Reply With QuoteGee Brad,Originally Posted by BradM
Fuel is a little exy over there!!
Those Broncos sure are tough beasts
Pleased to hear the DII is working well, with that setup
You should have no rear suspension problems, at all.
Wizard
SupporterHi Ron
Fantastic post – backed up with a lot of pics and facts.
I do how ever disagree with the bit up the top on boats, I have not towed a caravan, but have towed 2.5 to 3.5t boats extensively along the QLD coast, and my experience is that it is absolutely horrible to have a trailer load that is balanced especially if it is significantly heavier than the tow vehicle! Yes the draw bar is really long but talk about the see-saw effect (up & down and side to side). Even most of the top boat trailer manufactures now recommend 10% of total mass as the ball weight. On the rigs I had I shifted the axle frame (they are all adjustable) to give close to the max ball weight up front – then learnt how easy towing is with the Reece kit.
There’s a club ex Melbourne that tow (mostly) 7.0 & 7.3m Whittleys (around the 3t) all over the place – I met up with these guys on the way to the Whittsundays a couple of years back and no surprise – they all use LDH set up and swear by it.
L322 3.6TDv8 Lux
Gee Brad,
Fuel is a little exy over there!!
Those Broncos sure are tough beasts
Pleased to hear the DII is working well, with that setup
You should have no rear suspension problems, at all.
Have a look at MarknDeb's message, under the name
2003 TD5
Gday as in my signature, we have the D2 S TD5 250kg ball weight
Swaggie
Mark,. what is in the Td5 that allows 100kg more weight in the ball than the Td300 ? It is the suspension or the engine ?
I was under the impression that the wheel base have a lot to do with it ?
Just learning
Cheers
I use these and havent had any issues yet
Mate hoestly i dont know the reason for this, when we where looking to buy we looked at the older disco to start and the ball weight buggared that for us so we ended up forking out to get a new oneMark,. what is in the Td5 that allows 100kg more weight in the ball than the Td300 ? It is the suspension or the engine ?
I was under the impression that the wheel base have a lot to do with it ?
Just learning
Cheers
Yes well when ever we do a trip we overtake a few other caravaners all the time and dont we get some bad bad boy looks, we over took a semi once and he couldnt believe he got overtaken by a caravan and called us on UHF18 to ask if i was powered by a rocket, lol
The best thing about the caravn trips is when you get to where you are going you have your home and your own bed that you are used to not to mention cloths food and water
Swaggie
The new Defender factory specs
Recommended max. trailer nose weight 150 kg
What it is going on with Land Rover design
Ron here is a pic of our car and van setup without the WDH
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