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car transporter trailer recomendations?
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wack61
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The guy on the M6 with the upside down trailer would agree with me
2t of land rover isn't heavy enough to keep hold of 3.5t of trailer if it gets a wiggle on
This is my rig
I never tow anything heavy without having the tow vehicle at the same weight
2t of land rover isn't heavy enough to keep hold of 3.5t of trailer if it gets a wiggle on
This is my rig
I never tow anything heavy without having the tow vehicle at the same weight
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We tow regularly with the Landy. Maybe its more a question of how.. rather than with what.
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Then again, we do also use bigger stuff.....
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That would tow lovely on the road, not only because of the weight, but because it has a huge wheelbase. Wouldn't be ideal in a very tight situation like the farmyards where I take cattle, often is not much turning space and six inches of mud on the ground.
Ive towed thousands of miles with landies and trailer weight far heavier than the vehicle. No issues so far, touch wood.
The overturn might have been caused by many things, tyre pressures, trailer loading, fauly brakes or suspension to name a few.
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Moved this today as a favour in the snow. No issues. This wasnt an ideal set up. But worked none the less. On a different note. At work we only tow with a vehicle with a greater or equal weight of the casualty vehicle. As mentioned by Beneagles maybe the how or even the who!
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Nice set up you have there!Agree with the tachograph part, but really must take issue with the second comment.
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Nice, seen alot worse on the road, glad to see the engine at the front.
I borrowed this to fetch some scrap I bought
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Has that been stuck between 2 trees for 20 years
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cheers for the photo, seen quite a few clubman series trailers for sale thought they were smaller than they actually are...might have to follow that direction....where did you find the range rover a bush?
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Ha, yes but only 7 years.
cheers for the photo, seen quite a few clubman series trailers for sale thought they were smaller than they actually are...might have to follow that direction....where did you find the range rover a bush?
Was on a neighbouring farm in the wood's in the picture. I had tried to buy it before but he wanted to much money. Only on 38106 miles. It's been cut up for bits as was way to far gone to fix and the windows had been left open for 7 years.
But it was one of many.
The trailer was over weight with the Rangy on the back but coped ok, didn't brake it before I gave it back anyway.
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Looks like some sort of Landy grave yard!
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The guy on the M6 with the upside down trailer would agree with me
2t of land rover isn't heavy enough to keep hold of 3.5t of trailer if it gets a wiggle on
This is my rig
I never tow anything heavy without having the tow vehicle at the same weight
Nah. You want one of these for towing.....
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Are you a breakdown truck breakdown service
That must be a limited market
That must be a limited market
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Not as limited as you might think.
A recovery truck with a van on it got blown into the path of another recovery truck coming the other way a couple of days back. (neither of em ours) Following the collision, It was amazing how many recovery trucks ended up at the location.
A lot of our clients have policies on posting pics of their vehicles online, meaning that I can't put up pics of normal jobs.
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The guy on the M6 with the upside down trailer would agree with me
2t of land rover isn't heavy enough to keep hold of 3.5t of trailer if it gets a wiggle on
This is my rig
I never tow anything heavy without having the tow vehicle at the same weight
What your pulling there would be more than your vehicle could deal with as well in the situation you mention . Quite a small load can generate huge forces . The answer is not to get into that situation in the first place , correct loading , a triaxle rather than twin also helps , due to the increased envelope , and being able to recognise increased risk situations at the incipient stage. Putting all the aforementioned into the equation will allow you to tow 3.5t with a 110 perfectly safely .
re o/p look at brenderup trailers as well tow well and well made various models JMHO
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True
A 110 is better than a 90 but 4x4 vehicles aren't ideal for towing, light weight, narrow track and high centre of gravity aren't a good combination
I had a freelander 2 come past me with a caravan on that must have been 25ft long, he was doing nigh on 80mph
People just don't take into account how quickly it all goes pear shaped when you're towing something big that catches the wind or heavy
Caravans are worse than trailers, they sit from September to Easter then 10 minutes after the bags are loaded they're off which probably explains the tailbacks on the motorways
A 110 is better than a 90 but 4x4 vehicles aren't ideal for towing, light weight, narrow track and high centre of gravity aren't a good combination
I had a freelander 2 come past me with a caravan on that must have been 25ft long, he was doing nigh on 80mph
People just don't take into account how quickly it all goes pear shaped when you're towing something big that catches the wind or heavy
Caravans are worse than trailers, they sit from September to Easter then 10 minutes after the bags are loaded they're off which probably explains the tailbacks on the motorways
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had a nasty one on m4 by swansea glad i was in the disco, if i was in my old car think it would of been on it's roof. Always make sure spread load and take it steady. If it feels unstable i will pull over and rearrange load till i get it right. Worst part of towing with disco is hardly any feed back, my fathers d3 worse at least with the car you could feel what was happening.
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Under normal conditions my landy is usually weighing around 2.5-2.7 tons when I'm towing other vehicles. In snowy conditions I add extra ballast to try and aid traction. In snow I tow vehicles from car size up to 18 ton trucks. I have towed artics up steep snow covered gradients with no issues.
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