Section : General

Towing capacity 

Posted By : William Davies, 01-Feb-2005, 00:17am

• Towing capacity 

  Posted By : Craig Gingell, 01-Feb-2005, 00:25am

  Bill,
  
  Is this a roundabout way of saying you've bought an Acclaim, and want to know if it'll tow your trailer full of rarebits?
  
  Have you tried -
  
  http://www.tssc.org.uk/copshop.asp?article=towingt...
  
  and
  
  http://www.tssc.org.uk/copshop.asp?article=trailer...
  
  Craig
  
  

  • Towing capacity 

    Posted By : William Davies, 01-Feb-2005, 10:09am

    Hi Craig,
    I've not bought an Acclaim (yet), but reading the workshop manual the clutch looks like it's easier to replace than in the Passat, so there are certain merits
    I've checked out the links thanks. I'm pretty well versed on the legalities of towing and what an Acclaim can theoretically handle, I would like to find the manufacturer's recommendations though. Our fully laden trailer is well within the limits of what the Passat can legally haul, but it would be somewhere around my calculated limit for an Acclaim, hence the need for what the manufacturer stated.
    Cheers,
    Bill.
    

    • Towing capacity 

      Posted By : Kevin Rochfort, 01-Feb-2005, 02:41pm

      Bill,
      
      Have you tried searching for the spec on a Honda Ballade, as it was for all intents and purposes the same vehicle.
      
      Although it wasn't officially imported into the UK, as it would have been direct competition for the Acclaim, you might find that Honda UK will have the specifications you require.
      
      Good Luck
      Kevin

      • Towing capacity 

        Posted By : Chris Mills, 01-Feb-2005, 03:12pm

        Hi Bill
        
        From my tech spec work recently , I found the unladen weight of an Acclaim to be 1280kg ( 2822lb )
        
        The unladen weight is without Driver & Fuel
        
        I recall from one of Mikes articles that the max towing weight would be 70% max of the above + an allowance for Driver & a full tank of fuel.
        
        BTW, dont make it to heavy, just in case we need to pull you off SEM field again

        • Towing capacity 

          Posted By : William Davies, 01-Feb-2005, 05:54pm

          Hi Chris,
          Towing capacity can be upto 100% of the vehicle's kerb weight (more with specialised vehocles), but it's one of those woolly areas where the towed weight shouldn't exceed the manufacturer's recommendations, irrespective of theoretical figures.
          Cheers,
          Bill.