by Skoda Bob on 11/7/2015
max tow for the Renault is 1300 kg, max weight of van 1300 kg, max nose weight 75 kg

So does that mean I can use my partners car to tow with or not?

Skoda Bob

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You would be on 100% but your an experienced tower, just take it easy and enjoy

romany girl

01/3/2016 at 10:48pm
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You could try a tow car matching website like www.whattowcar.com

Or if you belong to the caravan club, they also offer a free outfit matching service that would give you accurate information for your car and caravan combination.

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uncle-ian

02/3/2016 at 8:58am
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I'm going to buy an older type 7 seater now cheers all

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