alko tow balls

Good decision in my opinion.!

You probably need minimum 160 bhp and torque around 345/370

They are out there. 

I run   new cr-v   - 1600 "Dream Diesel "

I have a Citroen 1.6 C4 Picasso utting out 110 BHP The towball limit is 70kgs and the maximun tow weight is 1300kgs.

Alan what age C4 is it?

It's a C4 hatch, not a C4 Cactus, or C4 Picasso Grand Picasso?

The van weighs more than the car. Just stay away from me on the roads please.

With 3 adults and a child and a bit of luggage in the boot and 100kg of caravan on the ball, the car rear axle could be a tad heavy. I would suspect the MTPLM of the caravan may be a bit high as well. Have you actually checked all the relevant permitted and actual weights? You cannot rely on sales people as most of them don't know what day it is. You are the driver, and legally responsible to ensure this is all correct.

alan0378.

You are obviously in need of a bit of help on this. May I suggest you do the following simple checks yourself.

1. Look at the plate on the caravan just below the doorway. The MTPLM  (maximum technically permitted laden mass) is the weight which you should use to determine whether your car can legally tow it.

2. Look at the plate on the car on the back of the 'b' post (the door pillar behind the drivers door) You will see some weights, the greatest is the maximum train weight allowed (the total plated weight of the car and caravan), the next heaviest weight is the maximum plated Gross weight for the car (deduct this Gross weight from the Train weight and what is left is the legal maximum you can tow) if the caravan MTPLM is more than this, the car is not allowed to tow it.

No matter what other issues are involved, this is where you should start, because the salesman who sold the caravan to you cannot argue with this and he should have checked this. Do this first and then come back to the forum and we will help you try to resolve it. 

You're could have a go at removing the jockey wheel than it wont catch the road humps, just a through.

Our puny jockey wheel  struggled over gravel with the motormover 

So I changed it for a twin pneumatic hobby (brilliant!).

However when retracted, it was too low and touched the ground on long suspension movement.

So, I have modified the jockey wheel so I can remove the wheels by using quick release sprung clips. The "fork" that the axle runs through has also been modified and now will act as a ski should the worst happen, all finished in yellow passivated zinc plating.

Works a treat, looks smart, loads of growing clearance when retracted!.

But you'd still better get ya weights sorted fella 

Good luck

Get a Jeep Grand Cherokee, they will pull any caravan you choose. :0)

2012