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First Bedford
Joined: 11 Dec 2009
Posts: 107
Location: Darlington, Durham
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 Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject: Best towing vehicle? |
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| Thinking of changing from transits to Landrover. Any thoughts on a good towing vehicle, towing a car trailer and possibly a classic? Something that I am not afraid to get dirty, scratched and abused occaisionally. |
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008
Posts: 1031
Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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My friends 2.8 Pajero does pretty well. He tows a large boxed trailer and also a plant trailer with his small JCB digger. Er, not at the same time.
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
Posts: 1268
Location: South East Wales
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Range Rover classic V8 on LPG |
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Uncle Alec
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 734
Location: Manchester
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a Transit 150 SWB for towing and also a Land Rover Discovery. The disco is a 1989 one and went on my classic insurance no problem. |
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 3382
Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:13 am Post subject: |
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Hi
There was a discusion just like this on another forum I frequent I will look for a link to it in the week. Had about 5 pages of ideas, so might help you out.
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First Bedford
Joined: 11 Dec 2009
Posts: 107
Location: Darlington, Durham
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Dave,
the last landrover I had was sold for spares, the chap who bought it had a SWB pickup but re-engined with something much bigger, claimed it could pull a house down. Have always had a soft spot for Landrovers. |
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22900013A
Joined: 27 Jul 2011
Posts: 30
Location: Oxfordshire
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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I use a Landrover Defender 110 as a towing vehicle daily for my business, tows upto 3.5 tonnes no problems. So far as I know, few other vehicles can legally (or safely) tow as much.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 4880
Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Just a portion of an article I had in a trade paper about 4 yrs ago.
| Quote: | Less than 10 miles later I am happily driving along moving to the centre lane in preparation to overtake a caravan following a lorry, the caravan starts to move out, in order to overtake the lorry, having signalled his intention and giving a motorhome in the centre lane the opportunity to move to the RH lane.
So far so good, unfortunately as the caravan moved into the disturbed air off the rear right hand corner of the lorry it was also affected by the disturbed air from the near side of the motorhome.
A couple of “nervous” twitches from the rear of the caravan were followed by a couple of quite severe swings right and left and then a sharp veering into the right hand lane and immediately back to the left onto the hard shoulder, at this point I could see that the towing vehicle was a Land Rover, the Landie went up the banking (about a 40o slope) at an angle.
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That was an SWB but I don't remember how old (series, county oir defender)
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Churchill Johnson
Joined: 11 Jan 2011
Posts: 359
Location: Rayleigh Essex
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| Nic Jarman wrote: | | My friends 2.8 Pajero does pretty well. He tows a large boxed trailer and also a plant trailer with his small JCB digger. Er, not at the same time. |
Got a friend with one of these it drink's like a fish 3lit turbo, inter-cooler,automatic twin sunroof's electric everything and that also included the rear suspension till it went wrong and as he did not run a bank it was changed to a standard set up he now want's to sell it i went to Oxford with him towing a 4/w trailer to collect an old tractor we got back the tow frame was covered in soot,he bought it because he had a land rover and that had given him a few problem's but this thing god!!!!!! |
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kismet
Joined: 04 May 2011
Posts: 71
Location: South Staffs
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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I tow with a landrover Defender 90 TD5, gets about 30 mpg if the speed is kept down. If the trailer is properly loaded you hardly know it's there.
My previous towing vehicle was a Mitsubishi Delica (2.8 turbo diesel auto)and it was great as a tow vehicle and gave about 23mpg. |
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midlandgardencare
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
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Location: tamworth
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isuzu's are fantastic tow vehicles and very well equipped interiors. the isuzu rodeo's are advertised of having a towing capability of 3 tonnes. i used to have a job collecting catagory c cars from all over the uk and i used my old isuzu bighorn 3.1td and it was great i would tow the brian james twin axle with all sorts of size cars with no problems. most of the time i couldnt tell i was towing the trailer (i even forgot a few times) hills were no problem at all
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 3382
Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| Penman wrote: | Hi
Just a portion of an article I had in a trade paper about 4 yrs ago.
| Quote: | Less than 10 miles later I am happily driving along moving to the centre lane in preparation to overtake a caravan following a lorry, the caravan starts to move out, in order to overtake the lorry, having signalled his intention and giving a motorhome in the centre lane the opportunity to move to the RH lane.
So far so good, unfortunately as the caravan moved into the disturbed air off the rear right hand corner of the lorry it was also affected by the disturbed air from the near side of the motorhome.
A couple of “nervous” twitches from the rear of the caravan were followed by a couple of quite severe swings right and left and then a sharp veering into the right hand lane and immediately back to the left onto the hard shoulder, at this point I could see that the towing vehicle was a Land Rover, the Landie went up the banking (about a 40o slope) at an angle.
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That was an SWB but I don't remember how old (series, county oir defender) |
And straight down the other side, none the wiser?  |
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michael1703
Joined: 22 Jul 2009
Posts: 349
Location: suffolk
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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range rover classic, but... 200 tdi
much better on fuel than the v8 and you dont lose space to the lpg tank, its a luxury car/an estate car/an off roader all rolled in to one.
I paid £650 for my 93 200tdi range rover and it has been the best car I've bought in years, it tows a car trailer with ease,super comfartable driving position and has a neo classic look that stands out from the plastic 4x4's |
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
Posts: 1268
Location: South East Wales
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Michael, you put the LPG tanks underneath. Almost twice the power of a Tdi, and almost the same fuel consumption (£ for £).
I have a direct comparison, as my daughter runs a Tdi, and I run LPG.
Its a no-brainer really. |
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bob2
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
Posts: 1728
Location: Malta
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| Yes but you have to fork out more dosh for the fitting of the LPG system or if you buy a car already fitted with one it will be reflected in the price. |
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