BethanT
Well-Known Member
So I have my 7.5ton Ford Iveco 2002 horsebox.
I love it. My first lorry, and means I get out an about.
My ONLY gripe is the Rev limiter.......... I have no intentions of speeding, especially not with my precious horses on board, but 40/43mph on a motorway is painful!
I'm planning a trip soon, which in a car would take approx 3.5 hours, but in the lorry it will likely be more like 6, and while I don't plan on doing this sort of journey often, the majority of comps require going on dual carriageways/motorways.
Besides this, going up long hills it can drop right down to as low as 20mph, because it can't get the revs high enough to pull up.
Is there anyway I can get this changed? As far as I am aware it is a legal requirement to have speed limiters on 2000 onwards lorries, but this rev limiter is annoying, and verging on dangerous - some people have pulled dangerous maneuvers to overtake me as I am going so slow!
Even if it means I have a different speed limiter in, which does just that, no limit the revs.
Or does anyone else have the same box and have the same issue? Or could there be an issue with the lorry itself? Lady I bought it from has had no issues, and she is a fellow livery, she was totally honest with me when she said she as selling as it was too slow, and didn't bother me at the time. But year on and I am much more confident and going that bit further!
I love it. My first lorry, and means I get out an about.
My ONLY gripe is the Rev limiter.......... I have no intentions of speeding, especially not with my precious horses on board, but 40/43mph on a motorway is painful!
I'm planning a trip soon, which in a car would take approx 3.5 hours, but in the lorry it will likely be more like 6, and while I don't plan on doing this sort of journey often, the majority of comps require going on dual carriageways/motorways.
Besides this, going up long hills it can drop right down to as low as 20mph, because it can't get the revs high enough to pull up.
Is there anyway I can get this changed? As far as I am aware it is a legal requirement to have speed limiters on 2000 onwards lorries, but this rev limiter is annoying, and verging on dangerous - some people have pulled dangerous maneuvers to overtake me as I am going so slow!
Even if it means I have a different speed limiter in, which does just that, no limit the revs.
Or does anyone else have the same box and have the same issue? Or could there be an issue with the lorry itself? Lady I bought it from has had no issues, and she is a fellow livery, she was totally honest with me when she said she as selling as it was too slow, and didn't bother me at the time. But year on and I am much more confident and going that bit further!