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Just for anyone's interest, I just towed a 21 foot fully laden Bushtracker family van around 8000km's from Brisbane to the Red Centre and back across the Plenty and Donahue "highways". Was well aware of the BT directors views on anything that is not a Dodge Ram and especially his views Land Rovers and not using a WDH.
Our car and van performed faultlessly - full write up over at L322 forum if anyone is interested. Oh, we were on 20 inch rims too.
cheers
I tow a Lotus Trooper that is 3500kg when it is full of water. I covered many 1000's of kilometers with this setup and never had a problem.
The Bush Tracker people are simply out of touch with reality.
Well - I have read lots about towing bigger vans, and the physics and mechanics of it can be scary. The issues of leverage and mass and where those things push, can create big issues. And from my research, a 200 series is very poor unless you spend money on a decent suspension, engineered around what you are going to tow.
I also understand that those selling big vans would prefer 5th wheelers, because with those, the tonque attaches to the centre of the wheelbase of the two vehicle - which means all those leverage forces pushing the two vehicle at the back the wrong way, are minimised.
Bushtracker do say the Disco etc is a top vehicle, but that they think technology that pushes the weight forward off the rear, is worthwhile. They don't cover the issue of the tensions and what happens to those with such devices (because the attachments are essentially flexible and the weight distribution comes back).
The cool thing about the Disco is that you can just attach it and tow, if you have good brake setup and the right tow bar height. And if you drive safely too.
The other issue is tyres of course and the Compo wheels are a great product for current 19" minimum size wheel vehicles. There's many more good tyres with high loads out there for 18" wheels. I apologise for the off topic nature of this discussion.
Stumbled across these 18s designed to fit the D4 as an alternative to the Compomotives. I hadn't seen them mentioned in my reading on the forums. Look interesting, guessing would work out same sort of cost.
http://www.mudtech4x4.com/cerchi-raid/?lang=en
They have been mentioned on here before, and are not a recommended product. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by g5k
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disco...inch-rims.html
330EUR = $510.Quote:
Originally Posted by g5k
Add transport cost. Also, if the import cost hits $1000 then GST is charged. The cost quickly adds up.
However, they look ok.
Not recommended? Why is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by BMKal
Because the guy who owns the business ripped off Graemes LLAMS height controller. Blatantly copied it but with a different looking switch.
Sorry didn't mean to stir a hornets nest, just a new owner learning absorbing and researching.
Those wheels would be 20% less as currently includes VAT so 275 euro is about $404 aud according to google plus all the other overheads mentioned.
Compos look great and will probably go that way if I make the change to 18s, expensive tho - better sell the old car before modding the new one :)
So the product is fine, it's just an issue with the vendor.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Rich~