Thread: This must be embarrassing for Land Rover

On Toyotas and towing, there was an amusing discussion at a workshop on towing at the Let's Go Brisbane Caravan and Camping show at the showground today.
One of the speakers, who runs a training company, asked how many people there had Toyota 200s, and several hands went up.
He and another speaker then spent about five minutes detailing why the 200 was a poor towing vehicle which only had a payload of about 600kg, so after allowing for a caravan towball weight of say 200kg, a bullbar, fridge and 3-4 people with luggage, the 200 would be overloaded and illegal.
The 200 owners did not look happy.
He also said Land Rover were the only make which did not need sway bars when towing.
I barely resisted the temptation to mention our Defender's 1000kg payload.
If you go to the show I recommend the towing workshop. It was interesting.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

On Toyotas and towing, there was an amusing discussion at a workshop on towing at the Let's Go Brisbane Caravan and Camping show at the showground today.
One of the speakers, who runs a training company, asked how many people there had Toyota 200s, and several hands went up.
He and another speaker then spent about five minutes detailing why the 200 was a poor towing vehicle which only had a payload of about 600kg, so after allowing for a caravan towball weight of say 200kg, a bullbar, fridge and 3-4 people with luggage, the 200 would be overloaded and illegal.
The 200 owners did not look happy.
He also said Land Rover were the only make which did not need sway bars when towing.
I barely resisted the temptation to mention our Defender's 1000kg payload.
If you go to the show I recommend the towing workshop. It was interesting.

A friend has just had the mega tow pack $$$ upgrade to his near new 200 to tow this enormous Shark Cat boat he has built to the limits of max upgraded tow capacity.

In every day empty driving mode he has lead weight in the spare tyre under the car to get some softness in the rear end as it’s a pogo stick otherwise.

oh what a feeling!

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

A friend has just had the mega tow pack $$$ upgrade to his near new 200 to tow this enormous Shark Cat boat he has built to the limits of max upgraded tow capacity.

In every day empty driving mode he has lead weight in the spare tyre under the car to get some softness in the rear end as it’s a pogo stick otherwise.

So if he towed it with something like a D4,it would be illegal, as no GVM upgrade available.

Must be one hell of a Shark Cat.

What he really needs is the correct towing vehicle for the job, and that isn't a Tojo or any other 4WD wagon on the market.

Originally Posted by scarry

So if he towed it with something like a D4,it would be illegal, as no GVM upgrade available.

Must be one hell of a Shark Cat.

What he really needs is the correct towing vehicle for the job, and that isn't a Tojo or any other 4WD wagon on the market.

What about a Ford F 150:

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Originally Posted by scarry

So if he towed it with something like a D4,it would be illegal, as no GVM upgrade available.

Must be one hell of a Shark Cat.

What he really needs is the correct towing vehicle for the job, and that isn't a Tojo or any other 4WD wagon on the market.

Yeah, Ian's Rig.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Yeah, Ian's Rig.

It might be in the 'Markets",as I think he has moved on from trucks?

Heard a rumour he has his eye on a career in Auto Air.

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