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Towing Capacity

oswald800

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Ive got a VX Berlina Series 2 i know it says it can tow 2.1 tonne

Im looking at buying a boat but the load will be around 1750

Will this have any problems with my car in the future as in excessive wear

Looking at upgrading to heavy duty springs and maybe shocks

Any help on towing something with this weight would be good


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If you're within the weight of the towbar (should be a sticker on the inside of the B Pillar) then you'll be fine. Trans cooler could help depending how it goes. Just remember the boat could be alot heavier when you pull it out of the water.
 

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Oh yeah its a Auto but with my current boat i have i drive it like a manual
 

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Got told that when towing heavy load if you drive it like a manual than its easier on the trans ?
 

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Either way a trans cooler is highly recommended! I have cooked a trans towing a ski boat!
 

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Yeh i use to tow a 10x6 box trailer with my VS, it had a Auto tranny cooler on it and still use to overheat, the trailer was only 750kg.
I towed a horse float the other week, it had one horse in it and my VS Acclaim was getting thrown around like a rag doll.
I got a 2100kg Haymen Reece bar fitted to it as well. Bugger that mate i would be crapping my pants towing a boat that heavy, what if you get on a steep ramp and the car cant hold the wait?? The boat will end up heavyer then that once you load her up with gear to.
 

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So why do they say they can tow2.1 tonne

The weight of the boat is fuel everything in it
 

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I burnt out the gearbox of my Jag once trying to haul a trailer up a fairly steep mountain in Sth Africa. It was my first automatic and, not knowing any better, I simply left it in drive and allowed it to change up and down on it's own accord. When the vehicle was being repaired in Durban, I was advised that, if in future I decided to do something similar again, then it would be better to change the gears manually. If I remember correctly, the reason they gave was that, if the vehicle was driven as a manual, the hydraulic bands in the gearbox were locked together and couldn't slip against each other, which apparently is the case if the gearbox is allowed to change up and down of it's own accord.
 
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