tow vehicle

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

Probably not, when I looked into it there was no easy solution, yes in theory it can be done but when you get stone walled on getting details and parts lists its much easier to walk away and do any other manufactured 4wd

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There is an armoured model,but getting those parts,etc,is probably not economical anyway.
Someone on here looked into it once,it may have been Tombie.

Most of the lower GVM upgrades,that are the most common are just new coils and shocks,plus the paperwork,plates,etc.
The higher ones also have axle strengthening,different wheels,etc.
I don’t know how you uprate an air strut?
Do they have a rating?
They must I suppose.

All Land Rovers from D5 years onwards,can’t be legally done anyway,except maybe in the US.

Some are also a bit light on to be towing the big weights.I see a few on the forums have replaced D5 with RAM,or gone back to LC200 as they tow the big weights better.

The golden rule is not to tow anything heavier than the tow vehicle if possible.
That’s where a lot of lighter duty dual cab owners get into trouble.

Check this out -
3500kg tow wagons - what can they really tow? - YouTube

Sorry, posted twice.

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Originally Posted by Summiitt

It still blows me away with the size of the vans and the amount of crap that 2 people need to travel, personally Id be looking at culling a large part of the gear list which adds to weight, or go to a better suited vehicle. These are largely passenger vehicles(yes even the dual cab Utes)-not trucks, and are not built to be loaded at GCM

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Culling a large part of the gear WOW---You have to talk to my missus.

Observed a very nice dark coloured Defender in Mission Beach today arriving at a caravan park. Towing a black large dual axle van. Both were pretty nice.

Thats why I chose the Carpathian Grey metallic, I've had white cars for the past 15 years, time for a change.

We had our MY20.5 weighed last year in preparation for our lap around Oz which was due to start
in March, but we had to delay our trip by a year and decided to sell our off road caravan.
However this week we have the green light to proceed so we will likely purchase a Zone to do the
12-18 months on the road.. Based upon the weight check last year we should easily come within limits
for the axles, GVM and GCM. Our details were as follows

P400 110 weight was 2780kg loaded but without the van attached, giving us 470kg to spare.
Vehicle had 3rd row seats, 2 adults, expedition rack with max trax, awning, ladder, side steps, RAI,
front protection plate, rear recovery loops, full tank of petrol, cargo area loaded with tools and recovery
gear. The vehicle is fitted with the e-diff which adds a fair bit of weight, but 7 seats gives you 1900kg
allowance on the rear axle.

rear axle came in at 1420kg before the van was attached, so 480kg load avail on the rear axle,
aiming for a van of 3200kg max should equal a TBW of 300kg, that will be about 405kg (1:35 ratio)
additional weight.. so some spare and within limit, GCM would be approx 6300kg vs 6750kg allowance.

the plan is to minimise load in the Defender and just store what we need in the van

Found an old picture of our first Zone off road van with the Defender, which handled it easily from a tow perspective. 7 seaters have that little bit more of an advantage with 1900kg available for the rear axle load.
Our new Zone is due in Feb, the Defender will be putting quite a few 1000+ k’s towing the new one around Oz

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