Towing with the D4

[mowog]

I read this thread guess what I am not going to ask about..

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-zone/50412-weight-distribtution-bars-disco-3-a-9.html

Have any D4 owners towed a van around the 2000kg mark?

I have a Coromal 615 that towed well behind my Territory but at huge cost in fuel. At around 20-25L/100 I was looking for fuel very often with my 70l tank.

I am curious the hear what kind of fuel use D4 owners with the 3.0L V6 are getting.

[mikeford]

I have towed my 7 metre long 2200kg Jayco caravan from Morphettt Vale to Wilmington with my 3.0 litre D4 and had to keep looking in the mirror to make sure it had not fallen off. Used to tow it with my disco 1 300 tdi auto, chalk and cheese. Trailer stability control is great, hills disapear, fuel economy 15.5 litres per hundred at 95 kilometres an hour. Love this car.

[fun45]

I have towed my 7 metre long 2200kg Jayco caravan from Morphettt Vale to Wilmington with my 3.0 litre D4 and had to keep looking in the mirror to make sure it had not fallen off. Used to tow it with my disco 1 300 tdi auto, chalk and cheese. Trailer stability control is great, hills disapear, fuel economy 15.5 litres per hundred at 95 kilometres an hour. Love this car.

I tow a Lifestyle 610 with my D4 and I would agree with this. At 95k's I would show an average of around 14.5 and sometimes it was better on a trip to Cairns from Brisbane. Once you get into hills or if I wasn't being careful it would go up to 16.

Van was loaded and there are 5 of us in the D4.

[robbotd5]

Mowog.
Fellow AULRO member Family traveller has a D4 and a Retreat Dayderam caravan. I have a Daydream and my D2a tows it very well for what it is. My vans tare is 2180kg. The D4 will eat 2000kg.
Regards
Robbo

[CSBrisie]

Towed a 21 foot Jayco Sterling and averaged 15l/100km over 2000km's. Ridiculously easy towing with that 600nm!
cheers

[mottzone]

My D4 Tows a 2800kg (Tare) 20foot Bushtracker with ease. Computer shows around 15.5l/100km over a long trip on bitumen. Not sure what the real fuel comsumption is.

[Rollin over]

We are also the same figure as all the above comments towing our Retreat 2500kg van. We always tow at the speed limit and overtaking slow Toyota drivers ha ha. Once I overtook a truck up hill towing the van and when I moved back over I looked down at the speed o and we were doing 153km :o.

Cheers

[101RRS]

Computer shows around 15.5l/100km over a long trip on bitumen. Not sure what the real fuel comsumption is.

Add 10% so around 17l/100km

[Tombie]

Not always Garry...

Mines damn near spot on.

[101RRS]

Not always Garry...

Mines damn near spot on.

You would be the exception - or is it wishful thinking :)

[Rollin over]

Add 10% so around 17l/100km


I agree that my avg fuel from the trip computer is out by a 1L/100 BUT I always use my Andriod FUELIO App at each fill up which tells me the right L/100km... Avg fuel since ownership with 80% towing is 12.95 L/100km.

[Tombie]

You would be the exception - or is it wishful thinking :)

Probably more accurate than most.

Filled 3x 20l containers from local servo.
Checked calibration of pump against the volume of containers...

Filled tank... Drove a measured 500km

Topped tank from cans.

Measured remaining qty... 7.3 litres

That's 10.54l/100km and my dash said 10.4... That's close enough!

[mowog]

The days of innocents... Someone has been digging up old threads...:wasntme:

[ozscott]

D4 would murder 2 tonn. My boat is 2 tonn and my d2 v8 tows it well. You have to work the motor on steep hills but it doesnt mind...just chews the juice. Having said that running sequential vapour injection its like getting 9l per 100k when towing given how cheap LPG is compared to premium petrol or diesel.:)

Cheers

[CraigH]

I've borrowed my folks D4 and Concept 21ft van a few times and like the others have said had to check the van is still there. You here other 4wd owners talk about the sweet spot their car tows at, 80, 90, 95km/h. I've found myself creeping up to 120-130km and you barely notice it. Most of the time I sit around 100-110km/h and return around 14-15lt/100km.

Cheers
Craig

[stray dingo]

I have towed my 7 metre long 2200kg Jayco caravan from Morphettt Vale to Wilmington with my 3.0 litre D4 and had to keep looking in the mirror to make sure it had not fallen off.

I dropped my van off for a service with the Nissan which had to get to 3000rpm before it moved. By the time Jayco had it ready, I had the D4 and picked it up again with that.

I started to drive off, and was suddenly embarrassed I hadn't hitched it up. Just simply didn't notice it....

When touring and towing, I've overtaken B-triples and looked down at the speedo to find it at 140 - still with power to give...

[mowog]

I now tow a 3500kg Lotus van with the D4 its been a very good 3 years.

[Fatso]

Bit scary with all these landys towing vans everywhere at 130 140 KMH .:wasntme:

[robbotd5]

Bit scary with all these landys towing vans everywhere at 130 140 KMH .:wasntme:

Agreed. Scary. I have occasionally hit 110 down hill and it was ok but I was not comfortable with it. 90-95 is my preferred towing speed. EGT's happy, all good and 12-13 l/100km combined touring/towing. But a D4 is light years ahead of my D2.
Regards
Robbo

[mowog]

Bit scary with all these landys towing vans everywhere at 130 140 KMH .:wasntme:

The D4 is a very good tug, at times they want to just pull like a train.

[phl]

I dropped my van off for a service with the Nissan which had to get to 3000rpm before it moved.

One of the reasons I got the D4 and not a Japanese diesel; there isn't much use for diesel 4x4 in Japan I suspect, hence not much development of their diesel, which by comparison, are under powered and have relatively low torque.