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Thread: P38 V's Discovery3 towing

  1. 18th February 2010, 01:42 PM #1
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    P38 V's Discovery3 towing

    HI Guys
    I was wondering why the Discovery 3 has a ball weight capacity of 350 kg's and the P38 only has 150K'kgs. They both are rated at 3500 Klgms towing capacity but the ball weight is so different. I thought the suspension and undercarriage was very similar. I would like to know the answer to this if anyone can shed some light. I can't see any point in having a 3500 Klgm towing cap. and a ball weight cap. of 150 Klgms

    I don't know of any trailer or alike that weighs 3500kg's and a ball weight of 150 kg's.... MMmmmmm

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coasting View Post
    I thought the suspension and undercarriage was very similar.
    The designs are completely different.
    P38 has live axles, D3 has independent suspension all round.
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  3. 22nd February 2010, 06:31 AM #3
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    It also depends on what tow bar the P38's equipped with. I recently had a Hayman Reese installed on my RRP38 and the ball weight on it is 250kg.

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    Does the 150kg refer to the swan neck tow hook provided with the car in the UK?
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  5. 22nd February 2010, 08:01 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keithy P38 View Post
    It also depends on what tow bar the P38's equipped with. I recently had a Hayman Reese installed on my RRP38 and the ball weight on it is 250kg.

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    But if the Land Rover specified tow ball weight for a P38 is 150kgs that is the max tow ball weight allowed irrespective if your tow bar can handle 250kg.

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  6. 9th March 2010, 07:32 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    But if the Land Rover specified tow ball weight for a P38 is 150kgs that is the max tow ball weight allowed irrespective if your tow bar can handle 250kg.

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    My apologies, I realised that once i'd posted :-)

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