Member Since: 22 Feb 2016
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 269
Ben-89 wrote:
jetmech i got to ask why do u need a roof box if you're taking a caravan? i always wonder why when i see people on the motorway.
We seem to take a lot of stuff with us on holiday and it's surprising how little extra weight you can put into a caravan before it reaches its maximum.
There were 3 dogs in the back of the car, so no room for luggage, plus 5 people.
I didn't calculate the total train weight, but hopefully the Disco gives me a good margin for error. I doubt that it was legal when we had a Volvo V70 Simon.
2008MY Dicovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual
10th Aug 2016 9:13 pm
GoldCJ7
Member Since: 07 Jul 2015
Location: Neath
Posts: 46
I tow one of these
10th Aug 2016 9:45 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
Without Camping Pod = Normal Trailer
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With Camping Pod
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Tow kit
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Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
Not a patch on most of this stuff but still a heavy load...
2012 Discovery 4 HSE Sumatra Black
2008 Discovery 3 HSE, Java Black
2010 Discovery 4 HSE, Stornoway Grey
2005 Discovery 3 HSE, Buckingham Blue
1987 Defender 90, some sort of grey
1983 Series 3 SWB, Ex Coastguard, Trafalgar Blue
13th Aug 2016 8:49 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
Posts: 3976
This:
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And an older version of one of these, oddly not got any pictures of ours
http://www.iwt.co.uk/products/livestock/ta510/==================================
05 D3 HSE V8 4.4
04 MG TF 135
03 MG TF 115 Cool Blue Edition
02 MG TF 160
00 Hymer B564 Lionheart
1971 Series III 109
13th Aug 2016 9:13 pm
Sly666
Member Since: 15 Dec 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 459
Coming back from a weeks playing in Cornwall with a slightly slippy clutch!
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13th Aug 2016 9:15 pm
Big Pimp
Member Since: 11 Sep 2011
Location: County Down
Posts: 75
Can I join he party even though I don't drive a disco yet? I'll be towing the same loads with it.
2 X IBCs - approx 1400kg each plus the weight of the trailer. Absolutely effortless!
14th Aug 2016 12:38 am
Ben-89
Member Since: 06 Sep 2015
Location: Kent
Posts: 48
Sly666 wrote:
Coming back from a weeks playing in Cornwall with a slightly slippy clutch!
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SLY666 Where in Cornwall did u go? I'm always looking for a place to take the boat for a few days away in the uk.Current Vw Amarok
Current Discovery 5
Ex 2005 Hse
Ex 2000 D2 Es
Ex 2011 D4 Hse Siberian Silver
Ex 2001 D2 ES Oslo Blue 208k
Ex 1996 D1 3Dr Silver (Gone To Africa)
14th Aug 2016 11:52 am
Ben-89
Member Since: 06 Sep 2015
Location: Kent
Posts: 48
Big Pimp wrote:
Can I join he party even though I don't drive a disco yet? I'll be towing the same loads with it.
2 X IBCs - approx 1400kg each plus the weight of the trailer. Absolutely effortless!
Glad that tows well I'm going to replace the discovery with a sport one day Current Vw Amarok
Current Discovery 5
Ex 2005 Hse
Ex 2000 D2 Es
Ex 2011 D4 Hse Siberian Silver
Ex 2001 D2 ES Oslo Blue 208k
Ex 1996 D1 3Dr Silver (Gone To Africa)
14th Aug 2016 11:54 am
Ben-89
Member Since: 06 Sep 2015
Location: Kent
Posts: 48
Successfully collected the new boat earlier this week (Despite someone stealing my tow bar last Sunday! )
She weights about 2100kg on the trailer with no fuel and towed effortlessly @25mpg, i think filling her up will make the disco seem cheap with a 160l tank
Current Vw Amarok
Current Discovery 5
Ex 2005 Hse
Ex 2000 D2 Es
Ex 2011 D4 Hse Siberian Silver
Ex 2001 D2 ES Oslo Blue 208k
Ex 1996 D1 3Dr Silver (Gone To Africa)
14th Aug 2016 12:05 pm
Sion
Member Since: 08 Apr 2014
Location: North Wales
Posts: 364
2 horses in this and still tows like a dream
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15th Aug 2016 11:51 pm
Simonstarski
Member Since: 24 Jun 2012
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 686
This time of year I've almost always got something attached.. Horse box, boat, skis, logs.. The best tow car ever. If be a bit lost without it.
Narpy Grill, tinted windows, Smooth leather wheel (TLO Group buy), ACM fitted (thanks TLO), Rear door loom and Row 2 & 3 audio switch upgrade, RRS 20" wheel change, 285 Cooper LTZ's Sat Nav Mod (until I get a Faultmate upgrade), Front & Rear lamp guards. 4x4 screen now switched on - Woody32, Follow me home reverse lights - woody32, Auto release EPB - Woody32. Off Road Navigation - Woody32. Remap + EGR's switched off. Full chassis clean and Waxoyl.
I wish!A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
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