Thread: The Discovery 4 is a second rate tow vehicle

And I stand to apologies. Specially to 33chinacars..
On some stuffing around and looking throughout the records I have come across in Road safety ( driver) regulations 2009. Pg 9 and 10
A standard lic. May tow a Single trailer to the max GVM weight of no more then 9t.
Found in black and white lol

Cheers Joe

The Law is full of loop holes is it right? Maybe not but is it legal yes.

My D4 caravan combo is around 6000kg in travelling trim.

Originally Posted by joeT

And I stand to apologies. Specially to 33chinacars..
On some stuffing around and looking throughout the records I have come across in Road safety ( driver) regulations 2009. Pg 9 and 10
A standard lic. May tow a trailer to the max combined weight of no more then 9t.
Found in black and white lol

Cheers Joe

Where did you find that, I searched everywhere in the RTA NSW and even rang them and they couldn't tell me for certain.

Baz.

I went through vic roads found nothing either. So I googled Road Safety (Drivers) regulations 2009 S.R No. 95/2009. On the bottom of pg 9 continued on page 10. Stumped me

Cheers Joe

Just corrected my thread too. It was NOT. A combine mass it was a single trailer to max weight of 9 t GVM big difference

Cheers Joe

Originally Posted by Redback

That means that the combined weight is greater than someone holding a LR or even MR licence

Baz.

??? MR is 8 T GVM + and up to 9 T towing.

Well above the c-class limits.

EDIT: The SA website gives examples for what is allowed under a c-class licence as: A small truck towing a horse float...

Hi, I'm in the process of buying a D4 and plan to use it for towing a camper trailer, so this thread is interesting to me. I don't know what a WDH is? From reading various places, it seems a Mitchell Bros High-Rise hitch may be the best.

I previously had a D1 then a Patrol GU, and did plenty of towing with both, with no problems, but I guess the air suspension is a different ball game.

If you buy D4 you won't need a Weight Distribution Hitch (WDH) as you only need a WDH to transfer weight to the front wheels if your vehicle has old school spring suspension. The D3/4/RRS all have excellent suspension which have made WDH's basically obsolete for late model Disco's.

If your buying a Camper then few to no large 4x4's should need one.

If your planning on towing a large caravan and you drive Toyota or Nissan etc then you may need a WDH.

Also LR say no to using WDH's on air suspended D3/4/RRS's.

Cheers,
Terry