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Subject Topic: 1.5 Ford Focus Estate Auto Post Reply Post New Topic
Personrubyjewelsday
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Hi looking at a ford focus 1.5 diesel auto to tow our small avondale dart its under 1000kg any reviews or advice much appreciated x


Personmarg6
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more specific info to include year of manufacture and the caravan size would be more helpful to know


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Is the 1000kg the MTPLM or the MIRO of the caravan?

Is the car a hatchback or estate car? What year is the car?

Rob


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Based on the information you have provided you're simply not going to get a positive answer.
For starters you need to know what the kerbweight of the Ford Focus is plus the downward weight limit of the towball. You also need to know the MTPLM of the caravan (laden weight) and not the MIRO (unladen) which 1,000 kgs. sounds more likely to be the case. Make and year of models of both will be helpful too if you want an accurate answer.


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Quote: Originally posted by Rob and Tina on 29/1/2022
Is the 1000kg the MTPLM or the MIRO of the caravan?

Is the car a hatchback or estate car? What year is the car?

Rob



Title of post states estate.

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The MPTLM of the caravan could easily be under 1,000kg if it's an older model. Mine is, and it's a 4 berth caravan too. It is a 1992 model though and they were quite a bit lighter than current models as cars didn't tend to be so powerful back then. I used to tow a 5 berth caravan with a 1500cc Cortina back in the 1970s and it towed it just fine.


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Personrubyjewelsday
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Ford focus 1.5 diesel automatic 2015 zetec
Looking to buy...
Caravan is an avondale mayfair 380/2 1993
Max laden weight is 1000kg
Hope this is more specific.. ty


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Quote: Originally posted by rubyjewelsday on 29/1/2022
Ford focus 1.5 diesel auto estate to tow an avondale 380/2 1993 caravan laden 1000kg max . Ty for your reply.


Nobody can't calculate a match between the car and caravan because we need to know the kerbweight of the car like I said in my previous post.
We can't guess what it might be, you need to tell us.


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If its a Powershift auto, which at that age is likely don't go near it.


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Don't worry too much about kerb weight, legally it is as relevant as the weight of you windscreen wipers. The max tow limit of your car is 1200 kg and the max nose weight is 75 kg, so your caravan is within weight limits and with 199 ft-lb of torque your car should pull it just fine. The downside is that the car has quite a low max GVW for an estate, only 1900 kg with a payload of around 600 kg, so depending on how many people you are transporting and how much kit you are carrying it could be a factor as you can't carry much in the caravan. The light weight of the caravan combined with the relatively long wheelbase of the car and the short rear overhang will make for a stable combination, though the short distance between the caravan hitch and axle means that correctly loading the caravan is important and can make for tricky reversing, ideally you want at least 15%-20% of the trailer's weight on the hitch.


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Personmarg6
30/1/2022 at 12:56pm
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"ideally you want at least 15%-20% of the trailer's weight on the hitch."

No you don't! its between 5 - 7 % not exceeding the max of either the car or the caravan hitch which would normally be a max of 75 kgs on the caravan, you would have to refer to the cars handbook for max on the car



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