Question when did you start towing with you new tug

[Mick]

Hi all I have had my new tug Ranger Mk2 a week now and read the section on towing and it recommend that you should not put any load on it until you have done 3, 000k's.
So any tradies out there with new rigs how long before you put it under any load.

 

[Crusty181]

I threw all my tools straight from the old Navara into the new one. Cant jerk around mollycoddling with a work car ..... i did plan on waiting the 1000km recommended by Nissan before towing the van, but sold the old van and ended up with about 3000km before the new van arrived .... but i probably wouldnt have waiting if circumstances didnt work out that way.

I would probably recommend at least waiting for the 1000km inspection

 

[Mick]

Yep thats what I thought but l won't be towing until about Christmas any way as I still have to set up the tug with a few extras any way

 

[Drover]

Just make sure you check the tow bar bolts yourself cause sometimes the apprentice will miss one, in fact after any service check your wheel nuts as well.

 

[stuartcarr2002]

Mine has 1300klms on it and have just been away for the weekend. That said i did tow with about 800klms on it just up the road to calibrate the tow pro...

 

[17triton]

I did about 500ks before towing the old 16ft expanda and didn't have any issues. 3k seems extreme???

 

[mfexpanda]

I did 1500ks then towed

 

[relgate]

Atleast 2000ks for me. Depends how far you are going and weight towed etc.

 

[chartrock]

I did a long drive one weekend just to get the K's up to 1000.

 

[Dobbie]

We did about 2500 before towing. But only because we didn't have a van at the time.

Car had done 2600 when we picked up van so all ready to go. Haven't stopped since.

Chart rock ....did your van emerge ok from that skid??

 

[chartrock]

Chart rock ....did your van emerge ok from that skid??

The van never got touched but the tug (Navara) ended with a decent dent in the rear guard.

 

[achjimmy]

With picking up the Paj i towed the boat loaded to the dealership and hooked up behind the Paj and headed off. Mollycoddling for the first few thousand Kay's is old school thinking. Engines today are machined and water blasted clean and deburred to near perfection.

I remember with the race car after a rebuild doing plug drops and oil deposits in the bore were gone by lap 3 (10kms)

 

[Mick]

Thanks all for you valued replies

 

[peterg]

My cruiser made it to 500km. Bugger not quite the recommended number.

 

[Smergen]

Drove from the dealership in Bendigo down to Warrnambool, and pretty much hooked the van up. Would have had a few 100 kays on it. The manual recommends waiting 1500km, but if unavoidable, speed should be kept to 80kph or under. I did that no worries. Hasn't missed a beat since, 14000km on.

 

[Drover]

Made me have a look in the book and read the same thing @Smergen said, haven't bought a new vehicle since 1982 so never took much notice......................but I suppose makes sense, I think they should say check bolts on tow bar before towing as many are not tightened properly and they flog out the holes before other horrible things happen.