Good tow car

[alexcaravan]

We currently have a bailey pegasus gt65 6 berth single axel 2015.we drive a skoda scout 2 litre 4x4 2012. We have had issues of snaking. One website says its a good match one says not a match. Does anyone recommend a car for this caravan.

 

[GUMPY]

The scout can tow up to the same as the Yeti 2000kg so at under 1500kg the Bailey is well below its maximum.

Several things spring to mind
1: tyre pressures, are the car tyre pressures set for maximum load? ditto for the caravan.
2: is the caravan overloaded or loaded with too much weight behind the rear axle ?
3: is the nose weight correct?
4: are the stabiliser pads in good condition and set correctly?

 

[Hutch]

When do you get the "snaking" or is it just swaying, I find if I tow on motorways or well used dual carriageways, where HGV's have created ruts in the road, this will cause swaying,
All the items Gumpy have mentioned need to be checked.

 

[GUMPY]

Just to add I tow a 1500kg Elddis Affinity 554 with my Yeti but I'm now very conscious of things mentioned above as when I first got it I found it unstable as it was 70kg overweight and tail heavy. We now carry virtually nothing in the van it all has to travel in the car.

 

[Tobes]

We currently have a bailey pegasus gt65 6 berth single axel 2015.we drive a skoda scout 2 litre 4x4 2012. We have had issues of snaking. One website says its a good match one says not a match. Does anyone recommend a car for this caravan.

We had a 2013 Pegasus Ancona. The first time we took it out on a real holiday, we put the aqua rolls (2) and waste master in the shower cubicle. While nose weight was fine, the van was awful - super unstable. We moved them all to the centre and strapped down, and then readjusted some forward gear to teh centre too, to keep the whole rig at an acceptable nose weight. The problem went away.
It's 99% likely that your tow car is fine, and that you need to tune your load on the caravan. Make sure your nose weight is high enough (should be as heavy as the car will allow, but within the limits of the tow bar and hitch), you are not over loading the rest of the 'van (take it to a weigh bridge), and that you have even loading, with heavy items as low and close to the axle as possible. Don't keep that awning under the rear bunks!