Which Land rovers have 4t towing?

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Originally Posted by RoverP6B

The circa 1986 3.5 litre Range Rover had a towing capacity when the vehicle was fully laden of 4000kg for all posted speed limits.

A maximum trailer load of 6000kg could be hauled behind a fully laden vehicle but subject to a speed restriction of 80kph.

In both cases, the trailer must be fully braked.

Ron.

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My 1985 handbook has an "8000kg offroad only in emergency situations, max 30km/h" bit in there too.:eek:

Personally I've had a hilux fully loaded on a car trailer that weighed about 1-1.1T by its self so I'm guessing it got close to 3t total plus I had the Missis and the 2 mates from the hilux in the car and I had no issues what so ever, no low range take offs, other then being a little slow by the top of hills I wouldn't think twice about towing even more weight again

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Originally Posted by robbotd5

Come on fella's!!! Why would you want to hang anything within the ballpark of 4 ton of the back of any light vehicle??? I have a 23ft dual axle van with tare of 2180 kg's and believe me it is very noticeable and I would not want to tow anything larger or heavier. This point of view is from a touring on open road scenario. What a vehicle is rated to tow and what it can tow safely is another story.
Regards
Robbo

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I regularly tow 3.5 ton across some of the biggest hills in Tasmania, which would rival a lot on the mainland as well. This is for firewood. Poatina alone takes me 20 minutes to descend in first gear and at times I've actually taken longer and gone down in low range due to the weather and extra weight.

The Defender might be slower but it is certainly more stable with weight applied than my wife's Prado (which is only rated to 2.5 ton). The difference between the two is quite remarkable at times.

IMHO it comes down to what you are used to. I regularly drive loaded semi-trailers ranging from 40-45 ton and don't think twice about driving the Defender at its GCM (6550kg in Australia from memory). The same principles apply.....

Having a proper chassis goes a long way, especially when compared to the current dual cab market. In that regard I would certainly agree with you that they are over-rated.

Mmmmmmmm pics :angel:


2.5 ton Prado plus whatever the trailer weighs:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/06/1321.jpg


Carting wood - there's 1.4 metres in the trailer plus 1.1 metres in the rear of the old girl. Add in another 0.5 metre on the roofrack and that's 3 cubic metres of firewood that I brought home across 2 separate ranges (Osterley across to the Lakes and down Poatina).

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/06/1322.jpg


Plus we tow a camper trailer (1.5 ton) for all of our trips away:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/06/1323.jpg


A lot of it comes down to experience, mechanical sympathy, and more importantly driver attitude.