nigel cartwright
Active Member
Any hints or tips , type of trailer needed for towing my defender, i'm thinking of buying one, have a newish hilux for towing it but not sure about trailer type to buy?
Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
+1 And make sure your Hilux has got the correct towing capacity, personally I use a trailer hire place in Lichfield as a decent trailer will set you back upwards of 1500 quid for something decent and I'd be worried about it going walk about
smog monster
New Member
Hello Nigel,read Hilux handbook carefully re towing weight...my friend bought a super 3.0 D4d auto ,crew cab,with every option to tow his mini digger however on to his horror found towing capacity 2700 kg!! Not enough for digger on 3500kg trailer.....Quick help call and I turn up with battered 1993 Discovery and sorted....Kind of mad as Toyota would easily pull Discovery and loaded trailer .
smog monster
New Member
Yes,the Salesman said due to all extras...leather,aircon etc and the towbar!! Towing weight was reduced to 2700kg but he never mentioned the warranty exclusion
nigel cartwright
Active Member
i believe its 2700kg which is enough? for my landy my local garage told me this morning..
nigel cartwright
Active Member
Lichfields not too far, im near rugeley, got a number?,
MeatCleaverX86
Active Member
Ive just been doing some research on towing capacity even more reason to keep the old girl on the road these new tin cans might have the power but not the strength I'm guessing. The Mitsubushy Outlander Hybrid thing can't even pull itself by the sounds of it.
Could be wrong but I believe the max towing weight of 3500Kg is the weight of the trailer and the load combined. I would think a trailer capable of carrying a Defender and the Defender combined would exceed that weight. The VOSA weigh bridge is not the best place to find that out.
Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
http://www.all-fit.co.uk/
Around the back of Screwfix at the bottom end of Lichfield, let them the weight of what you want to tow and they'll advise you what size trailer you need
why should the salesman mention anything. Answer questions yes, Is upto the owner to read the owners manual for all the answers.
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nigel cartwright
Active Member
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101 hard top, its been chopped, van style empty in the back
nigel cartwright
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ab
out 20 miles to the IVA test centre..
nigel cartwright
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