CARAVAN OR TRAILER TOWING
Your vehicle is designed primarily as a
passenger vehicle therefore handling,
braking, durability and economy will be af-
fected by towing a caravan or trailer.
Your safety and satisfaction depend upon
proper use of the correct equipment. Also,
you should avoid overloading and other
abusive use.
The maximum loaded trailer weight you can
pull with your vehicle depends on your in-
tended use and what special equipment has
been installed on it. Before attempting any
towing, ensure that the correct equipment
is fitted to your vehicle.
Your Daewoo Outlet will help supply and
install towing equipment to suit your
requirements.
VehiciefTrailer Loading
To load your vehicle and trailer properly,
you must know how to measure gross
trailer weight and trailer tongue weight.
Gross trailer weight is the weight of the
trailer plus all cargo in it. You can mea-
sure gross trailer weight by putting the
fully loaded trailer on a vehicle scale.
Trailer tongue weight is the downward
force exerted on the hitch by the trailer
coupler, with the trailer fully loaded and
the coupler at its normal towing height.
This weight can be measured using a
bathroom scale.
The weight of your loaded trailer (gross
trailer weight) should never exceed the
values in the chart below.
The permissible caravan/trailer loads are
valid for gradients up to max. 12%.
(unit: kg)
Maximum Towable Weight
With Brake Type 1100
Without Brake Type 500
7-6
1
NOTE
The total gross vehicle weight with
a
trailer must not exceed the Gross
Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of the
vehicle. The total gross vehicle weight
is the weight of the vehicle, driver, pas-
sengers, luggage or cargo, plus the
weight of the hitch and the trailer
tongue weight.
CAUTION
,
To help avoid personal injury due to
swaying caused by such things
as
crosswinds, large trucks passing or
road roughness, or due to separation
of the trailer, keep the trailer tongue
load at
10
percent of the loaded trailer
weight. Tongue load can be adjusted
by proper distribution of the load in the
trailer. This can be checked by
weighing separately the loaded trailer
and then the tongue load.
To Next Page
Loading...
