Octavia Scout & Towing

[Marjac]

I'm presently researching on trading my 8 yo Subaru Impreza to an Octavia Scout or Outback Diesel.
From what I've seen & heard I'm impressed with the Scout however I'm seeking any comments on its towing abilities.

I would be mainly towing a small sports yacht of about 1000kg on a single axle trailer (overide brakes), total length including drawbar would be approx 7 metres. Towing would be mainly longer distances Melbourne to Sydney & longer

Thanks in advance

[Inego]

I have a Scout but don't tow. The Scout replaced an Outback, and I've no regrets.

If you don't get responses here, there are a few UK Scout owners who tow on Briskoda.net

Kent

[woofy]

I could be wrong but from memory the max towing is about 750kg. Also the towball weight is quite low on most VAG cars so that might also be an issue. Having said that, if an outback could tow that much I'd be pretty surprised.

[dodgey]

Looking at the specs, the Scout is down about 100kg on the new Outback for max trailer weight (with or without brakes) as well as the towball weight

[aslsw]

How do you find out the tow ball weight? I looked in my manual for the maximum unbraked towing capacity of 650kg, but I can't recall it mentioning the tow ball itself. Mine's a petrol RS by the way, but I'm still interested in towing a box trailer.

[K1W1]

How do you find out the tow ball weight?

My owners manual says this;

"The trailer and drawbar load information on the type plate of the towing device are merely test data for the towing device The data relating to your
vehicle, which is often less than this test data, can be found in your vehicle registration documents."

so I'm guessing that if you have a factory tow kit at least there is some sort of plate on the tow bar or the vehicle somewhere.

[dodgey]

If the towball weight is the same as the downball weight, then the Scout specs PDF on the Skoda site says it's only 75kg.. (http://www.skoda.com.au/downloads/pd...-technical.pdf)

[aslsw]

My current Commodore has a towing weight of 750kg and downball weight of 75kg so I think I'll be happy - only 100kg less on the trailer, but it is never fully loaded anyway.

[K1W1]

75kg tow ball weight would be about right for a FWD vehicle. Lets face it if there was actually anything like that weight on the tow ball you would never be able to lift the neck of the trailer anyway.

[aslsw]

Lift? Who lifts? Jockey wheel does all the hard work for me! But you're right, it's a good test to see if the tow ball weight is too high.