Thread: Towing a 2.5 ton van with a Puma

This is the biggest thing i have towed with my puma

It did it very well, even with the 33s, there wasn't much up hill though what there was it wasnt a struggle at all for it, i dont know if it would be the same with a 2.2 though from some of the things i have heard so far about them.

longest towing run i have ever done is this to Fraser island(newcastle->Fraser->Newcastle), we were fairly heavily loaded and my brother in law with his TDI disco(my old one) with some mods couldn't keep up with us on the hills and he wasnt towing anything.

Mind you mine has a few "tweaks" to help out....

I tow a 21 foot van with my 2011 90 Puma.. the van weighs in at 2660kgs (empty) and it generally stays empty when I am pulling it apart from water (2 x 85 litres) as I am merely transporting the vans to shows... It pulls it alright, doesn't struggle too much on hills and is able to quickly pick up speed after take off.. but I wouldn't recommend it for long term touring as I am always worried that if something did go wrong then the weight of the van would easily pull the car into a dangerous situation.. I would prefer something a little larger if I was to be towing that size and weight all the time..

I towed my cub camper loaded with the defender loaded also from Sydney to Newman and it towed fine,it's no rocketship but it had no trouble overtaking the bicky dippers in thier 200 series and doesn't burn oil to boot,I'd go a D3/4 as a first choice but as there is a defender in the driveway now I wouldn't sell it to change. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

it's no rocketship but it had no trouble overtaking the bicky dippers in thier 200 series Pat

Now that my friend is the quote of the day. Last trip we did we were stuck behind such a very nice couple on are way into Yunta, old mate was travelling at 75kph and sticking slap bang in the middle of the road unless the road trains were coming then he'd move over to the left, then immediately back to the middle, he wasn't letting us young whipper snappers overtake him in his king of the road and oversized and priced portaloo. We eventually got by them at the inspection station as he was arguing at getting his 10kg bag of spuds turfed into the bin.

All I had to declare was that my wife was blonde

The only thing I would consider would be is the EGT, not that I am saying that there would be a problem. I'm beging to beleive ( after driving Tojo's at work) that with diesels these day's capacity is n"t the issue.

So no one uses or feels the need to use a WDH when towing heavy loads with a Puma/ Defender?

Cheers,
Terry