I have produced a lot of content explaining how towing works; what the weights are, what causes sway, offroad driving and much more. There's also a calculator to give you an idea of likely weights for your rig.
But nothing will replace…
Caravan towing safety is becoming more and more of a problem; van makers consistently state weights which are lighter than the reality, and towcar makers overstate the ability of their cars to tow. And, van makers appear to pay abolsutely no attention…
The last few years has seen a lot of turmoil in the RV industry through the COVID years and now into 2024 with a cost of living crisis. Demand for RVs soared as travel restrictions bit, but now there's a slackening…
Worried about your roofrack load limit, or your car's roof load limit?
Every vehicle has a roof load limit, which for modern 4X4s is around 50-150kg - but that's very much dependent on the specific make and model of the vehicle, so…
Over the last several years caravans and vehicles have become heavier, but payloads and limits haven't increased. This has led to the majority of 4x4s and caravanners coming close to weight limits, and a subsequent rise in the popularity of GVM…
This is a question I am getting about once every two weeks now, and it's impossible to answer because there's a sliding scale of cost vs risk reduction. In all aspects of life we make a tradeoff between safety and convenience/cost -…
Crash after crash. "People can't tow."
Well you know what? We're not born with the ability to drive, let alone tow. Now you may have been lucky to have learned about cars and towing by osmosis since you were a nipper,…
It’s so tempting to feed wild animals, but there’s many reasons why you shouldn’t.
HERE ARE five reasons to simply watch wild animals from afar and not tempt them with food:
1. Animals might starve – if enough people feed wild animals then…
First I'm going to throw back a short time to when I posted about towing with a Suzuki Jimny - that video will be published soon. Many commenters said "you can't do that" or "you shouldn't do that". So to make them…
The summary is; I made an error on the Hitch Height video, describing the tandem-axle trailer on the as non-load-share, whereas it does have a load-sharing suspension of sorts, even if it wasn't working well enough to actually do the load-share job.…