maxtherotti Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 hi all i picked my caravan up yesterday and while it tows ace every now and again on a rough road surface it makes the back end pogo a bit more than i would like so i think my shocks could be better for this job so my question is what are the best shocks for this job?? off road ability is of no importance on this purely load carrying and towing thanks rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 You might be better off fitting some air helpers - effectively they are air bags that fit inside the springs that can be manually pumped up to the required pressure to help cope with heavier loads... I know Mark (Mark) would be able to shed some light as I know he has them fitted to his 300TDi Disco. Incidentally, should the caravan have that much affect on the rear end of the vehicle. I'm sure there are some guidelines somewhere, but memory says you should only have about 100kg of nose-weight bearing on the tow bar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxtherotti Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 i dont think its anywhere near 100kg of nose weight the car sits nice and level with the van on its just over a rough potted road section it had a bit of a bounce on it figured some stronger shocks would help damp it down rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrfarmer Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 don't know weather you've got a single or twin axle caravan, but the single axle i have, i have to load it with most ot the weight on the nose or the caravan lifts and lowers the back of the 90 it also did it on the disco. also i have the hitch set so the front of the caravan is just a bit lower than level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxtherotti Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 its a 26 foot twin axle van the van was sitting allmost level (very slight down on the nose) but car with van on was still sitting level it towed awsome just on one really pi55 poor bit of road i felt the back of the car bounced more than i wanted (to be fair it was prob as the van wheels dropped into the pot holes but i still think i want stronger rear shocks for the towing i will be doing with a loaded car and van so what are good towing shocks?? or are new oe then best option?? rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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