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09-01-2016, 04:48 PM | #21 |
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I really think you ought to research the car you are writing off as a towcar. The car in the accident certainly doesn't have a kerb weight of 1400kg, that's the weight of a modern European hatchback. A Range Rover is a powerful, sophisticated and proven towcar. I'm sorry that it's not made in the USA but many things are better that way.
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09-01-2016, 05:39 PM | #23 |
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I once knew the owner of a small business that built trailers to order and of every size possible. He would check the towing capacity, wheelbase, and track of the intended tow vehicle along with the placement of the tow hitch in relation to those factors. With this he would calculate all of the variables needed for the trailer, tongue length, distance from the hitch to the axle(s), etc. This was before computers so it was all done with a series of tables he had devised and a pencil. His business was called Swaytamer and he had a good reputation as an expert on the subject. I wonder if that sort of information is available on-line nowadays? It sure could help folks avoid the kind of disaster depicted in this post.
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range rovers always remind me of the ford bronco II, ranger based thing that liked to be on its roof more than its wheels due to the fact it was taller than wider...
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09-01-2016, 08:30 PM | #25 |
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I do not have too much experience hauling deadweights on trailers such as Model A's et al. However, I have some experience hauling live weights, (e.g. two - one thousand pound quarter horses) using a 3/4 ton Chevrolet pickup. I wish I had access to a Range Rover with its superior and modern suspension, better brakes and sophisticated transmission when those horses started fooling around.
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09-02-2016, 02:16 AM | #27 |
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"Just about every day I see something like this ...."
Looks like some sort of mini road train. No expert, but as far as I know, Range Rover brakes don't work when it's on its roof. |
09-02-2016, 09:42 AM | #28 |
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I'm not actually a fan myself, in the past I preferred the Discovery as the Range Rover has been aimed at the luxury car market for quite some time now and I didn't need that level of passenger sophistication just the all terrain, all weather towing ability and the Discovery provided that in spades. Like them or not, however, there is no getting away from their ability as a great all terrain vehicle and a terrific towcar. Whatever happened to cause the accident that this thread is about it had nothing at all to do with the choice of towcar, that was a great decision. Something obviously went very wrong and it would be interesting to know what it was. All the misinformed speculation going on is pointless.
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09-02-2016, 02:56 PM | #31 |
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I was always told that the tow vehicle should weight 1/3 more than what it's towing. as a safety margin for a hobbyist. It must of been a heck of a ride for the person towing the Rolls. Quite the loss.
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My wife and I were fortunate to be able to attend the 2003 MARC National meet in Dearborn and I was amazed at the wide range of vehicles at that meet. If I recall, there were close to a thousand Model A's registered. Because of the distance we had trailered our coupe from South Texas, one of only two or three cars from Texas.
In the course of the week I got acquainted with a young man whom I won't name, who had grown up in the hobby and has since made a successful business from it. He had brought two cars, both Model A speedsters, on a narrow, one car wide, tandem trailer 36 feet long (I asked him), and was towing it with a Ford Ranger pickup. "Oh, no, it handles it just fine," he said. "Never a problem." Well, he was a regular poster on the message board of the day, and several months, maybe a year later, he allowed as how he and his dad had had a little bit of trouble on the Pennsylvania Turnpike coming home from a race and had crashed the rig. The passengers survived but (this is 10 years later and this part is foggy) the speedsters did not. His devotion to the hobby is well known, and since he and his shop are still around, I assume he is now using more appropriate tow rigs. Fearless |
09-02-2016, 04:39 PM | #33 |
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I worked with a guy who showed up Monday morning with both rear quarter panels bashed in on his 80's Buick. He had loaded a U-Haul with too much weight behind the single axel. The embarrassing part was after the first event he apparently didn't reload properly and that's why both sides were bashed in.
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09-02-2016, 05:32 PM | #34 |
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When I bought my 1974 vega (drag car project) I rented a U-Haul trailer and they would not let me have it till I proved my tow vehicle (08 1/2t V-6 silverado) was heavier than the car I was going to tow. At first they were not going to let me have it because of the v-6. Then I told them the vega had no drive train and they saiid ok. Thought it was all kind o silly till I made the trip. Man that vega and trailer were heavier than I thought. Never went over 45 mph. Just to sketchie.
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That's a sad sight. Drove a truck for years with liquid loads and had a tag trailer. If your towing and the trailer gets swaying, just use the trailer brake slowly and it should straighten you out. I'm sure we have all seen people driving way to fast with 1 ton dually's with 900 ft lbs torque hauling half the camp ground behind them, they pass me all the time on the interstate and I'm doing 70. A little common sense goes a long ways. BTW I think Range Rovers a pretty cool. But for towing I'll stick with my Ford SD
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The tie downs used are those long cargo straps not designed to tie down an axle A good tow vehicle? I'll pass on that also Last edited by Mitch//pa; 09-03-2016 at 06:47 AM. |
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when i was in High school, i towed a boat about 100 miles with a 51 F-1 pickup. the passenger was a tow truck driver. the boat would fish tail, he said just take your foot off the throttle, then it would stop. also he said look at the tail lights at the car 2 car lengths
ahead , those where life lessens for me
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