Maximum Towing Capacity

[Pickle]

NS LWB for Australia has a maximum braked towing capacity of 2500kg.
NS LWB for NZ has a maximum braked towing capacity of 3300kg.
Now why would that be? Same car coming out of the same factory.
Here is the info! http://www.mmnz.co.nz/vehicles/suvs/.../specs_lwb.asp
Dave

[Walker]

I reckon its a misprint??????

Or maybe Aus law lowers the tow limit???


I noticed the specs for power and torque are different on the NZ site.

[Walker]

Looking again I would say it must be to do with Australian regulations. Looking at the UK site they have a braked towing capacity of 2800kg.

[Sandgroper]

I was told it was to do with "The worst case scenario" with towing. In Australia that would be 100kph through the red centre on a 45 degC day. MM believed that 2500kg would be the maximum the cooling system could safely cope with, any more weight and it would over heat. NZ and other cooler countries would'nt have the same problem.
Sandgroper.

[matthewfnorbert]

under current rta rules etc the max you can tow is as per manufacturer, rta does not set this..(they used to in the past), they do specify braking systems etc though for your tow rig.

[Walker]

I dont think I would want to tow anything over 2.5T with a Pajero anyway!

[subi_man]

It appears to be a similar comparison with the Triton
4x4 Triton for Australia has a maximum braked towing capacity of 2300kg.
4x4 Triton for NZ has a maximum braked towing capacity of 2700kg.

Cheers

[Pickle]

If I remember right Mitsubishi Australia sets the limits on towbar . Quite a few years ago on the old forum we got the Gen 2 towbar limits raised quite significantly due to enough people complaining. Just suprising that with the NS upgraded axle limits that they did not go to 2800kg on the towbar. Probably a more appropriate weight for towing nowadays with the size of the vans and associated crap that is taken with them.
Dave

[Pickle]

Just cruising around the net and came across a russian Mitsu page.
This is a 10mb PDF brochure of the NS Paj but more interesting is the towbar setup. From what I can gather it can take 3300kg.
Look for Pajero (New) http://www.mitsubishi-motors.kiev.ua/info.php?id=17
Dave

[subi_man]

Thanks for the interesting link, Dave

I don't spreken de ruski, but it certainly looks to be 3300kg to me too - very strange design though, there's a lot of faith in that cast (?) section!!

Cheers

[Pickle]

- very strange design though, there's a lot of faith in that cast (?) section!!

Cheers

Yeah my thoughts exactly.
Dave

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Here in Europe

In most europe countries the max is 3300kg. In some models even 3500kg. The tow bar is one thing wich pretty long tells the max capacity. Very strange that its there 2500kg.

And what i have heard, pajero can easily tow very heavy weights.

[Hookedon4wding]

I was told it was to do with "The worst case scenario" with towing. In Australia that would be 100kph through the red centre on a 45 degC day. MM believed that 2500kg would be the maximum the cooling system could safely cope with, any more weight and it would over heat. NZ and other cooler countries would'nt have the same problem.
Sandgroper.

I heard a similar reason although it was the breaks that were mentioned as the possible problem in the heat.

[simoncurly]

Very strange that its there 2500kg.

And what i have heard, pajero can easily tow very heavy weights.

You can bet your bottom dollar that if the local MMAL engineers were comfortable with raising the the limit to 3000Kg they would have done so ... i am sure the maketing people would have wanted it ....