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Topic: Kia Sedona & Twin Axle Caravans

Norfolk n Good

02/5/2006 at 3:03pm
Location: Norfolk
Outfit: Kia Sedona Swift Conqueror 645

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Hi,

New to this site so here goes nothing.....

Does anyone tow a twin axle caravan using a Kia Sedona 2.9 Diesel, what are your experiences, can it cope etc. etc.

dawnmc

02/5/2006 at 3:18pm
Location: Barnsley
Outfit: Magnum Classic kia sorento

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Some friends of ours have just bought a new t/a and they have a sedona, seen them about but not asked how it towed, as they have been and come back off their hols.

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dawnmc

02/5/2006 at 3:34pm
Location: Barnsley
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And it depends on your van weight, someone will be along I'm sure to point you in the direction of the van to car ratio web site. Or failing that do a search for tow car weights.

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Grumpy01

02/5/2006 at 4:01pm
Location: North Bedfordshire
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Hi this will help but from memory the sedona has a max tow of 2000kgs and judging from coments on this site from owners they make good towcars. And welcome to the mad house

http://www.whattowcar.com

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Popjay

02/5/2006 at 5:34pm
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Ours is a single axle with a mtplm of 1400kg the sedona tows without a problem we hardly know it's there. Its got loads more pull left in it so I would imagine it would be fine with a twin axle.
The kerbweight of the manual diesel is 2220kg so 80% would be 1887kg which is loads for a safe towing ratio.

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ian d

05/5/2006 at 9:15pm
Location: barnsley
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hi, we tow a bailey senator oklahoma htmp 1500kg single axle with our sedona and are very impressed, but we have seen a sedona towing a hobby twin axle caravan and they don,t come much bigger than an hobby.

Defender

07/5/2006 at 12:01am
Location: Kent
Outfit: Bailey Senator 5 Carolina

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Hi Norfolk n Good,

We were quite taken by the Sedona's practicality and the fact that it has a healthy kerbweight to haul along our Carolina; but further investigation revealed that the Sedona has a maximum noseweight limitation of 80kg and the Carolina's optimum noseweight (according to Bailey) is 88kg. Considering that even 88kg is nowhere near the preferred 7% noseweight guide rule, we would be very interested to hear from owners of Sedonas that tow twin axles.

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thebill

07/5/2006 at 6:49am
Location: Stoke On Trent
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Both the KIA Sorento and the Kia Sedona are great towcars you can email me if you are looking for one.

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