Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Bulldog67 on December 24, 2012, 10:20:12 AM
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I may have a need to trailer a truck with a 'duty weight of 2880kg' - can an XJ do this? Will be quite a long trip and I hate trailers so need to get it right or I will kill myself.
If the XJ cant what about the XC90?
Which would be the safest bet?
Cheers
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Think thats the max weight for an XJ
ZJ and any grand is 3500
Tis all I know :icon_super:
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Why not hire a transporter van
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XJ is probably your safest bet mate,
Table below shows Volvo towing weights depending on your model.
http://www.uktow.com/towing%20capacity.asp?make=Volvo&model1=XC90 (http://www.uktow.com/towing%20capacity.asp?make=Volvo&model1=XC90)
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hmmm, thought the XC would be better than that, might well have to look at hiring a transporter then but expect that may be daft money.
weirdly a pic the guy sent has him pulling it on a trailer using a dulvo v40
Swedeb could be a bit costly in the Chief :003:
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i found chiefs/wagoneer superb tow rigs but at todays fuel cost i would not do it and yours i think still has cooling issues and i think may be an unplesant tow rig with its mods
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Have removed the winch and the cooling appears fixed, so its just airflow, so I need to fit some super sucking fans and Im away
but driving it on a 1600 mile trip aint ever happenin until i win the lotto
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i take it you have sold or bought in germany dood ?
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part way thru negotiations in Sweden, nowhere near finished but goin my way enuff at the moment to at least start lookin for transport costs/ideas
negotiations via google translator is a bit weird tho - it throws up shit like 'ex engine was acidic' :017:
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you could employ jhay and his horse mobile if it would fit inside?
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i smell crew cab
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outside bet sugga .........
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you could employ jhay and his horse mobile if it would fit inside?
Road Trip :icon_super: :icon_super: :icon_super: :icon_super:
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I bet it is orange........
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Bubba is the winner - only truck Im huntin at the moment is a Sugga :greggmo:
Certainly will fit in a horse box :icon_super:
Sweden has ....... errrrrrrr .......... many attractions Blues
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Bubba is the winner - only truck Im huntin at the moment is a Sugga :greggmo:
Certainly will fit in a horse box :icon_super:
Sweden has ....... errrrrrrr .......... many attractions Blues
And its orange
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Nah its not that one if you mean the pick up version
But, just got contact and its gone via a dood that lives a bit closer with wads in his hand - bollox :010:
:banghead:
Still, on the plus side the further ya delve into google the more ya find so hopefully wont be long
They seem to fall in two catergories - £30k plus is the mint and stock, or sub £10k if they have been modernised, which is exactly what I will do anyway
I am focused on the hunt :magnify_125:
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The duty weight will be its max gross weight wont it? Or is this thing armour plated?
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No I thought it was the one on Car And Classic. Up for restoration at £7500
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Sooner or later the call of the mighty trailer hits us all!!!
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:iagree:And we embrace it with the biggest we can find........job done :icon_super:
Although I have had my head turned by my mate with a Dodge Ram who is about to get a 'Gooseneck trailer' and 5th wheel......Oh yes......... :icon_twisted:
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Them Rams with the Cummins TD are phenomenal towers,that's for sure.
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Them Rams with the Cummins TD are phenomenal towers,that's for sure.
aint that the truth :icon_biggrin:
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Lbs for Lbs the formidable ML500 is hard to beat!!!
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@ peter, you are a great salesman, love it :greggmo:
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Lbs for Lbs the formidable ML500 is hard to beat!!!
Everytime you say that you get me lost on e-bay for a half hour and yes they can be had cheap down over in the fens........ So what goes wrong and is a pre 2002 (cheaper road tax) version to be avoided.........
See.....bugger I'm already considering it........
Double feck......ther's a 2002 in Norwich for £3.5k......160k miles......... Do they do mega miles before going bang??
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Lbs for Lbs the formidable ML500 is hard to beat!!!
ruthles german efficientsy at its best but bland
dodge is uber cool all round
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The call of the trailer will be a one-off ya loons :003:
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The call of the trailer will be a one-off ya loons :003:
That all said that....
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The call of the trailer will be a one-off ya loons :003:
To lern one has much!!!
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Lbs for Lbs the formidable ML500 is hard to beat!!!
Everytime you say that you get me lost on e-bay for a half hour and yes they can be had cheap down over in the fens........ So what goes wrong and is a pre 2002 (cheaper road tax) version to be avoided.........
See.....bugger I'm already considering it........
Double feck......ther's a 2002 in Norwich for £3.5k......160k miles......... Do they do mega miles before going bang??
The 2002-on is the one to have (indicators in the rear view mirrors) and as for mileage, they should be good for 300k with no major problems.
Solid chassis and a V8 powerhouse is a combo that works!!!
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Lbs for Lbs the formidable ML500 is hard to beat!!!
What about the good old Landcruisers with the 4.2 turbo diesel engines???
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Lbs for Lbs the formidable ML500 is hard to beat!!!
What about the good old Landcruisers with the 4.2 turbo diesel engines???
They be much more mooooolar!!!
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Stop it......
I'll get lost in eBay fantasy land again :hysterical:
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They are i guess in comparison to some,but i find them to be around the same price as a Defender of a similar year.I have one here and i would part with it for sub £4k,which is not much more than i sold my 90 for and that was older and agricultural
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Oh feck I aminMerlot induced purgatory...... So many choices and only 1 brain....... Well almost 1 brain :hysterical:
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Amoeba!!!
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I am sure i have read that you can change the cambelt on an 80 in about 20 mins if you know what you are doing,and non of them stupid sensors to fook up
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I am sure i have read that you can change the cambelt on an 80 in about 20 mins if you know what you are doing,and non of them stupid sensors to fook up
Whats a cam belt??? All MB are chain drive...
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Oh God I can see me becoming middle class as opposed to red neck in 2013...."
That wasn't the feckin plan....... :jpshakehead:
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I am sure i have read that you can change the cambelt on an 80 in about 20 mins if you know what you are doing,and non of them stupid sensors to fook up
Whats a cam belt??? All MB are chain drive...
Never heard of a belt snapping,heads yes,but not the cam,thats why they are aussies no1 choice,as well as any shithole war torn place around the world
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I am sure i have read that you can change the cambelt on an 80 in about 20 mins if you know what you are doing,and non of them stupid sensors to fook up
Whats a cam belt??? All MB are chain drive...
Never heard of a belt snapping,heads yes,but not the cam,thats why they are aussies no1 choice,as well as any shithole war torn place around the world
Indeed for economical Globe Trotting the 75 is hard to beat.....