"new" rangie towing "new" caravan

[fraser130]

As some of you may know, I had a D130 with a Trayon camper about a year ago.
So the decision was made to sell the 'fender, and go for a L322, so the trayon ended up on a trailer.
We used it this summer and we decided the Trayon was too small for us and 2 little ones, so we have recently sold that.
Yesterday I picked up our "new" caravan ('06 16ft Jayco expanda outback) and had to tow it from Melbourne (Braeside) to near Geelong.
I was a little concerned about the towing ability of the 3lt diesel, but was REALLY pleasantly surprised, she sat on the speed limit as stable and happy as you like, gliding past a few others in rigs that were all pointing there noses in the air, looking rather unstable.
I have to say I love the EAS, it was great to see the weight of the caravan go on the hitch, then the whole rig level itself in a few seconds!
Looks like I'll be getting 15-16 l/100km at 100km/h with no headwind.
Very happy chappy!

[Homestar]

Nice! I've only towed once with ours, and only with a small van on the back, but it was very good. You got any pics to post to make us all jealous?:p If your not up to anything on the weekend, come out to Wombat and test out both the van and the Rangie. I'll have ours (Rangie) there, so I won't be doing anything too stupid off road with it - I would never hear the end of it if I give it back to SWMBO on Tuesday with a dint (or worse) in it...:D

[fraser130]

Cheers Gav,
I was just amazed bu how "rock steady" the car was compared to anything else I've towed with.

As for this weekend, the plan is to try and get there on Sat morning sometime.

Cheers,

Fraser

[Landover]

Good to hear you have your Rangie back on the road again. The more you drive it, you will forget the past and enjoy the future. Look forward to seeing it on the weekend.

[p38arover]

Fraser, without pics it didn't happen !

:rulez:

[fraser130]

Fraser, without pics it didn't happen !

:rulez:

Here they be Ron:D

[Homestar]

Annex looks good Fraser:BigThumb: You must have a bucket load of room with that up.:)

[ytt105]

What are the pipes on the rear used for!

[fraser130]

What are the pipes on the rear used for!

It be completely honest I have no idea, the previous owner made them!
I'm guessing short tent poles?
If I were to drop something in them my arms are too short to reach the bottom!
I am thinking of removing them and putting on a shallow cabinet/cupboard for keeping lots of odds and ends in (electrical connectors, small hand tools, cables, etc.).

Cheers,
Fraser

[peter g]

Anyone towing maybe interested in this. I recently had the power upgrade by Hunter Cuthill in Geelong, I really recommend it for towing, brought home my new (to me) Trakmaster 4M van a few weeks ago, hardly knew it was there. The upgrade is simply remapping, nothing plugged in. Torque supposed to increase 18% power 15%, the improvement is quite noticeable. Disclaimer: I have no interest in Hunter Cuthill other than relying on them to fix any hard problems with the Rangie.

[Taffi]

Hi,

Is the RR L322 like a D3 where they don't like having a weight distribution hitch fitted as it mucks the air suspension about? We did 8000 Kms last june towing a 21 Ft van with my company Colorado and the Weight Ditribution Hitch was a saviour.

As I'm coming up to new car time in a couple of months I was wondering would it be newer D3 or RR L322? Any thoughts

[drivesafe]

Hi Taffi and about 18 months back one of the mags had an article about tow vehicles in Australia and the the VW V10 Touareq and the L322 TDV8 RR were equally rated as the best tow vehicles available.

[33chinacars]

Land Rover says NO WDH for L322. Simple

Gary