Towing w/ 2015 D4

Hello and sorry for the dumb question. I think the following is correct for a Disco 2015 TD6

Kerb weight: 2570
GVM: 3240
Payload: 670
GCM: 6740

I’m about to buy a boat (Whittley CR2600 OB) with a trailering weight of 3350 (fully loaded). It seems on my calc thats legal and I’d have a very solid payload for the vehicle on top of 800kg or so which I’d never really use.

Is that right?

Thank you!
Tim

Are you in the UK?

The Disco has a 3.5t (3500kg) tow rating. So as long as the trailer and whatever is on the trailer (aka the boat) weigh less than 3.5t, it should be fine. There will be a nose weight that is applied to the toe ball, which then counts as payload on the towing vehicle. I don't know what the Disco is rated at nose weight wise, I'd guess 150kg.

Not sure what GCM relates too, normally you'd have gross train weight or Maximum Allowed Mass.

300bhp/ton said:

Are you in the UK?

The Disco has a 3.5t (3500kg) tow rating. So as long as the trailer and whatever is on the trailer (aka the boat) weigh less than 3.5t, it should be fine. There will be a nose weight that is applied to the toe ball, which then counts as payload on the towing vehicle. I don't know what the Disco is rated at nose weight wise, I'd guess 150kg.

Not sure what GCM relates too, normally you'd have gross train weight or Maximum Allowed Mass.

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Thank you yes the GCM (Gross Combination Mass) is another word for the GTW. I got a bit nervous looking at the article below which doesn’t touch on the Disco but which criticises a range of other “3.5t” towing vehicles as having no realistic way of towing that much weight given the loss of payload to maintain the GTW, but my calcs indicate it should be ok/great in the Disco which is awesome news . I’m in Brisbane, Australia.

it sounds like my calcs are right and a 3350kg boat+trailer allows the full 670kg payload on the vehicle and if needed a further 150kg in the boat (if I really wanted to max it out which I’d avoid)?

As to the nose weight, the manual says 150kg is the assumed amount but it can be upped to 250kg by reducing the GVW by 100kg (and by a further 100kg in Australia if using the detachable trailer hitch receiver).

Your D4 can handle well that boat/trailer without any isuses as long as you dont break any australian rule nd you know how to drive it no worries. The D2 is lighter and with less power than the D4 and i travelled much all over Europe with a Beneteau Antares 8 fully loaded with fuel, drink food, etc which in reality had at least 3500kg without any probs.

Towing rules are different in Australia. I believe they suggest a higher node weight than we allow in UK, around 10% (minimum of 7%)
I have a range rover, not a disco, but the curb weight is similar. The handbook says you can have a nose weight of up to 250kg but loads the car accordingly so you don't overload the rear axle or go over the gross vehicle weight.
Vehicle gross weight assumes a nose weight of 150kg will be used

sierrafery said:

Your D4 can handle well that boat/trailer without any isuses as long as you dont break any australian rule nd you know how to drive it no worries. The D2 is lighter and with less power than the D4 and i travelled much all over Europe with a Beneteau Antares 8 fully loaded with fuel, drink food, etc which in reality had at least 3500kg without any probs.

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Thanks! lol the A8 would be awesome but it tips over the 2.5m limit on AU roads whereas the Whittley is a 2.49m beam. We are moving from an A11 to the Whittley so we can get about to new waterways as much as we love Moreton Bay where we live it’s time to branch out .