Towing potential

[Glenny]

Hello

i'm looking at buying a 3.0TD SSR-X specifically to tow a 21ft caravan which my Freelander is struggling to do. Does anyone tow with their HiLux? The dealer says it'll do the job, but then again he would as he's trying to sell a car.

any help or advice most welcome

[firefly]

will tow with ease mines 22ft and some guys on here tow twin wheelers no probs

[da SLUG man]

can't you tow the caravan as part of the test drive?

[mud-ge]

21 FOOT AND SPOT ON

[marky]

I tow my ABBEY SPECTRUM twin axle 1600kgs BEAST with my 2.4 & its fine

[Silversurfer]

Hello

i'm looking at buying a 3.0TD SSR-X specifically to tow a 21ft caravan which my Freelander is struggling to do. Does anyone tow with their HiLux? The dealer says it'll do the job, but then again he would as he's trying to sell a car.

any help or advice most welcome

For stability the recommended criteria for towing anything is the trailer shouldn't weigh more than 85% of the gross weight of the towing vehicle - the Surf weighs around 2 tons so that is an awful lot of caravan. I regularly tow a double horse trailer with my 3lt without any problems at all.

[TonyN]

Ours towed this 300 miles just fine.



They're great.

[marky]

I also regulary pass FREELANDERS & shoguns while towing up hills & Thats a fact.

[da SLUG man]

Ours towed this 300 miles just fine.



They're great.

wouldn't it reduce the nose weight to reverse it onto the trailer?

[marky]

wouldn't it reduce the nose weight to reverse it onto the trailer?

You always get one!

[red harry]

TonyN:

Spiffing wheel cover...can we have a closer look!

[Chillitt]

85% of the towing vehicles weight? so tonys trailer weighs -15% of a surf then....

[dirtydog]

85% of the towing vehicles weight? so tonys trailer weighs -15% of a surf then....

Shhhhhhhhh

[TonyN]

You always get one!

Its just Matt, trying to look smart in front of the girls......

Slug dude, the Bullet needs a drop plate to run level with that trailer cos of the +2" springs (which I forgot to throw in the truck when we left), if I reduced the nose weight, the ass of the trailer is too close to the floor. So we had the trailer level with all 4 wheels evenly loaded, and let the Bullet sort itself out. Which it did!

[TonyN]

Shhhhhhhhh

Yeah, what he said........