Thread: Weight of a Series 1

1700kg approx if you look up some old threads we did this exercise for Omaroo in the last few weeks.
To answer the next question don't go to a hire place go to a service station to hire the car trailor.

the weight of the trailor and car might be a bit much for the freelander though have you electric brakes?
How far do you need to tow?

Well the 80" was listed as 1136kg, but the 88 will be a bit more than that, perhaps 1500kg I would expect.
John

Sorry I didn't see shortie I'm thinking longie. I found a websitethat gave all of the series vehicles weights I cannot think what it is though

when in doubt ask google.

Just checked my owners handbook for the Series 2a - basic 88 was 1339kg, 1488 for the station wagon, so any other bodies would be in between. The 88 Series 1 will be a little less but not much - the 2l engine was a bit lighter, and the body was a bit lighter, and the increased track would have added 10kg or so, but otherwise they were very similar vehicles.
John

What's that? Series 1 on a trailer??!!

Like this.

I looked at the last rego paper for my 80", tare weight 1170kg, GVM 1833 kg. It is powered by a Series 3 diesel though.

Are you going to tow it with the Freelander?

Larry.

The general consensus is a 2 litre (actually has a 186 in it so engine weighs less) series 1 shorty weight is 1300kg. Dunno what the weight of a car trailer is - so assuming 1000kg.

The Freelander while it is bigger than you think comes in at a tow weight 2000kg so am looking at alternatives - most ordinary cars cannot tow as much as the Freelander. The obvious is my brothers 94 mitsu****ty tri-too turbo diesel which has towed my Freelander which weighs 1600kg, did it OK but it actually has a lower tow weight than the Freelander at 1800kg and has less power and torque.

I need a guess of the trailer weight so I can work out which of my mates I can hit on to tow the car.

Thanks for the options and help. Oh I did tow my previous series 1 with a sigma for about 100km without problems - suspect the load was about double the sigma tow capacity though.

Gazzz