29.5.2019 Friedberg. With the approaching summer holiday trailer on German roads are increasingly on the go: Who has a corresponding device on the car, the Caravan or your boat on the hook and on the way in the vacation. With the Team safely and comfortably to arrive, drivers should note, however, a couple of points.
In spite of a towing device, not every car is allowed to pull any trailer: the Decisive factor is the permissible trailer and drawbar load, both in the vehicle documents. “While the towing capacity indicates the largest actual weight of the car anzukuppelnden trailer reveals, the supporting load of the weight is allowed to vertically press on to the trailer coupling of the towing vehicle,” explains Jörg Kracke, head of Aftersales at Subaru Germany. If this value is exceeded, reveals often the side view of the Duo: Is a kink, there is a danger of the Aufschaukelns or uncontrolled driving behaviour. With the 1999 acquired driver’s license-class B heavy trailers may not be pulled over 750 kg so only if the exceeds the total mass of 3.5 tons – otherwise BE necessary.
The conditions are clarified, it goes to the correct loading. Heavy parts are always placed in the vicinity of the axes, not to impair the driving stability of the trailer as little as possible. Smaller items will not be fixed by a strap, Band, or transport network, in order to be in a stupor to the floor. Important: the trunk of The towing vehicle should not be heavily loaded, as otherwise the rear is pushed down and the trailer no longer sits securely on the coupling.
During the trip, motorists should think so to the length of the tractor / trailer combination. “Just who-is-not-so-often with a trailer on the road, need to get used to the changed driving characteristics. Braking distance and the curve radius to take, as well as the attack surface for side wind,“ said Jörg Kracke. Curves should be cautiously addressed, to increase the distance to traffic ahead participants. The Team wants to start to roll, it helps to have a courageous step on the brake – jerky steering maneuvers are to be avoided too.
Particularly comfortable Sidecar-stabilizing systems are, as you Subaru, for example, standard in-the-SUV-classic Forester (fuel consumption combined: 7.5 to 7.4 l/100 km; CO2 emission, combined: 172-168 g/km; values were determined in accordance with the provisions of the WLTP test procedure and NEDC-rate) offering With a targeted brake intervention, the System prevents skidding of the trailer.
Additional advantages in the operation of trains, cars offer all-wheel drive. The force of the four wheels does not only stabilize the driving behavior in every Situation, in General, so, the permissible trailer load is decreasing. Those who opt for a Subaru with the typical of the brand’s permanent all-wheel drive, benefited, for example, depending on the model, up to 2,000 kg trailer load. The symmetrical arrangement of the entire drive train – from the longitudinally mounted boxer engine to the rear axle – has a particularly positive: The symmetry and the resulting perfect weight distribution for excellent driving behavior and stabilize the entire Rig. The Forester standard automatic level control also ensures self-loading, a constant level of ground clearance. Assistance systems such as hill start assist and a downhill driving assistant do the Rest.
Subaru Forester 2.0 X Platinum – fuel consumption in l/100 km, urban: 9,1; extra-urban: 6,7; combined: 7,5; CO2-emission in g/km combined: 172; efficiency class: D (photo: SUBARU)
