Thread: Defender with a 23000lbs towing capacity!

Hi,

is that the Beech 400 parked at the southern GA at YPDN? I work just up the road, would love to have look at your 110 and the jet.

Craig

Ten and a half tonnes

Is that tare or gross?

Tony (Who knows zip about planes)

Originally Posted by Rustydog

Needed to move my work toy yesterday, no tug available but the trusty old Defender did the job!!!

I don't know the first thing about planes, but where did you get the 23,000lb figure from? Even so, with a rolling resistance of about 70 lbs per ton,on flat hard ground a quad bike would probably pull that.
Have you seen the TV ad with the VW ToeRag pulling the Jumbo Jet ? What would that be ? 500,000 lbs?
Wagoo.

It was more of a joke.
Yes you could tow it with a small car on level ground as there is no true ball weight. That is the true take off weight so prob didn't weigh that much as I hadn't fueled it.
Just thought it looked cool. A couple of million bucks attached to the defender.
RD

Rustydog

good one

Nice trailer!
Don

Cool... would make a good example picture to explain aerodynamics to kids.

I wish I'd copied my '83 RR owner's handbook. I'm sure it stated a tow capacity of 12 tons up to a certain (low) speed.