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Many people are considering whether to travel with a caravan. Here are the most important tips. Basically, one differentiates between one unbraked and one braked Pendant. One of the things that is called unbraked is DIY store trailers, the one low load capacity exhibit. For example small boat trailers or trailers for motorsport. Larger trailers like caravans or trailers for horses and motor boats are available deceleratedso that a higher tensile load can be made possible. In Germany, car trailers must with more than 750 kg permissible total weight a Overrun brake own. The decisive factor is the number entered in the papers, which provides information about the total train weight of the combination.
Towing vehicle: not every car is suitable!
It is obvious that a small city vehicle like a Ford Fiesta, an Opel Corsa or a small VW Polo cannot pull a caravan with two axles. But that sometimes even applies to significantly larger vehicles. Surprisingly, the new i-Pace electric SUV from Jaguar is also allowed nothing pull, because according to ADAC no trailer load is registered - despite 400 HP and 2.208 kg weight. And there are even various trailer hitches for the i-Pace for retrofitting. You don't really have to understand that! But in such a case, vehicles like the Ford Ranger Pick-up, the VW Amarok, the Mercedes X-Class, the BMW X5, the Audi Q7, the VW Touareg or a Mercedes GLE can help, as they can pull up to 3.500 kg .
The ADAC Incidentally, has created an overview of common vehicles and their trailer loads in a PDF. The file is searchable and opens when you click on the following image. Also a Download is possible.
What is the vertical load actually?
The vertical load is the force with a single-axle trailer or a wheelbase of less than one meter on the trailer coupling of the towing vehicle acts. This value is usually between 50 and 100 kg. To this value not to exceed, the load must be distributed on the trailer.
The correct maneuvering with the trailer
This is particularly challenging and unfortunately unavoidable in everyday use Reverse with the team. If you have no experience with it, you should practice beforehand in an empty parking lot or a special one Driver training complete. Remote controls, with which the uncoupled trailer can be parked with centimeter precision, are very advantageous when maneuvering in a parking space. Such remote controls can also be retrofitted.
Of course, that wasn't the end of it!
tuningblog has many more news around the topic Camping and RV at the beginning. Do you want to see them all? Just click HERE and look around. Our focus is especially on converted Campers & mobile homes. This means that you will find fewer reports on classic standard motorhomes here, but much more we try to present specially modified specimens that show that the topic is also Tuning is represented in the camping & RV scene. Following an excerpt of the last campers and campers:
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