Octavia Scout & Towing

[Marjac]

The Tiguan is listed as 100kg...

Yes definitley made sure of that the Tiguan has a 100kg towball weight

It's unfortunite that the Scout, a AWD wagon, has such a low spec although it can tow 1600kg were a towball weight of approx 10% of trailer weight is considered the desired ratio

I think the VAG engineers should look at this especial for such a vehicle

[backdoc]

Have been trying to repack/reconfigure my boat trailer to meet the low 75kg towball limit for the Scout and unfortunitly this couldn't be done.

Instead I've just pulled the trigger on a VW Tiguan 103 TDI 6spd manual (with Comfort pack) which is in stock and should pick it up next week
At least its still in the 'family'

Just out of interest, how were you measuring the tow ball weight? I just bought a new trailer and it is under 750kg, single axle, but I haven't a clue what the tow ball weight is.

Also, is it me being stupid, and this would only apply to a single axle trailer, but if the tow ball weight of the trailer was too high, couldn't you raise the height of the tow ball a little, hence tilting the trailer a fraction and thus shifting the weight off the draw arm?

My mate has a Diesel Passat and tows a huge 4 kart single axle trailer with it. He uses those de-loading carrier arms that reduce the tow ball weight significantly. I believe to under 75kg. I guess they are a good option also.

[dodgey]

I think it is much more that the engineers are very conservative... (Passat is 85kg)

Look at the required load rating on the tyres for our cars...

Yes definitley made sure of that the Tiguan has a 100kg towball weight

It's unfortunite that the Scout, a AWD wagon, has such a low spec although it can tow 1600kg were a towball weight of approx 10% of trailer weight is considered the desired ratio

I think the VAG engineers should look at this especial for such a vehicle

[Marjac]

Just out of interest, how were you measuring the tow ball weight? I just bought a new trailer and it is under 750kg, single axle, but I haven't a clue what the tow ball weight is.

Just had a set of old bathroom scales and put them under the jocky wheel.
If your new trailer is just a standard box trailer you shouldn't have a problem but will depend on how you load it and with what. If your just getting a load of soil oe sand which can be quite heavy a short tow over the 75kg shouldn't be a problem

Also, is it me being stupid, and this would only apply to a single axle trailer, but if the tow ball weight of the trailer was too high, couldn't you raise the height of the tow ball a little, hence tilting the trailer a fraction and thus shifting the weight off the draw arm?

Unfortunitley the towball weight on my boat trailer is 95-100 kg and by tilting the trailer back wouldn't make that much of a difference and being a 20' yacht which overhangs the trailer a fair bit would also create clearence problems at the rear

My mate has a Diesel Passat and tows a huge 4 kart single axle trailer with it. He uses those de-loading carrier arms that reduce the tow ball weight significantly. I believe to under 75kg. I guess they are a good option also.

I did consider a weight distribution hitch (WDH) however couldn't find any reliable source that said it would be okay to use on the Scout as I know some other vehicles that using a WDH is definitley not recommended

Although I don't believe that a higher weight for short distances would be a problem (my opinion only) my intention is that I tow the boat some distance Melb - G'town or Melb-Sydney etc and towing a trailer that exceeds the vehicle specifications may create legal & insurance issues and I don't want these issues when towing a boat that actually worth more than the vehicle