3.5 Ton towing capacity 'small' 4x4
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Hey folks
Title says it all really, a friend of mine is in to his horses, he recently upgraded his trailer from a ~2.5ton setup to a 3.5ton trailer. He is chuffed to bits with the new trailer, its a massive Ifor unit, even has a mini-kitchen bit in the front with a camping stove and a toilet, however after he has already done numerous trips in it I had to be the one to point out to him today that his SWB Shogun only has a towing capacity of 2.8ton (I know this because I sold him it about a year back). He asked me if I knew of anything similar sized with a 3.5ton towing capacity, the only thing we could both think of was a Defender 90.
Niether of us are massive Defender fans, primarily because of the 'Defender tax' with them holding a fair whack more value than anything else on the market, secondarily because both of us have driven them before on the road
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So yeah,
-3.5ton towing capacity, doubt the trailer can be downplated, judging on the size of it its probably overloaded at 3.5ton
-SWB sized, he daily drives it into the city, doesn't want to have to park a LWB/Pickup
-Efficient-ish, I used to get 28-30 out of his Shogun when I owned it, he doesn't really want any lower (he isn't a car guy so anything lower than the 40 that his other halfs Clio gets is 'awful')
-I think his budget is around £5k, which knowing him could probably stretch to 7 if show him something he likes.
Title says it all really, a friend of mine is in to his horses, he recently upgraded his trailer from a ~2.5ton setup to a 3.5ton trailer. He is chuffed to bits with the new trailer, its a massive Ifor unit, even has a mini-kitchen bit in the front with a camping stove and a toilet, however after he has already done numerous trips in it I had to be the one to point out to him today that his SWB Shogun only has a towing capacity of 2.8ton (I know this because I sold him it about a year back). He asked me if I knew of anything similar sized with a 3.5ton towing capacity, the only thing we could both think of was a Defender 90.
Niether of us are massive Defender fans, primarily because of the 'Defender tax' with them holding a fair whack more value than anything else on the market, secondarily because both of us have driven them before on the road
. So yeah,
-3.5ton towing capacity, doubt the trailer can be downplated, judging on the size of it its probably overloaded at 3.5ton
-SWB sized, he daily drives it into the city, doesn't want to have to park a LWB/Pickup
-Efficient-ish, I used to get 28-30 out of his Shogun when I owned it, he doesn't really want any lower (he isn't a car guy so anything lower than the 40 that his other halfs Clio gets is 'awful')
-I think his budget is around £5k, which knowing him could probably stretch to 7 if show him something he likes.
He did a bit of research, he is looking at clean Daihatsu Fourtraks (hens teeth), Izusu Trooper 3.1 SWB, Defender 90s and is toying about just going for a Landy Discovery. With his budget he has pick of the lot of all of the above, bar defenders, since nothing 'newer' seems to meet his requirements. Any other recommendations welcome.
Edited by caelite on Sunday 12th March 22:30
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