Downgrading Ute, upgrading bike

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(04/02/2012 00:57)jlyall Wrote:  people who have medium sized boats...? So that's every CUB in Perth..

Medium sized boat being how big? I've only ever seen 4WD's towing anything bigger than dinghy.

I have seen Commodores and Falcons towing massive caravans however, with the rear suspension almost bottomed out. That shit should be illegal and is pretty fuckin dangerous in my opinion.

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(04/02/2012 00:44)Aduro Wrote:  I see xr6s and 8s towing drag cars on full size 2 axle car trailers all the time on wed nights at EC, surely Thats close to 1.6?

Braked towing, and that would be close to 2tonne - but yeah ample towing power for most things from a standard AUTOMATIC FG falcon for any car trailer.

And the manual versions have a towing capacity of 750kg, just to clear things up. the new autos are pretty flash, and computer controlled, they even put down more power than the manual gearbox.

[jlyall]

(04/02/2012 01:58)Jashdown Wrote:  

(04/02/2012 00:57)jlyall Wrote:  people who have medium sized boats...? So that's every CUB in Perth..

Medium sized boat being how big? I've only ever seen 4WD's towing anything bigger than dinghy.

I have seen Commodores and Falcons towing massive caravans however, with the rear suspension almost bottomed out. That shit should be illegal and is pretty fuckin dangerous in my opinion.

Speedboats/Wakeboarding boats was mainly what I was thinking. Boat + trailer must weigh a couple of tonne?

[Bockle]

Nah depends on size. And most guys who tow don't actually know what they can tow, u can goto 2300kg with a haymen Reece tow hitch, they could tow their track cars behind with that, a half canopy boat, a medium caravan, etc.

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Speed boat prob only weigh 1 tonne max, trailer maybe 600kg

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It won't be unbraked then probably.

[Bockle]

The main advice I can give on towing with heavy items is make sure ur under the max load of your vehicle limit, if u bingle and are over forget insurance... They will pwn u.