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craigmurray

I wonder if anyone can help me, i swopped my landrover defender 110 for a rangerover classic v8, when i had the defender i didnt really notice the ruts left by lorries on the inside lane of the motorway, but since i have swopped to my rangerover i seem to be fighting with car and caravan. Does anyone else have the same problem? or is it just me not relaxing when towing? I have an sterling elite trekker behind me. Oh i forgot to say, i put stiffer shocks on all round and heavy duty springs on the back.
 
The problem is probably there all the time, it's just more noticeable when towing. I imagine that the Range Rover has wider tyres than your previous Defender. This would contribute to the phenomenon of fighting ruts. It also depends a bit on the tread design.
 
This is a common problem and it depends on your outfit width, tyre width and power steering sensitivity as to how bad your outfit is affected. Normally there are only small sections of motorways that are 'rutted' badly.
 
Hi,

We had the same problem last May towing our caravan but with our 110 defender... when we got home hubby phoned the garage who look after our Land rover and Range Range and it was the Bush's that had worn... I would suggest getting your range rover checked....since the repairs our defender has been fine.
 
Dependent on your route, there are long stretches of motorway with HGV ruts. They particularly affect caravanners because the caravan will ride in the ruts while the towcar oscillates at the top of the rut, trying to slide into one or the other.

The track of the towcar is the main influence here, are Defenders narrower-tracked than Range-Rovers.

Stiffer dampers and heavy duty springs will "help" a light towcar with a heavy caravan but surely a Range-rover can pull anything without this sort of assistance?
 
i found that normal rangerover suspension very soft compared to my old defender which was solid, and it seemed to wallow alot round bends and on the motorway, thats why i tried stiffer suspension. i think the vehicles are about the ame width, however i was running on 225 width mud terrain tyres and on the rangerover they are standard width, but when they need replacing i will be putting wider tyres on to see if that helps. i do agree tho that the van sits in the ruts and the car rides them. i dont know whether it makes a difference or i am setting van up incorrectly but because it is a twin axle i always make sure that the van is sat level when attached to the car so there is equal pressure on all tyres. is this right?
 
Craig, not sure about how much difference changing the tyre width will make, wider tyres might help. I know others that tow with Shoguns.Pajero's and they tend to tow with their suspension setting on hard.

I think twin wheelers tend to sit level when on the back of a vehicle, unlike single axle vans that are usually slightly nose down.

Sounds like you are doing things right.
 
i would like to thank everyone for there help and advice it has been very much appreciated....thank you....ps hope you all have a great time if you are going away this weekend....we left it too late to get booked in lol.....
 
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