Welcome!
This might be helpful:
Land Rover Defender - Highway Towing Test & Weigh-In - YouTube
hi all
i am serious considering buying the latest defender as a caravan tow vehicle after a test drive. being totally new to the brand hoping to get some insight to help guide me.
Welcome!
This might be helpful:
Land Rover Defender - Highway Towing Test & Weigh-In - YouTube
Mahn England
DEFENDER 110 D300 SE '23 (the S M E G)
DEFENDER 110 wagon '08 (the Kelvinator)
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members-ri...elvinator.html
Ex 300Tdi Disco:
Hi Mate, Ive got a D250 90. I towed a car down Mnt Ousley to Wollongong and back up to the Snowy Mountains yesterday, about 2.2ton all up, with torrential rain on the coast, it did about 650km round trip in the day and was very impressed with the vehicle, it held firm, handled the load really well, braking was fantastic and I returned 11.4l/100 which is great. I was never looking for more power and it held the speed limit up the mountains with no fuss. The D250 is a sensational engine, There is something about a straight 6 diesel for torque. Ive done a lot of towing with Defenders and Range rovers, and this new Defender is equal to the Rangie in handling a decent trailer weight, only downfall in comparison to the Rangie is it cant beat the 4.4TD V8 for straight out torque and power.
I would be checking axle limits very closely, the rear axle is very easily overloaded from what I have seen
Discovery 1 4.6, true trac front and rear, superior engineering arms,old tourer now bush toy
Discovery 4 3.0 HSE MY13 ECB Bull bar, winch, spot lights, aux fuel tank, Kaymar rear bar, duel wheel carriers, 18 tuff ant wheels 265/65/18 BFG KO2's for play
54 Series 1 86
61 Series 2 109 - Club Rego
76 2 Door Range Rover
78 101 Forward Control - Club Rego
88 Perentie FFR - Club Rego
90 4 Door Range Rover - Club Rego
93 Discovery 1 200 Tdi - Club Rego
98 Freelander 1 - Full Rego
22 Defedner 90 - Full rego
It is true all 4wds can be very easily overloaded, most can also have a simple GVM upgrade to reduce legal risk and liability , sadly not really possible with LR's
Discovery 1 4.6, true trac front and rear, superior engineering arms,old tourer now bush toy
Discovery 4 3.0 HSE MY13 ECB Bull bar, winch, spot lights, aux fuel tank, Kaymar rear bar, duel wheel carriers, 18 tuff ant wheels 265/65/18 BFG KO2's for play
Discovery 1 4.6, true trac front and rear, superior engineering arms,old tourer now bush toy
Discovery 4 3.0 HSE MY13 ECB Bull bar, winch, spot lights, aux fuel tank, Kaymar rear bar, duel wheel carriers, 18 tuff ant wheels 265/65/18 BFG KO2's for play
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
Search AULRO.com ONLY! |
Search All the Web! |
---|
|
|
Bookmarks