Disco or Freelander to tow horses??

Have a TD 5 which is a God to tow with but thirsty and a nightmare to park in town (yeah it's a bird posting).

I use it to tow a horse trailer in and out of muddy fields and have to do frequent hill starts etc. Will the Freelander manage this on a regular basis or is it just too feeble??

Combined weight of Hoss and trailer is between 1t and 1.5t.

Freelander is up to the job if it's a TD4 Auto. Clutch on a manual is too feeble for that kind of weight and conditions.

just read the title of this thread and conjered up an image of a towrope on the back of a disco and one on the back of a freelander with a horse on the end of each rope and a man with a flag waving em off

ARGH HORSES!

Disco...

Oh Bugger........... should've asked those testosterone filled Freelander types I suppose

ok well..We have a 13:2 mare in a two horse trailer and the freelander struggled round Derbyshire hills,Put an 11:2 gelding in it at the same time and it was hell on earth Totally gutless.
Now we have a 17:3 tb and the mare in the same trailer pulled by the 300 tdi no problem at all.....' nuff said ....

oh and it isnt the pulling thats the problem It s stopping the buggers

radicalrabit said:

oh and it isnt the pulling thats the problem It s stopping the buggers

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dont you just dig your heels into its sides, pull back on the reins and say "woa boy"

Yeah Ole Yella that's what ah thought pardner!

Tongue in cheek - but wouldn't you need the horses to tow the freelander?

:d :d

Hi ya. Female Hippo driver here. I'd go with the Disco when pulling. We tow an Ifor Williams trailer for jeep recovery etc and thats about the same weight as you're set-up. I hate to say it but theres no way the Freelander would do the same work and with the ease of the Disco.

Go disco not a rover 45 on stilts

How about a Rover Streetwise?
Seriously though, I wouldn't want to tow anything like that with a Freelander.

Does any body give a serious reply to a serious question?.
It seems Yello Disco and a few more of his ilk just make silly billy remarks about any serious discussions that people might bennifit from.

Oy yella!

when did you get an ilk then?
thought yer wer just into sheep

ooh ronald dont be such an old misery and lighten up a bit, no wonder the hamburglar is always chasing you

i aint got an ilk mondo, its a chamois, the ilk had a squarer back, or was that the imp

Where ignorance is bliss it`s folly to be wise.

Look at the thread title. I'm absolutely shocked that in this day and age people are using gas guzzling 4x4 vehicles for towing horses.