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Hi all,

I am just wondering if anyone uses a pickup for towing your caravans and if so how do you find them?

I currently use a 2006 Galaxy which is great but I am thinking of buying a pickup for work and wondered if they are good.

We got stuck in the mud last time we were out and needed to be towed off , so i'm trying to eliminate the possibility of it happening again.

Thanks Colin

We use both cars to take our stuff on holiday, mainly because I return home to go back to work, but also because we take a lot of kit.

We pull the van with a Mitsi L200 double cab Warrior. It's my vehicle for work but also treated as our second car.

It's very good towing as well as being well loaded with kit, it's got a hard top with a liner. I'm going to fit roof bars on it this year so I can carry the Kayaks on it as well.

I can't give you true towing MPG because I just fill it up on my fuel card when it needs it & I've never bothered to do a proper MPG check just when towing.

My two brothers & I all bought one at the same time, two were manual & our older brother had an automatic, he loves it but I've never driven it to find out how different it is to mine.

All the pickups should be at the NEC show next week, you'll be able to compare them in one hit there as well as get some quotes. Mitsubishi told me this afternoon, there's a new model L200 about to show itself.

BB

Just be aware of the bailey warranty condition, that caravan should only be towed by a car or 4x4 substituting as a car. Not sure how they define a 4x4 substituting as a car. Some other manufacturers probably have a similar condition.

I think they reckon the hard suspension on commercial vehicles shakes the caravan too much and causes cracking etc.

Sammax, what year is yours?? New shape or older one??

Thanks

Quote: Originally posted by beerok on 20/2/2010

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Sammax, what year is yours?? New shape or older one??

 

Thanks

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Quote: Originally posted by contivanman on 22/2/2010

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Thats strange the new shape navara and the pathfinder are exactly same base vehicle just the backs are different! im just facing facts and towing with a pickup can look pikey simple as.

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