Hello LandyZone heres my story
I've been using a 2012 Volvo XC70 as an everyday vehicle and as a towing vehicle for my old 1960's wooden Wayfarer dinghy. The boat weighs about 170kg, and with the braked single axle trailer totals about 300kg. This meant I could use just about any car to tow, but an estate would be handy because of all the extra gear I needed to take. The but the last year I upgraded the boat to a larger wooden boat but this weighs 2100kg with the trailer and meant the volvo was right up its towing capacity limit. I've towed it a few times without any issues but once pulling the boat out of the water I got into troupble and found all 4 wheels had lost grip on the slipway. I was rescued eventially by a kind soul with a Ford Ranger.
I decided I needed a bigger towing vehicle. Its a big decision. But really the decision had already been made when I took an a larger craft. So like any project theres a planning phase and an inplementaiton phase.
For the planning phase I listed all the possible options and wresteled with it for 3 months until I reached a shortlist, weighed up all the pros and cons and arrived at a Range Rover l322. Last week I bought one. It was a reasonable price, low mileage, clean mot history, and came with warranty, I was aware it had a few issues but then all cars have issues. And so the second phase begins.
First job - new trres - done.
Second job - figure out why my spare wheel compartment is getting flooded - notided tht the accumulated water a) drips out of ahole and falls on onto a cross member under the car (bad design?) that is now quite rusty and b) accumulated water entirely covers a wiring loom inside the boot (bad design?). Now I am quite used to baling out when water gets into my boat - but it does seema little odd that I have to bale out the car on a regular basis, So I think my second job will be to dismantle the tailgate and seal up the areas to stop the ingress of water.
Third job - get wheels realigned and a full service.
I've been using a 2012 Volvo XC70 as an everyday vehicle and as a towing vehicle for my old 1960's wooden Wayfarer dinghy. The boat weighs about 170kg, and with the braked single axle trailer totals about 300kg. This meant I could use just about any car to tow, but an estate would be handy because of all the extra gear I needed to take. The but the last year I upgraded the boat to a larger wooden boat but this weighs 2100kg with the trailer and meant the volvo was right up its towing capacity limit. I've towed it a few times without any issues but once pulling the boat out of the water I got into troupble and found all 4 wheels had lost grip on the slipway. I was rescued eventially by a kind soul with a Ford Ranger.
I decided I needed a bigger towing vehicle. Its a big decision. But really the decision had already been made when I took an a larger craft. So like any project theres a planning phase and an inplementaiton phase.
For the planning phase I listed all the possible options and wresteled with it for 3 months until I reached a shortlist, weighed up all the pros and cons and arrived at a Range Rover l322. Last week I bought one. It was a reasonable price, low mileage, clean mot history, and came with warranty, I was aware it had a few issues but then all cars have issues. And so the second phase begins.
First job - new trres - done.
Second job - figure out why my spare wheel compartment is getting flooded - notided tht the accumulated water a) drips out of ahole and falls on onto a cross member under the car (bad design?) that is now quite rusty and b) accumulated water entirely covers a wiring loom inside the boot (bad design?). Now I am quite used to baling out when water gets into my boat - but it does seema little odd that I have to bale out the car on a regular basis, So I think my second job will be to dismantle the tailgate and seal up the areas to stop the ingress of water.
Third job - get wheels realigned and a full service.
