BOZ

BOZ

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Have a TD 5 which is a God to tow with but thirsty and a nightmare to park in town (yeah it's a bird posting).

I use it to tow a horse trailer in and out of muddy fields and have to do frequent hill starts etc. Will the Freelander manage this on a regular basis or is it just too feeble??

Combined weight of Hoss and trailer is between 1t and 1.5t.
 
just read the title of this thread and conjered up an image of a towrope on the back of a disco and one on the back of a freelander with a horse on the end of each rope and a man with a flag waving em off ;)
 
Oh Bugger........... should've asked those testosterone filled Freelander types I suppose:D
 
ok well..We have a 13:2 mare in a two horse trailer and the freelander struggled round Derbyshire hills,Put an 11:2 gelding in it at the same time and it was hell on earth Totally gutless.
Now we have a 17:3 tb and the mare in the same trailer pulled by the 300 tdi no problem at all.....' nuff said ....
 
radicalrabit said:
oh and it isnt the pulling thats the problem It s stopping the buggers
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dont you just dig your heels into its sides, pull back on the reins and say "woa boy" ;)
 
Hi ya. Female Hippo driver here. I'd go with the Disco when pulling. We tow an Ifor Williams trailer for jeep recovery etc and thats about the same weight as you're set-up. I hate to say it but theres no way the Freelander would do the same work and with the ease of the Disco.
 
How about a Rover Streetwise? :D
Seriously though, I wouldn't want to tow anything like that with a Freelander.
 
Does any body give a serious reply to a serious question?.
It seems Yello Disco and a few more of his ilk just make silly billy remarks about any serious discussions that people might bennifit from.
 
ooh ronald dont be such an old misery and lighten up a bit, no wonder the hamburglar is always chasing you ;)
 
Look at the thread title. I'm absolutely shocked that in this day and age people are using gas guzzling 4x4 vehicles for towing horses.
 
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