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Aussie Tow Ball / Tongue weights ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ridge Runner" data-source="post: 499357" data-attributes="member: 3775"><p>Thanks Bob, well I had a look around it and I can't see anything on there either, I keep finding the figure of 2800kgs But that don't match my Vehicle ID Tags that state a GVM of 2510kgs and a GCM of 5410kgs which works out to be 2900 kgs not 2800kgs, </p><p></p><p>I have searched and searched and a couple of sites say 115kgs Tow ball weight which is stupidly Low and this hand book says the same Yet Mitsubishi Australia state that the Tow Ball Weight should be kept between 5 and 10% of the Gross Trailer weight,</p><p></p><p>Bottom line it is a stupid thing to add a Tow ball weight limit to a Vehicle because a Trailers Tow ball weight changes from Trailer to trailer, IE If by chance using a Discovery 4 where in Aus it has a Tow Ball weight of 350kgs then that would make it illegal for a Disco 4 to Tow a 6x4 box trailer because there is no way could you load up a 6x4 trailers Draw Bar to take that kind of weight in order to get it to weigh 350kgs.</p><p></p><p>According to Mitsubishi Australia The Tow Ball Weight should be kept within 5% and 10% of the Gross Trailer Weight. which makes total sense to me, when towing a 2900kg trailer means I should have a Ball weight of 145 to 290kgs. but to list a Ball weight of only 115kgs is just asking for trouble @ 3.96%.</p><p></p><p>John.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridge Runner, post: 499357, member: 3775"] Thanks Bob, well I had a look around it and I can't see anything on there either, I keep finding the figure of 2800kgs But that don't match my Vehicle ID Tags that state a GVM of 2510kgs and a GCM of 5410kgs which works out to be 2900 kgs not 2800kgs, I have searched and searched and a couple of sites say 115kgs Tow ball weight which is stupidly Low and this hand book says the same Yet Mitsubishi Australia state that the Tow Ball Weight should be kept between 5 and 10% of the Gross Trailer weight, Bottom line it is a stupid thing to add a Tow ball weight limit to a Vehicle because a Trailers Tow ball weight changes from Trailer to trailer, IE If by chance using a Discovery 4 where in Aus it has a Tow Ball weight of 350kgs then that would make it illegal for a Disco 4 to Tow a 6x4 box trailer because there is no way could you load up a 6x4 trailers Draw Bar to take that kind of weight in order to get it to weigh 350kgs. According to Mitsubishi Australia The Tow Ball Weight should be kept within 5% and 10% of the Gross Trailer Weight. which makes total sense to me, when towing a 2900kg trailer means I should have a Ball weight of 145 to 290kgs. but to list a Ball weight of only 115kgs is just asking for trouble @ 3.96%. John. [/QUOTE]
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