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Ferozas ARE reliable!

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Ferozas ARE reliable!

Post by shezzbeav »

Here's the proof...

Ferozas are reliable!

We recently went on a road trip to Sydney (from Toowoomba) in our Feroza with a car trailer attached.

The Feroza did remarkably well, especially with the towing. The trailer had a 85 Suzuki Sierra on it with a couple of tires.

We had the heater going the whole time to prevent the engine from overheating, and had the windows halfway down, mainly to keep Andy awake!

We arrived hom about an hour ago with a total of 1,900k's done over the weekend. No problems at all! ;)
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Post by bad_religion_au »

shezzbeav wrote: We had the heater going the whole time to prevent the engine from overheating,

No problems at all! ;)
almost as contradictory as feroza and reliable :D
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Post by rOd »

Ferozas ARE reliable.

Just dont drive them hard offroad and it will do its job well.

ps: dont know about towing heavy loads for extended periods though.
Dont expect mere proof to sway my opinion.
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Post by bad_religion_au »

i wasn't being serious... just pointing out the statement, that there were no problems


but they also mentioned an overheating problem
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Post by shezzbeav »

The Feroza did well when it towed the zook being on the car trailer for 3 days straight. No stress on the towbar at all... you just have to know what you're doing... when going up a hill with a heavy load attached, best to go into 2nd or 3rd gear...

if you lose power whilst in 3rd gear, go into 2nd gear...

When we went on the range back to Toowoomba, we had to put the car into first gear. Scary. The temperature only went to halfway, so we're pleased.
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Post by -Mandy- »

I'm guessing you's checked out the legalities, for your own safety and others.
Trailer weight + suzuki = (i'm sure its too much for a feroza)
Towing capacity???? Braking????

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Post by murcod »

Have to agree about the safety side of things. I've towed a lot smaller loads and the brakes on a Feroza just aren't up to it.

Does anyone know the rated capacity braked and unbraked?
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Post by drewe »

maximum legal capacity is GVM/2....

So if your Feroza weighs 1000 KG, the max you can tow is 500 'mounted'. You see with the small tow guys they only mount two of the wheels and let the car roll on the other two, that means they can tow twice as much ore more if they leave the front down.....

Safety? They could do it, you just need lots of braking room, make sure you give it to yourself!

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Post by -Mandy- »

Weight : 1220kg
GVM: 1650kg
Maximum Tow : 500kg 'Unbraked'
Maximum Tow : 'Braked' :? :?:

(i wouldnt risk it with a small car, would end up being of case of packing lots of spare undies) :rofl:

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Post by 4x4xmore »

maximun towing capacity (braked) is 1100kg with a maximun towball weight of 110kg.

so id say you were legal..........NOT
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Post by shezzbeav »

At least no cops pulled us over :lol:

Have had no problems with braking - just gotta brake a bit harder, thus giving the feroza and trailer with the zook on it more braking room.
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