HOLDEN WH II 2002 Series Owner's Handbook Manual page 170

Recommended procedure for aHaching a trailer
If a caravan or trailer is hitched to the car it places a weight on the tow bar, this weight
is called the "tow bar ball weight".
It is recommended that the tow bar ball
1 0%
weight should be
caravan weight. This can be adjusted by
correctly packing the contents of the trailer/
caravan, i.e., by moving items forwards or
backwards within the trailer/caravan so as
to change the balance of the trailer/
caravan.
If the tow bar ball weight is too light or too
heavy, the steering and handling of the car
will be affected.
All towing
1. Switch off the ignition.
2. Axle loads must not be exceeded when the tow bar ball weight is included (refer
previous page for maximum axle loads). If maximum axle loads are exceeded,
sufficient weight should be removed from the rear of the car and transferred onto
the trailer.
Ensure the weight of the packed trailer is not greater than the towing capacity of your
3.
Holden approved tow bar package.
4. Connect the trailer to the car.
When towing over 1 ,200 kg
5. Adjust load distribution hitch so that the car and trailer are level with the ground,
before turning on the ignition.
Example:
Car loaded with
•
luggage in the boot.
Trailer then hitched up, weighing
balanced so as to provide
40
+ 50
90
=
The car is now overloaded at the rear (more than
Therefore, move
•
to:
14
+53
67
=
The car and trailer are now correctly loaded, as this weight in the boot is under
ATTACHING A TRAILER
of the packed trailer/
5
occupants (with an average weight of
500
10%
of its weight on the tow bar. This translates to:
kg
(existing luggage in boot)
(1 0%
of trailer weight)
loaded on the car
kg
26
kg of luggage from the boot into the trailer. This now translates
kg
(luggage)
(1 0%
of the trailer, which now weighs
kg loaded on the car
kg when loaded. The trailer has been correctly
68
kg in the boot)
10
Chapter
TOW & LOAD
Tow bar
ball weight
68 18
kg each) and
526
kg)
10-5
kg of
68
kg.