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I had the front up on axle stands. I lowered the powertrain out using an engine hoist down onto a couple of basic dollys (plywwod boards on casters) I then used the hoist to lift the shell up high enough to roll the engine out. I split the job over a few days as I had to wait for parts etc, but...

The IRD isnt particularly heavy. The gearbox is REALLY heavy. When I did mine I dropped the entire engine / box / ird out the bottom. I could then split off the IRD and gearbox with ease, replaced the clutch in comfort, put it back together easily and lifted it all back up into place. Much...

Yyyyyeah...... So, how much did this cost you? Because modifying a td4 gearbox to get rid of the hydraulic system would be a MAJOR engineering effort.....removing the hydraulic concentric slave/release bearing, modifying the casing to take a clutch release fork, finding a suitable normal...

Dont underseal it - use Waxoyl or better yet the Bilt Hamber equivalent. If you want a proper job, clean and paint the chassis first then wax it. Underseal is lovely until it gets its first chip or crack and then it holds the moisture nice and tight against the metal underneath. I cant speak for...

ok pops. :p

Time for your medication, gramps. Britain has been metric for a very long time - Im 37 and was never taught imperial measurement at any point.

Absolutely - The Americans think why do it neatly when you can just have a bigger towcar - Most US pickups literally wouldnt fit in a British city street.

If the towcar can take the noseweight as US pickups etc easily can, its actually very stable at speed. The short rear overhang of the trailer greatly reduces the pendulum effect of sideways forces so much less snaking. EU style trailers with the wheels in the middle are inherently less stable at...

Yes, I know - thats why I said that US version of EU cars are likely to have lower overall ratings to prevent them towing larger trailers that might have too high a nose weight. Freelander can only take 75kgs (I think its 75?) vertically on the hitch, I would guess a trailer like that has over...

Its not particularly relevant to us, but the Americans tend to favour massively higher nose weights, sharing load more between trailer and tow vehicle, hence different ratings. A Freelander simply cant have as high a nose weight on its hitch as most USA 4x4s and trucks. An average car trailer...

I am well aware of that. But like I said, the trailer gross weight is 2 tons. the car is rated to slightly over 2 tons - fully legal.

Parkers probably also think its worth £7000. You need the vehicle specific info from your own car either the VIN or the paperwork if its listed there. If the horse box is plated to 2.7 tons though you are gassed - thats pretty much Discovery / Range Rover only territory. Some jap stuff is rated...

On my logbook. gross vehicle weight - 2000kgs gross train weight - 4040kgs. therefore tow capacity - 2040kgs.

Freelander tow weight - 2040kgs. Trailer gross weight - 2000kgs Trailer unladen weight - 460kgs. Escort kerb weight - 1300KGS Dont make assumptions.

**** me, another one with super-duper eyesight that can read weight plates in a different country while sitting on their couch. Or are you just pulling figures out of your arse and making assumptions?

Give it a try and see how you get on. Like I say, it WILL do it, albeit not as comfortably as a fullsize 4x4 would and if you already have the Freelander, its probably better financial sense to put up with it for this tow job rather than spend out on another car and the potential unknown...

lbs? its not 1974 any more grandad. Anyway, he ACTUALLY said the trailer and two horses weigh around two tons. Quote - probably around two ton altogether. so - we can sit here pulling numbers out of our arses and tut tut the guy, or we can wait and see what he says regarding the actual weight.

You must have really good eyesight to be able to see his weight plates from where you are sitting? A TD4 is rated to tow 2 tons. An average horsebox is probably about 800kgs, maybe a ton for a fancy one, maybe less for a lightweight, which leaves him around one ton payload for two horses...

It will do it, but its not particularly fun. Mine is a 2001 td4 with ronbox set to max everything. I regularly (at least once a week) tow anywhere from 1.2 to 1.8 tons with mine and its.....well, lets just say I am fortunate in that its only on local small roads as its not really pleasant. If...