Help needed

Martin Coxon · Apr 10, 2011

Hi All, i am new to this so i am sorry if i am doing this wrong
can anyone help me with the suspension on my TD5 Disco, i have just taken my caravan out and could not go above 50 on the motorway without it getting a wobble on, i think this is due to the air suspension? would new shockers help or has anyone any other ideas?
thanks for any replies
Martin

wiltshire landyman · Apr 10, 2011

could also be the caravan was loaded incorrectly

isnt above 50mph speeding with a caravan anyway?

Dewin · Apr 10, 2011

wiltshire landyman said:
could also be the caravan was loaded incorrectly

isnt above 50mph speeding with a caravan anyway?

Speed limit is 60mph on motorway/dual carriageway(too high imo) & 50mph on single carriageway, but I'm inclined to agree that it may well be an issue with the caravan that's causing the wobble.

jamesmartin · Apr 10, 2011

gas shockers allways help ,as above

oldskool · Apr 10, 2011

My gues is its not loaded correctly.

ratty · Apr 10, 2011

Check the tyre pressures on the caravan too.

Clanforbes · Apr 11, 2011

I think I read somewhere that the top speed of 60mph on a motorway when towing is dependant upon the towing vehicle to towed trailer ratios, though I could be wrong, and yes, 60mph is far too fast for most people driving car & caravan combinations that I see on the roads.

Oh and yeah, I agree, probably a badly loaded van - uneven weight distribution or centre of gravity way off the axle centre, or it could be a sticky brake or worn bearing on one side, if one wheel is hot and one is cold try freeing the brakes on the hot side (reversing a few feet often helps, but only until you use the brakes again.)

goonarmy · Apr 11, 2011

do you have a stabiliser fitted?What size caravan?

thought it was mine! · Apr 11, 2011

was the van loaded as my van is a bitch when empty.I would say the van is the problem check tyre pressures,brakes binding.Have you had new tyres on van ?

diver · Apr 11, 2011

Snaking at low speed usually means there is not enough nose weight on the caravan.
The 60mph limit used to only apply when the trailer was a certain percentage of the towing vehicle weight. I just found this which appears to say otherwise.
http://www.indespension.co.uk/b2c/jsp/FAQ.pdf

Either way, if you haven't done much towing before, take it a bit slower. Caravans are bloody horrible things. Its like towing a sail in a cross wind. I'm used to boats, at least they've got some weight to them.

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