What's the heaviest thing you've ever pulled?

Mr-Tomcat · Dec 15, 2010

Beast o Bodmin said:
erm....my cock.

Um photographic evidence would be needed before we belived that, and we could all do with a laugh.

Quote from Oddie.

my own knob

And one from you, we'll be bent over double, or maybe not.

Andy.

fishsponge · Dec 15, 2010

derrangedrover said:
This thread managed 5 pages..

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/what-do-you-tow-your-landy-118927.html

true... although my thread was not about what you regularly tow... it was about the most extreme, heaviest thing you've ever towed! So far, nobody has towed anything worth mentioning!

spencer1885 · Dec 15, 2010

I reckon I could tow the space shuttle on a nice smooth surface ,I reckon that's heavier than a steam engine.

fishsponge · Dec 15, 2010

very true... the steam engine was across a dry mud/gravel surface, but nothing too major.

On that basis, maybe this thread is kinda pointless...

hughesy · Dec 15, 2010

spencer1885 said:
So that's no then.
I am no talking a muddy field as in the local park.
I am talking up to the axles with a trailer with 12 inch rim's with 2 tons on top. The trailer weighs 1 ton ,now try getting it rolling.

You're a ****in hero. That must have took considerable skill and the benefit of many years experience.

Pikey · Dec 15, 2010

Robint pulled a jack knifed tescos artic up an icy slope last year.

juiceyv8 · Dec 15, 2010

redhand said:
Robint pulled a jack knifed tescos artic up an icy slope last year.

yea with a gaylander........

*minty* · Dec 15, 2010

redhand said:
Robint pulled a jack knifed tescos artic up an icy slope last year.

aye he burned a few calories tho

Pikey · Dec 15, 2010

juiceyv8 said:
yea with a gaylander........

noooooooo!!!!! FFS Robint was in his 300tdi disco.

Mr-Tomcat · Dec 15, 2010

OK I wasn't driving, however it was my Land Rover, I was driving a coach on schools when I was 18, and broke down at the bottom of a steepish local hill, I managed to get hold of my friend in the unit next door, and he came out to me. Connected rope off we go and snap, twice the rope snapped, on the third attempt with the AEC's air supply going it was decided to take the old girl off the hill, well the Land Rover a Series 2A truck cab bucked skewed and skipped but managed to get the AEC moving. Ok not 13 tonnes, but a show of just how capable a vehicle the old Land Rover is.

Andy.

discoboy84 · Dec 16, 2010

my disco 300tdi reverse towed a woolworths artic lorry up a hill in reverse and up onto the loading bay, what we thinking 26 tonnes? only a full 20 foot single axle

Hippo · Dec 16, 2010

stuck rrc off road.

spencer1885 · Dec 16, 2010

hughesy said:
You're a ****in hero. That must have took considerable skill and the benefit of many years experience.

Your a f**king ****

Langers · Dec 16, 2010

spencer1885 said:
Your a f**king ****

*Sucks air between teeth*

op2:

50 pence · Dec 16, 2010

More to the point, what have folks been trying to tow when they,ve bust a diff of transfer gear ?.

Del.

spencer1885 · Dec 16, 2010

50 pence said:
More to the point, what have folks been trying to tow when they,ve bust a diff of transfer gear ?.

Del.

The man at my local scrap yard broke is gearbox pulling out a fence post or tree stump I can't remember which.
He did use reverse gear which was a big mistake.

hughesy · Dec 16, 2010

spencer1885 said:
Your a f**king ****

Thanks. Appreciate your feedback.

fishsponge · Dec 16, 2010

spencer1885 said:
He did use reverse gear which was a big mistake.

Presumably because the forward gears are build to take load, whereas the reverse gear isn't??

jai_landrover · Dec 16, 2010

BEacuse reverse gear uses a small layshaft and the gears are straight cut and weak as **** compared to th eothers. The strongest gear is 4th

spencer1885 · Dec 16, 2010

fishsponge said:
Presumably because the forward gears are build to take load, whereas the reverse gear isn't??

I never really thought about it but he was using reverse so he could see what he was doing.
By snatching the rope with his 90 the gearbox broke.
Reverse gears are straight cut and the weakest gears in the gearbox.
I remember smashing a Austin Maxis gearbox by dropping the clutch when it was in reverse.

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