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[Markie]

Its all in the title folks.....has anyone ( course they have) got any experiences of towing and if so can anyone tell me what sort of weight they have towed.

I am looking at towing a trailer with car on it,  and seperatly a horse box with horse in it.

Trailer i reckon is 300 kg and big car 1,5ton - so thats a tow weight of 1.8ton
Horse is 3/4 ton and box the same so thats a tow weight of 1.5 ton.

Would a 2.5 v6 omega tow this weight without problems?

Tyring to work out for the Ranault we have - which is a 2,5v6 auto and about 100kilos lighter than the omega just how much we could tow in weight comfortably.

If anyone can give me stats for the omega then i am sure the Safrane wont be far away.

thanks in advance

[theolodian]

Being american, I have never towed that much with a car - only pickups.  Even if the car can pull it, it doesn't meant that it will be pleasant or even really that safe to tow that much.  Only the first issue is being able to pull it, the others are brakes, stability, and tongue weight.  In that respect the Omega is better than the Safrane b/c RWD.  Therfore I will defer to others on the strengths of the Omega, but I would not say that they are readily comparable to the Safrane.

[Markie]

eventually found renault manufacturer specification....

towing weight including car 3235kg
car is 1485kg

so i assume it leaves a gross towing weight of 1750kg according to renault....

[TheBoy]

The plates on a v6 2.5 Omega seem to suggest it can tow around 2 tonnes.  Martin Imber will probably be your man...

[Andy B]

http://www.ntta.co.uk/faq/default.htm
It's usually suggested that you don't tow anything that's more than 85% of the weight of the tow car. If you're towing another car + the trailer it's on the 85% 'rule' will go out of the window & your only problem then will be stopping it all!  

[TheBoy]

As Omegas clear states max gross weight is 2000kg more that car weight, I would suggest that brakes and engine are up for it (obviously easy to cook brakes towing). Stability may be another factor, not sure how well stabilisers etc would work in this situation.

[rob114]

Hey,

I have towed a double horse trailer containing 2 med horses with no problem at all - just the normal 'feel' of towing - Once you get used to the weight etc !! Only thing with horses that is a little unnerving at first is they keep shifting around!!!

I Have an auto MV6 & is was a dream to tow with!

[Markie]

thanks guys

taking the 85% rule ( please i am doing this in my head so it may not be to the kg) the 1535kg safrane should be towing no more than about 1300kg. Thats still enough - as we have recalculated my oringnal post figures - to tow a horse box ( 750max) and med horse ( 500kg)

Does rule me out for trailering omegas/ 7 series etc on that rule   but 200/ 400 series rovers and vectras will be easy!

I reckon - over a short distance of max 50 miles, and doing this infrequently ( once a month) it should not over load the safrane.

Remember its a bigger than laguna type renault mated to a volvo 2.5 20v enine and auto box. And its on a 99 plate with 82k.

So although not quite mv6 its a meaty machine

[Markie]

The plates on a v6 2.5 Omega seem to suggest it can tow around 2 tonnes.  Martin Imber will probably be your man...

Jamie - what plates are you referring to so i can perhaps check the Renault?

EDIT - chassis plate of course - DOH  

[TheBoy]

yup, chassis plates...

[STMO123]

Doesn't it make a difference whether the trailer is independently braked...or not? :-/

[theolodian]

Yes, there should be 3 weight limits;

tongue weight
weight no brakes
weight with trailer brakes

[TheBoy]

Yes, there should be 3 weight limits;

tongue weight
weight no brakes
weight with trailer brakes

tongue weight is known as nose weight for those of us who speak the Queen's English....  

[Markie]

yup, i am aware of this and anything i buy will be independantly braked, y`know this could have been solved by putting a tow bar on the mv6 ( but this is soooooooooo not gonna happen)

Or giving up the booze  :-?

[TheBoy]

Or giving up the booze  :-?

but this is soooooooooo not gonna happen