opps i thing i exceeded the max towing load with pics!!!

[weeds]

i had to pick up a six and half metre climbing from a sponser for a function i organised on friday

when i arrived i noticed it had electric brakes only problem was they were not working. i checked the plate on the trailer and it GVM was 3000kg, opps what do we do as time was running out. nah i'm sure i read somewhere that the fender could tow it.

are well hook it up i said as we only had a few km's to travel and off we went. they did reassure met that it was actually only 2500kg but they than proceeded to load the back of the fender up with harnesses rigging support jacks so i was soon back to 3000kg i reckoned

i had 25psi in my poly airs and the fender sagged a bit so god knows what the ball weight was.

also got a photo of the promo girl from the gentlemans club that also sponsered the day in front of the fender


http://www.aulro.com/albums/album246/Spanner_Club_Defender_1.jpg
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album246/Spanner_Club_Defender_in_Tow.jpg
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album246/Spanner_Club_Climbing_Wall_3.jpg
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album246/Spanner_Club_Climbing_Wall_4.jpg

[Ace]

You can always rely on a fender. Matt

[p38arover]

Landies are rated to tow 3500kg

Ron

[hiline]

Originally posted by p38arover
Landies are rated to tow 3500kg

Ron

on my 130 its 4000kg 8O and ball weight of 150kg

[Pedro_The_Swift]

my D1 says 4k too--- https://www.aulro.com/afvb/


i've read about these mutant ICBM's 8O

[fernockulated]

8) looks like fun,although it looks like some things that used to float along at the beach at mordialloc many moons ago 8O :oops:

[CraigE]

Weeds,
Who made your roof rack, solar panel holder? Do you have the specs for it? How does it go with wind resistance. Pretty much the set up I want.
Ta
Craig

[hiline]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>also got a photo of the promo girl from the gentlemans club that also sponsered the day in front of the fender [/b][/quote]

a nice promo she would be https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[p38arover]

Towing Weights from Owner's Manuals:

DII (Australian)

Maximum permissible towed weights On-road Off-road
Unbraked trailers 750 kg (1653 lb) 750 kg (1653 lb)
Trailers with overrun brakes 3500 kg (7716 lb) 1000 kg (2204 lb)
Roof rack load 50 kg (110 lb) 30 kg (66 lb)

Defender

4-cyl petrol, V8 & 300Tdi models On-road Off-road
- Unbraked trailers 750 kg (1653 lb) 500 kg (1102 lb)
- Trailers with overrun brakes 3500 kg (7716 lb) 1000 kg (2204 lb)
- 4 wheel trailers with coupled brakes* 4000 kg (8818 lb) 1000 kg (2204 lb)
4-cyl diesel non-turbo models
- Unbraked trailers 750 kg (1653 lb) 500 kg (1102 lb)
- Trailers with overrun brakes 3500 kg (7716 lb) . 1000 kg (2204 lb)
- 4 wheel trailers with coupled brakes* 3500 kg (7716 lb) 1000 kg (2204 lb)

Nose weight 75 kg (165 lb) 75 kg (165 lb)

Defender (1999 model year Australian)

On-road Off-road
- Unbraked trailers 750 kg (1653 lb) 500 kg (1102 lb)
- Trailers with overrun brakes 3500 kg (7716 lb) 1000 kg (2204 lb)
- 4 wheel trailers with coupled brakes* 4000 kg (8818 lb) 1000 kg (2204 lb)
Nose weight 150 kg (330 lb) 150 kg (330 lb)

Note the different nose weights on different year Defenders.

I can't find my other RAVE disc to check the D1 and RRs. I can only find the NAS version RAVE CD and it shows the D1 as 3500kg.

Ron

[weeds]

Originally posted by p38arover
Landies are rated to tow 3500kg

Ron
All good than, if only the brakes on the trailer were working. I was a little worried about stopping if the traffic stopped quick.

I don't know clutches would would hold up towing say a 3500kg caravan all day. As it was I used low range to move the climbing rig arount the carpark.

[weeds]

Originally posted by CraigE
Weeds,
Who made your roof rack, solar panel holder? Do you have the specs for it? How does it go with wind resistance. Pretty much the set up I want.
Ta
Craig
I had a local roof rack company make the front bar, its basically a tradesman bar/rack that is lower. It was the last thing I fitted to the defender before my simpson crossing, I'm yet to lower bar by 10mm as the front sits a little high. I used a unisolar panel as the size was just right. The solar panel is hinged at the front with latches at the rear. I was getting into the habit of parking the rig to the east at the end of each day and lifting the panel up for the first ray of sun but as I was driving all day everyday I figured I was not gaining much. On extended camping in the one spot the solar etends the battery life by X amount. The main reason was to reduce wind resistance when the roof rack was loaded for the simpson. Most of my load didn't really go above the panel, if I was to load the roof rack up higher than the top of the panel I have the option to move the rack back so that the panel is at a greater angle to deflect wind over the load. I'm gueesing it helped if only a little. I would like to replace the current roof rack as the previous owner went over the top with the roof rack,way to heavy for my liking.

If you go to my gallery you will find some closer pics of the setup.

Happy to answer any other question you have.

[sclarke]

Nice Flag................ :roll: :roll: :roll:

[LoadedDisco]

I liked the flag as well. :wink: