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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby winterheating » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:48 pm

A mondeo estate can tow more trhan a 260 or 280 SWB LHR transit its mad.

You can get 350,330,300 FWD aswell.
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby geddly » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:16 pm

I had a front wheel drive that i pulled my boat with and found if you got on a slippy surface like grass or mud i lost traction, much better with my rear wheel drive, the weight is on the drive wheels. just my opinion. 8)
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby TIMO » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:51 pm

ill be towing is 2005kg then weight of trailer which im yet to find out
You definately need a RWD 350/135PS OR 140PS mate , and something with GTM OF 6000, BASICALLY THE BIGEST YOU CAN GET HOLD OF oops caps Forget the FWD ,, THERES NO CHANCE AT ALL ITLL PULL 2005 + THE weight of a trailer
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby apples26 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:38 pm

Blimey my Kia Sorento has a 2.8t Mac towing weight! I was considering replacing it with a transit but maybe not then?
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby paul2012 » Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:08 pm

Always check vin plate/label :idea:

I have 2 mk6's here at the moment. Both are T280S 2.0 TDDI 100ps, Engine Code ABFA with SVO Application/Label

2006 model GVW 2800kg, GTW 3500kg

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My 2003 model GVW 2640kg, GTW 3500kg

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Difference between the 2 models is :-

2006 has gearbox ratio of 4.23 with lower manufacturers emission limit of 0.96 & GVW 2800kg

My 2003 has gearbox ratio 4.54 with higher manufacturers emission limit of 1.32, GVW 2640kg
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby ake » Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:24 pm

paul2012 wrote:Always check vin plate/label :idea:

I have 2 mk6's here at the moment. Both are T280S 2.0 TDDI 100ps, Engine Code ABFA with SVO Application/Label

2006 model GVW 2800kg, GTW 3500kg

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My 2003 model GVW 2640kg, GTW 3500kg

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Difference between the 2 models is :-

2006 has gearbox ratio of 4.23 with lower manufacturers emission limit of 0.96 & GVW 2800kg

My 2003 has gearbox ratio 4.54 with higher manufacturers emission limit of 1.32, GVW 2640kg
& a special edition pack (which I don't have a clue to what that is :? )


Not sure why we are resurrecting a dead thread, but any way, the early 260 and 280 had lower weight figures than the later models, not sure why, Ford messed it up somewhere
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby Altransit » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:39 pm

ake wrote: Not sure why we are resurrecting a dead thread, but any way, the early 260 and 280 had lower weight figures than the later models, not sure why, Ford messed it up somewhere

Yes, I never checked my 280 when I bought it, but luckily it had the proper 2800GVW as befits a proper 280 :P :lol:
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby cjl » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:50 pm

Hi folks,

Looking at getting my first transit but need to do a bit of towing so just wanting to clarify something. I want to check whether the following scenario would be ok as I'm getting mixed information from different places. Ignoring things like FWD/RWD, take the following:

GVW = 2600kg
Kerb weight = 1600kg
GTW = 3500kg
MAM (trailor) 1500kg

If I loaded the van with 400kg of stuff (people, equipment etc) so that it was at 2000kg, would towing the 1500kg trailor be ok? Still below the 85% (1700kg), so I'm ok to do this right? Some have said I shouldn't tow more than 900kg with such a setup, but presumably this is only if the van is fully laden?

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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby ake » Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:03 pm

cjl wrote:Hi folks,

Looking at getting my first transit but need to do a bit of towing so just wanting to clarify something. I want to check whether the following scenario would be ok as I'm getting mixed information from different places. Ignoring things like FWD/RWD, take the following:

GVW = 2600kg
Kerb weight = 1600kg
GTW = 3500kg
MAM (trailor) 1500kg

If I loaded the van with 400kg of stuff (people, equipment etc) so that it was at 2000kg, would towing the 1500kg trailor be ok? Still below the 85% (1700kg), so I'm ok to do this right? Some have said I shouldn't tow more than 900kg with such a setup, but presumably this is only if the van is fully laden?

Thanks for your help.

Yes, that would be legal, just! As you would be at your max GTW of 3500kg
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby davyjcb » Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:36 pm

An once you pass 3500 kg you technically should have tacho
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby v8dave » Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:26 pm

davyjcb wrote:An once you pass 3500 kg you technically should have tacho

GTW or GVW ?
Also depends on vehicle type and usage.
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby (ROG) » Sun Apr 02, 2017 6:43 am

cjl wrote:Hi folks,

Looking at getting my first transit but need to do a bit of towing so just wanting to clarify something. I want to check whether the following scenario would be ok as I'm getting mixed information from different places. Ignoring things like FWD/RWD, take the following:

GVW = 2600kg
Kerb weight = 1600kg
GTW = 3500kg
MAM (trailor) 1500kg

If I loaded the van with 400kg of stuff (people, equipment etc) so that it was at 2000kg, would towing the 1500kg trailor be ok? Still below the 85% (1700kg), so I'm ok to do this right? Some have said I shouldn't tow more than 900kg with such a setup, but presumably this is only if the van is fully laden?

Thanks for your help.

The 85% advice is for caravans only

B+E licence needed as total MAM is 4100 so over the 3500 B licence towing limit

Tacho needed if for commercial use and none of the exemptions apply

What is the max listed towing capacity for this van :?: - I thought it was 1200 max ............ ADD = looking back at other posts it seems it does have a 1200 max towing capacity so if the trailer has a MAM of 1500 and is say 500 empty them the max which can be loaded into it is 700
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby Altransit » Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:11 pm

(ROG) wrote:What is the max listed towing capacity for this van :?: - I thought it was 1200 max ............

My Mk6 280 has a max trailer weight of 1550kg, and I thought that the 260 was the same :?
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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby cjl » Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:22 am

Thanks for the responses so far. A little more info in response to questions:

@v8dave - It will be a camper van, however I doubt I'll have done enough in terms of conversion to get it transferred over "officially" to a "motor-caravan".

@(ROG) - that's interesting (albeit frustrating) and thanks for pointing out. However, since the GTW I've put is 3500kg, does that not over-ride the MAM of 4100kg (GVW + MAM of trailer) since I could never tow that much? I've not actually decided on the model of van yet, but looking increasingly like I'll have to go for a 330 (RWD/AWD), so it will have a decent towing capacity. I was looking at a 260/280 before, but the FWD is putting me off as I may be in a situation where I need the traction (trailer will be a horse-box and may not always be on a "road").

If I do go for the 330, then I think it'll be more like a GVW of 3500 and GTW of 5500, which will be fine for the jobs I need it for, but by the sounds of it I'll for sure need the B+E licence...

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Re: Towing Capacity

Postby man le-mans » Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:18 pm

I've got a 350T 115bhp fwd and the Total is allowed to tow 2.8 tons, with the van maximum loaded to 2.7tons.
If van is loaded to its maximum of 3.500 tons I can still tow 2.000 tons.
I've never had any problems with my fwd towing my trailer and track cars.
Yes the rwd would be better but I don't have any problems as said
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