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Persontag 18
17/3/2011 at 8:23pm
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I am getting the towbar fitted to my car tomorrow and was going to get a stabiliser too. My caravan fully loaded is about 900kg, my car is a santa fe so it will have no problems towing it. Would it still be good idea to get a stabiliser?, if so does anyone have any they would you recommend?

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i have the santa f'e and love it.good choice.i would not like to be without a stabilizer,i know they are not an excuse for bad loading but when the large vans pass on the motorway it helps lots.at 900 kgs MTPLM an al-ko 1300 would suit you.

 

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michael is right, the Alko 1300 is ideal for this weight. What the No. 1300 stands for is the stabiliser is capable of towing a trailer up to a maximum of 1300 kgs. and then you have Alko 2000 (up to 2000 kgs.) and finally the Alko 3000 which they fit to most twin axles and Horse boxes as the capapability is then a maximum carriage weight of 3000 kgs. I found out this information by reading about it in a caravan book.


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    LINK to ALKO website. The only stabiliser's that they do are the 1300 and 3004. Obviously the prices on their website are expensive, just do a bit of Googling and you will get them cheaper.

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i have seen them cheaper on ebay.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=1300+alko+stabilizer&_sacat=See-All-Categories



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i think you will find a alko 1300 is ok for weights up to 1360kgs


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"Stabilisers" are unfortunately named, as engineers know they don't stabilise the only dampen disturbances. However this makes for more comfortable towing though its arguable it achieves much safety-wise.
It can suppress initial break out till forces are larger and this can "hide" early hints of instability. So there is a sound argument that towing without one is more informative of the true dynamics of the caravan which hopefully would lead you to correct the real issue.

There is no "need" for a stabiliser; they certainly improve the feeling of stability but contribute nothing to actually improve critical instability. As said they tend to hide useful initial hints of an unstable set-up.
I towed for twenty years without them before they became integrated into standard hitches.


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I think you summed it up nicely there JTQU.  We have a stabiliser on our caravan but not on our horse trailer.  I have never seen one on a horse trailer, although some may be fitted.  If the towing set up is correct then the stabiliser (or absence of it) may not be noticed.  As you say they just damp down oscillations.

The ATC is a different thing.


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Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 18/3/2011

The ATC is a different thing.


Indeed and an infinity better but dearer investment.

With our now larger caravan and the availability of this technology having it for me is a "no brainer".

Fortunately ATC and its ilk make you very aware of stability issues as they take steps to positively counter it rather than hide it.
Best of both worlds is having ATC to stabilise the unit and a so called "stabiliser" to dampen things and improve the towing experience.

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Thnaks for all the advice, I have had a look at the alko, not sure if I can use one of them, correct me if I'm wrong, my caravan has a cast hitch on it, does that mean I would need something like snake master or a bull dog. Sorry wasn't sure if that was a contributing factor, still learning. 

 



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