Some caravan

Dullbird, I concur!!!!
Regards
Maggsie

Those Lotus Troopers are very well built, but just a bit out of my $$ range unfortunately. D4 will be a great tow vehicle though:cool:.

Mine (NOT a Lotus unfortunately) is heavy, too:(. 2600kg Tare, 3400ATM. 21'6" dirt road full height van, fully self sufficient , lots of solar and batteries, water etc etc. As said Weigh the thing, and especially the ball. Mine is at 250kg, tows beautifully at that.


JC

Roos Systems have just released the upgrade for the 2013 Discovery 4 TDV6 HSE.. In an add in the Sept copy of 4X4 Australia..

ECU remap and Twin 2.5" Exhaust.

Power - 183 kw

Torque - 1083 nm

Combined Economy 6.6L/100km

Is there a face thing for drool?????

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There's no joy to be had towing 3.5 tonne in a vehicle rated to tow 3.5 tonne max. It's a slog. And the wear and tear on the towing vehicle would be pretty horrendous. I would want a greater margin of safety/comfort.

The other aspect is the combined mass of the car and trailer. You have to watch how much you load the car if the trailer weight is topped out.

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Originally Posted by davidsonsm

There's no joy to be had towing 3.5 tonne in a vehicle rated to tow 3.5 tonne max. It's a slog. And the wear and tear on the towing vehicle would be pretty horrendous. I would want a greater margin of safety/comfort.

The other aspect is the combined mass of the car and trailer. You have to watch how much you load the car if the trailer weight is topped out.

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I was lurking in the Caravan/Horse Float forums and the agreed best formula seems to tow a maximum of 80% of the KERB weight of the tow vehicle for reliability and safety. Lucky for us Land Rover quote Kerb weight with fuel and driver (or so they say??).

Or another Formula

Now let’s apply Polk’s 80/20 Trailer Towing Formula: 3500kg. tow rating X 80% = 2800kg. – 20% = 2100kg. maximum trailer dry weight you can tow.