zooks towin capabilities

[Crawford]

Hey on the side of my zook it says T 860

I assume it can tow 860kg without assisted brakin?

Thats a decent size boat isnt it? I am surprised it can tow up to this ammount as that is heavier then the car..

Let me know!! cheers

[SiKiD_01]

Hey on the side of my zook it says T 860

I assume it can tow 860kg without assisted brakin?

Thats a decent size boat isnt it? I am surprised it can tow up to this ammount as that is heavier then the car..

Let me know!! cheers

where on the side?

maybe its tare 860. so its what your zook should weigh, there abouts, and so when you go to a weigh bridge you can find out how much gear and stuff you got inside.

[Crawford]

ive weighed it before and it only weighs 740kg lol

Hrm.. it has
T 860
A 1340

... i thought that can tow 860kg.. and with assisted brakin... 1340 :|

ah well im happy to be corrected..

[SiKiD_01]

i think 860 is a fair bit for a zook to be towing unbraked.

yeah, i dont know either

[Beastmavster]

I think it's no more than 700 kg without brakes.

T being tare sounds wrong though, as a Sierra weighs 900 odd. Unless maybe you have an early 1 litre?

[redzook]

ive weighed it before and it only weighs 740kg lol

the scales were rong

[RUFF]

The T stands for Tare so it weighs 860kg dry.
The A stands for Agregate, Which means the max weight. which is 1340kg.

Which means that it can carry a maximum of 480kg's

It may however be able to tow more than this with Brakes.

[Crawford]

hrm k it was the scales down at the docks.. where they have the big fukn trucks with wheat... 100 - 200kg out mustnt mean to much to them lol

nah its 1.3L..

hrm k thanks for that info.. so 480KG.. is that even a boat?...

I want to buy a little tinny to cart around

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[benjamin78au]

hey , i found i was able to tow a 4m tinny pretty damn well, almost at 100ks. i found running 235s, and towing, i left it in 4th alot .

now i put a 1.6 efi in , and it is hardly noticed

bj

[kimclive]

My little tinny weighs 35kg! (Allycraft 310)

The wife and I can carry it with ease (and we're only 2 horsepower!) so a Suzi would tow it anywhere.

Even on top of my box trailer it's only 150kg.

Cheers

Clive

[Gibbon TSAM]

on http://www.carsguide.com.au in the research section, it says that without trailer brakes you can tow 450kgs.

[Pinball]

Advice i had when lookin to buy a camper trailer is that it's the same weight with or without trailer brakes for sierra, 450kg.

Pissed me rightly as i know RAV's etc tow 800 unbraked.... then i remembered the wonderful walking rear end i felt coming out of samford with a load of dirt in a 6x4 when i hit the picks.... fact is newton wins..

if the load is bigger then the car don't count..

we can pull a shitload it's stoppin it in a hurry that'll hurt.

Spock

[A12]

I drive an XL-7, with an empty weight of 1600kg's and I have a max tow of 1850kg's and a draw bar weight of 140kg's.

regards


Greg

[sierrajim]

I was of the understanding that in most states you needed brakes on any trailer with a GVM over 750kg?

For those who don't know GVM = Gross Vehicle Mass, the weight of the trailer and its maximum load.

[A12]

That is correct, any trailer that has a GVM over 750kg's need to be braked. Any trailer with a GVM of 2000kg's+ needs to have special brakes and safety chains. There is a brochure on the RTA web page about towing....I'll see if i can find it again.

[zookwithdreams]

i were towing a trailer with a dinning room table, chairs and a lounge suite and i overtook a wrx going up a hill. I told the wife it was the power of the 1.3 she said someting about me having my foot to the floor and them not but i assured her my zuk was just to powerful for the wrx

[A12]

The link to the RTA document is

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/ ... wmay02.pdf

enjoy