Same for me - Travelled down the Newell from Toowoomba to Dubbo and found myself 120+km/h overtaking, would prefer to stay below that but still felt very stable. Guess it depends on the combination you've got and the prevailing conditions. Biggest concern if you start to get sway at 120+ then you might not have much in reserve to "accelerate" out of it!Hey while we are on this subject, on another forum everyone says they sit at 80 - 90 kph as its so much safer etc. I am not by any means trying to be a smart ass (not this time anyway) but when we went out west at christmas we sat on 100 - 105kpa and I overtook a number of road trains reaching speeds up to 120 at times. I have spoken to others who drive in a similar way, are we just plain mad or is our setup just working better, I drove semis interstate for years and I have never felt unstable with the van on, I do drive a lot slower on back roads according to the conditions but on a good surface on a hi way i stick to the posted limits.
lol drw. must be slow truck in your area. I've been sitting on 100 and have had a few go around me with no ease. to many trick to trick the computersYeah maybe, but, road trains are limited to 90K and they were slowing down on the hills, we travel in top gear and that speed usually returns 14-15 as well
I believe tow hitch height is very important. I didn't enjoy towing our new van at first it was pushing me all over the road you would notice the most when passing/overtaking trucks or rough roads. Thought I had it right but after getting the tape measure out I was wrong. Turned the hitch around to a higher level it tows like a dream now.
Also as a truck driver of 25 years I see some silly behaviour on our roads. Please think before overtaking cars or trucks. Are they really slowing you down ? Are you able to maintain a higher speed to stay in front of them ? Lots of people see a truck and at all cost try and overtake. Todays trucks are big on horse power and will do every thing they can to travel as fast as they can as they always have some place to be.
I always prefer the tow hitch to be slightly higher than the level of van. Van sits up at the front not down reckon this is important on a tandem axle. Cheers Marty.Can you explain more about the hitch height? Are you aimimg for level?