it was mentioned that the landrover Discovery has a legal towing capacity of 4 tonnes!! holy sh!t, if that is the case I stand by me first statement, it WILL tow it, but physics tells us that if something "bad" happens you are in deep poo, if you could, (at least imagine it) try this test, take something heavier than you, swing it around (as if you just swerved to miss something) now this heavier than you object is going to take you off into orbit (because it has energy greater than your stability, so how can a Landy (maybe 2 tonne??) SAFELY tow something even 3 tonnes??? let alone it full rated capacity, get my drift here?
I read the comments & it seems that we are all missing one very important point when it comes to towing with a motor vehicle. The manufacters maximum towing rating is what the vehicle is engineered to absorbe under towing stress, not what individual state laws permit.
In NSW for example the law state's that the trailer or implement being towed must not exceed the weight of the vehicle towing it (excluding Prime movers etc). I know it is dum but most insurance companies i would think could use this loop hole for non payment of an accident claim should happen. I would suggest that you all check your indiviual state laws in this regard & good fishin to you all.
gees you would need a long range tank in the Pajero, you just about need to fill up at every servo on the tip at that consumption 305 litres for 1400K's sheeiittt out of a "mid" size 4X4 think I will keep the old diesel cruiser.
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: Re:
Andy Fishabout wrote:
Hi All
I read the comments & it seems that we are all missing one very important point when it comes to towing with a motor vehicle. The manufacters maximum towing rating is what the vehicle is engineered to absorbe under towing stress, not what individual state laws permit.
In NSW for example the law state's that the trailer or implement being towed must not exceed the weight of the vehicle towing it (excluding Prime movers etc). I know it is dum but most insurance companies i would think could use this loop hole for non payment of an accident claim should happen. I would suggest that you all check your indiviual state laws in this regard & good fishin to you all.
Kind Regards
Andy
Andy,
You should check up on the current towing laws has things have changed and there is now (been so for a few years) National towing laws regardless of the state.
Basically the towing capacity is as per the manufacturers spec and if these don't exist (have to be an extremely old vehicle not to) then from memory it is 1.5 times the towing vehicle. This 1.5 times rule is extremely rare to the point of being non applicable as every vehicle generally has manufacturers spec.
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: Re:
Noelm1 wrote:
, so how can a Landy (maybe 2 tonne??) SAFELY tow something even 3 tonnes??? let alone it full rated capacity, get my drift here?
if the trailer has brakes that are good enough to haul itself to a stop, then braking shouldn't be an issue. Dont forget semi trailers and of course road trains pull far more weight than the truck itself. Im guessing on a road train the truck might weigh 10 tonnes, and could pull around 100 tonnes.
AFAIK, Landys have such big towing numbers due to their incredible chassie strength. Some models would put a tank to shame! Even if they came with a 60kw engine, i think they would still be rated to pull 3500+kgs, due to this.
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