Thread: towing engineering

I imagine there would be plenty of interest, myself included.

I'm half a chance of buying a Perentie next year, so if that happens, then yes, I would be interested, but can I ask if this is just for an engineered towbar, or is there going to be some sort of engineering approval for the vehicle? That is after all the stumbling block, and not the tow bar itself as such as I understand it?

Do you actual need 3.5t towing capacity ?

Would be handy to have better tha the 1.7 tonnes or whatever it is now. Can't even tow 2 tonnes with them legally.

1. There is a cloud of confusion about the vehicle itself.

Firstly, the rear chassis is made of 125x50 6mm thick RHS vs 2mm thick section on a civvy 110 so it seems prima facie to be built like a masonry outhouse.

Secondly, the reason that the thing is "limited" to 1250kg relates more to the military's desired use and the lack of trailer brake equipment than to real capability.

Thirdly, the authorities seem keen to pigeon-hole us into the nearest NVD they can find - usually a defender - clearly a different beast but conveniently recognised to have a 3.5t capacity.

I plan to ask an engineer to sort this out as part of another project (seats, body mods etc).

2.I do want to be able tow up to 3.5t in the form of a dirty great horse float with a 3.5ATM. The old Stage 1 coped fine with this (horses like it slow)

Good luck in the process, I guess it will come down to $$$'s

Personally I would have purchased a car that could toe what I wanted without mods or approvals.

But that would be no fun Weeds, and not a Perentie...

Originally Posted by bacicat

But that would be no fun Weeds, and not a Perentie...

Common sense to me.........

Duck 1250 wouldn't even tow my HCPU trailer.

Fit for purpose come to mind......

Ever heard of the story were an airport has been in place for years than suburbia creeps up and suddenly it's the airports problem........