Volvo XC60 bumpy ride when towing

Calor Lite bottles are only available as a straight swap for an empty Calor Lite bottle unfortunately. It's why I brought a Safefill cylinder. 

I was offered Calor Lite as a direct swap for my standard Calor bottles last time I bought gas. 👍

As reported by MollysMummy I was offered Calor Lite  as a direct swap for my standard 6kg cylinders.

I used to tow with a D5 XC60 and experienced dreadful pitching. 

It was partly solved by ditching the awful Pirelli tyres for some Nokian tyres (a respected Finnish brand).

My present V60 is a far better tow car in my opinion.

What load rating were the Pirellis and their replacements the Nokians ?

...and you say partly the cause. What else did you find and did you cure it ?

It was never completely solved to be honest. I didn't really get on with the XC60 (it was a 6 speed manual and the gear ratios were poorly chosen).

I got offered a good deal on my V60 (it has the later 215bhp D5 engine) and is auto so I jumped at the chance of changing. It tows better than the XC60 in my opinion, and that's with the same Coachman van with a MTPLM of 1500kg or so.

The tyres were the same load rating, I can't remember what exactly.

i can only quote what I was told by the Calor agent who took the information from Calor's website, may be we both misunderstood it.

I had actually wanted to buy a second Calor Lite cylinder but was told that they could only be exchanged for an empty Lite cylinder, hence the Safefill purchase. 

Its a bit disconcerting to know you didn't completely resolve the issue but did the pitching problem improve significantly or just a bit ?

The issue I now have is do I change the tyres. I have been on the Michelin Tyres web site and when you put all the information about the car in it recommends Cross Climate but at a weight rating of 107W as opposed to the current rating of 103V. I know the letter is only a speed rating and obviously W is higher but will the extra load rating  give a stiffer side wall, I guess it will giving a harder ride, which almost defeats the reason for the change ? Michelin do make a Cross Climate rated at 103 so do I just go with that ?

Will I ever get this resolved or do I change the car or the van or just live with it, although the dog won't be happy !!! Where do you stop trying all the different possible options ? Experimenting with different loadings and hitch weights is straight forward but I suppose you have to set a limit on how money you spend.

Phil&Mick

Did you get to a conclusion?

Hi asda 160, sorry for the late reply have been away (not in the caravan).

After trying everything including loading the caravan with 4 25kg bags of cement over the axle and trying lots of different options we decided to sell the car !!!!!! The problem was never really resolved and we found the boot space a bit small. Are well you live and learn but still have not decided what to get next ?????

The joys of caravanning.