Outer Limits 4x4 Board

any one here tow there 4wd with a BA falcon 6cyl???
if so how does it go?
any dramas???
thanks

How it actually tows no idea personally but have had good reports from customers.

Legal side of it, Expensive to set up as you must have a weight distrubution hitch to get the 2300kg rating.

Nick

I have towed my Lux a couple of times with my Ford Territory.
It tows fine, plenty of power, not too heavy on the fuel.
I only have the standard tow hitch so yeah not exactly legal.
I plan on getting a dedicated tow rig/camping bus probably a GQ wagon but untill I do the territory is doing the job.

Towed a G60 Patrol with a 6-cyl Territory. Correct me if I am wrong but I think the Territory is the same drivetrain as a Falcon.

It did the job with complete ease.

thanks for the replies guys. as i think the falcon will do a better job then my zook

I know the falcon can tow 2300kg's so it should be fine. was just wondering about the power.

Towing what exactly?

CWBYUP wrote:How it actually tows no idea personally but have had good reports from customers.

Legal side of it, Expensive to set up as you must have a weight distrubution hitch to get the 2300kg rating.

Nick

I tow my hilux with my 80.


I wouldn't tow anything with anything without one of these. Once you have used one you will never tow big weights without one ever again.
Steering is better, brakes are better, handling is better and on top of that the whole setup just feels so much more stable. This setup cost something like $650 but I say that is cheap compared to trying to replace 2 rigs or worse yet a life.

Guts wrote:

CWBYUP wrote:How it actually tows no idea personally but have had good reports from customers.

Legal side of it, Expensive to set up as you must have a weight distrubution hitch to get the 2300kg rating.

Nick

I tow my hilux with my 80.


I wouldn't tow anything with anything without one of these. Once you have used one you will never tow big weights without one ever again.
Steering is better, brakes are better, handling is better and on top of that the whole setup just feels so much more stable. This setup cost something like $650 but I say that is cheap compared to trying to replace 2 rigs or worse yet a life.

i was looking at this setup for my car trailer. Isnt it a pain to get the arms loaded?

Jes

Nope, I put the arms on before removing the jockey wheel
Once the arms are on and chained in place I lower the jockey wheel and remove it.

bogged wrote:Towing what exactly?

a chopped up gq swb.

i have the same Hayman reese weight distribution set up as guts, and i am of the same opinion, once you have it all set up, it is a great piece of gear, id never tow without it again,

Guts and ozy1 have obviously seen the value in the WDH.

Its funny that a lot more people don't use them. I reakon there the best thing out for towing ( yes i sell them and am bias ).

Nick

CWBYUP wrote:Guts and ozy1 have obviously seen the value in the WDH.

Its funny that a lot more people don't use them. I reakon there the best thing out for towing ( yes i sell them and am bias ).

Nick

i paid $600 for mine and im not bias, i dont sell them either, i think that people would love them if they used it atleast once,

CWBYUP wrote:Guts and ozy1 have obviously seen the value in the WDH.

Its funny that a lot more people don't use them. I reakon there the best thing out for towing ( yes i sell them and am bias ).

Nick

does that mean you are the man to see for a good deal?

mud_runner_GQ wrote:

bogged wrote:Towing what exactly?

a chopped up gq swb.

It's gonna be a bit too much for it man.

I tow my buggy on my very light trailer with my Ford v8 ute with the same load distributing hitch that guts photographed.
It tows very well, but at times you can really feel how light the tow vehicle is. The extra 500kg or more that you'll be pulling will kill the deal.

DIRTY ROCK STAR wrote: does that mean you are the man to see for a good deal?

I can look after you on it but to give you an idea these have gone up just under 30% in the 12 months.

PM Me if your interested.

Nick

will do once i realise what im doing with selling my 80 etc and updating...

i have BF XR6 falcon ute.

It is a tow rig - thats why I have it.

It spends most of its time towing 1500kg, but when i hook on the big trailer its maxed out to 2300 Kg.

I have the 2300kg tow bar fitted to mine - but it doesnt look like the ones above. I do this to them for 150,000k's and dont have any issues.

I have also towed a car trailer with my hilux on it for about 800km's.

The barra engine has good torque so it does it pretty easy.

If your prepared to slow down a bit (legally you should anyway) the fuel usage is pretty good. But if you make it do what its told up hills you can down fuel almost a quick as you can fill it.

I got about 360 ish k's off about 65-70 L at 1500kg with a load thats far higher wind resistance than a car. but I wanted to get home and wasnt holding back as much as I could have.

It would get upto 450k out of the same tank if your happy to plod.

as for power it will do what ever speed you want up 99% of hills, but you will be killing the car.

Reliability - everyone who does what i do in my industry uses these cars, cause they dont seem to care.

NOTE - THE MANUAL IS ONLY RATED to 1600kg.
NOTE - THE TURBO IS ONLY RATED TO 1200kg.

so v8 or s6 in an auto is what you need.