Tow car??

[Kentish]

Sorry, it's another 'what car'

I'm after a decent working vehicle capable of towing a large car transport trailer.

It'll be sign written & hopefully not too dated, perhaps a later L200?

I don't want a regular car, it would just not look the part turning up in mondeo to transport a Discovery on a trailer.

Something with good towing capability is a must but also practical with good economy.

Budget I imagine could be around £6k.

Suggestions much appreciated.

Edited by Kentish on Wednesday 15th August 01:33

[Zad]

Won't a Disco be a bit heavy for an L200? From a legal point of view.

[uk_vette]

I suggest a diesel Land Cruiser Amazon.
Towing ability, reliability, and road presence.

May be the 80 series up to 1997-8
Or the 100 series from then onwards.

vette

[martin mrt]

I have a TD5 Discovery 2 that I tow with, it's no ball of fire when loaded but seems good on fuel and managed to tow my RR Classic with no trouble whatsoever

3500kg towing capacity too

[UnderTheRadar]

There are rafts of confusing laws about weights for towing - there was a thread about it recently.

We've been helping a neighbour get their hay in over the last couple of days. Their friend's L200 became stuck and I pulled it out with our Landcruiser on equally boggy ground and then their Defender 110 got stuck and I pulled that out too. My wife then loaded up about 1.5 tons of hay onto a 12'x5' trailer and then drove towards the gate out, where the other two had been stuck. She's not daft and has done a lot of horse trailer towing in the past so she switched on the centre diff-lock and just simply drove through where the others were stuck, towing the trailer and hay. TBH I think the Defender's problem was poor tyres.

I appreciate that you can get a very capable LR for very little money and they are easy to fix but they need fixing a lot.

[Dog Star]

uk_vette said:

I suggest a diesel Land Cruiser Amazon.
Towing ability, reliability, and road presence.

+1

[R0G]

Towing .... on a B or B+E licence?

[Johnboy Mac]

Dog Star said:

uk_vette said:

I suggest a diesel Land Cruiser Amazon.
Towing ability, reliability, and road presence.

+1

A big plus Two.

[bakerstreet]

Land Cruiser of a Disco 2 TD5. Maybe spent £5k on the D2 and save £1000 for repairs.

[jay140285]

Isuzu Rodeo?

One of the best tow cars I had and was reliable.

[cptsideways]

Johnboy Mac said:

Dog Star said:

uk_vette said:

I suggest a diesel Land Cruiser Amazon.
Towing ability, reliability, and road presence.

+1

A big plus Two.

+ 3 & bit more

None of your pickups will be tow 3.5 tonne's legally or safely. Amazon all the way is really the only thing that will tow big stuff reliably & safely.

Here are mine & my mates one, thats a 3.4 ton double car trailer in the background.

[Kentish]

Thanks for the replies folks.

I like the Amazon but, too expensive unless it is quite old.

I'm considering an L200 & an 18ft transport trailer.

[cptsideways]

Kentish said:

Thanks for the replies folks.

I like the Amazon but, too expensive unless it is quite old.

I'm considering an L200 & an 18ft transport trailer.

An 18ft'er will weigh 800-900kg giving you about 1500kg of payload, most average cars weigh that, VOSA are hot on this

[TheD]

The Amazon is a great car but expensive. How about a Nissan Terrano II

[bakerstreet]

TheD said:

The Amazon is a great car but expensive. How about a Nissan Terrano II

They are quite good value, but I think they will max out at towing 2 to 2.5t legally.

[uk_vette]

TheD said:

The Amazon is a great car but expensive. How about a Nissan Terrano II

.
If the current 100 series Amazons are too expensive, then how about a previous 80 series diesel Amazon?

Up to 1997 'ish

This shape.
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..
There is actually nothing better for towing a trailer with a Discovery perched on on it.

vette

Edited by uk_vette on Friday 17th August 03:27

[Kentish]

Thanks folks; I much appreciated all the comments.

I have gone for the L200; they are a good workhorse (circa 2003 model).

I'll look for a lighter trailer to pull and a little smaller than originally planned; it'll only be for transporting things like classic cars and for my own vehicles (Elise, MX5 & M5), it should just about be fine for the M5.

[hedgefinder]

Kentish said:

Thanks folks; I much appreciated all the comments.

I have gone for the L200; they are a good workhorse (circa 2003 model).

I'll look for a lighter trailer to pull and a little smaller than originally planned; it'll only be for transporting things like classic cars and for my own vehicles (Elise, MX5 & M5), it should just about be fine for the M5.

I have a brian james twin axle covered race trailer which i am selling if youre interested, £1800 cash, was previously used by classic restoratioon company for delivering restored sports cars - NO OFFERS...