whats a good tow car for £1000 or less?

will be towin cars on a trailer and a frames

 

Omega

be careful of your license and what it allows, well other than for a frames as they are illegal anyway, lol

 

Discovery but be willing to do some welding to it if you pick one of for a grand.

 

right been told this before, now according to my local trailer training centre i been told that i can drive a 3.5t vehicle with a trailer no bigger than 750kg's or i can tow a trailer bigger than 750kg's aslong as the trailer doesnt weigh more than the vehicle pulling it and the total combined weight is no more than 3.5t.

 

im thinking large estate rather than 4x4

 

More or less correct.

Just bear in mind that the 3.5 tonne includes the MAM of the tow car not the weight of the tow car, and same for the MAM of the trailer.

So a 1300kg car with a MAM of 1800 towing a trailer weighing 700kg with a MAM of 1700kg is legal

But a 1300kg car with a MAM of 1900 towing a trailer weighing 700kg with a MAM of 1700kg is illegal

and a 1300kg car with a MAM of 1800 towing a trailer weighing 700kg with a MAM of 1900kg is illegal

etc etc

Basically you will really struggle to find a combination of car and trailer that allow you to two with on your license legally unless its a very light car you are towing

 

I thought they were shit for towing tbh, well on normal roads, M'ways etc

I had a TD5 W reg and like it but when on the motorway it had to be dropped into fourth for the slightest of hills.

My ST200 tows better than the TD5 ever did.

 

Does this mean I cannot tow my 95 Discovery on the back of my 525 Tourer?

 

With what license and with a trailer plated to what MAM?

 

im looking at buying a tow vehicle and there isnt a car that fits the bill to tow a trailer plus car and tools spares ect lwb pajero or disco 300 tdi are around a grand if you can suffer 20mpg

 

No offence, but I think your TD5 was fucked my mates old td5 used to happily tow over a ton at motorway speeds (and above) all day long...

 

been looking at volvo 850/v70, mondeo 2.0/v6 petrol, 406hdi, dahatsui fourtrak, vectra/omega v6, ideally needs to have a big boot for the dogs too

 

Na, was mint lol

 

I bought a galaxy to tow a proper low loader car trailer after getting advice from the local dvla office

 

what does a swb 98 transit weigh in at?

 

scorpio cosworth........theres one in the for sale section, mine lol

tows very well

i had a daihatsui fortrak and that was good too (later shape one)

 

Omega td. Transit would have to be a 150 or 190 to tow legally.
I have a t330, but it cost more than a grand.

 

fourtrak is a good shout ive got one good low down grunt and drives a bit more like a car than a landy

 

xr4x4 great tool for towing

 

yeh the fourtrak my ate had was a real grunty tow motor, wont break any land speed records but dont have to and there cheap

 

the ideal would be a ghia 4x4 estate but good luck finding one of them

 

Grand Cherokee LPG are great tools,could get one around a grand or so,not sure if it would be LPG though and then your looking 15mpg at best.

Disco are crap and you'll be continually working on it,total rubbish,rotboxes.

How about a passat tdi or even an audi 100 estate?tough buggers them.

 

if your not to worried about fuel, go v6 ford galaxy 4x4, cheap as chips, a mate has a diesel one for towing and if does good, but the v6 2wd or 4x4 i guess would be even better, and with seats out they are huge inside.

 

i passed my test before the cut off for towing a trailer,last week i was towing a reasonably sized proper ifor williams new car trailer on the motorway with my 04 tdci 130 bhp mondeo.the police (not traffic) went past and didnt look twice at me.didnt think i was breaking the law,well maybe a little.the mondeo is a brilliant tow car,plenty grunt at all speeds,mine has the 6 speed box but i think if i was going to be towing a lot just to be on the safe side id be looking for something like an l200 or something like that.

 

big 4x4's are too big on my lisence, but then the 4x4 mondeo/galaxy/passat est/vectra est/scorpio cos all have good capacities that will keep me legal

 

we use an isuzu trooper 3.0 td with no problems

 

just remember dollys and Aframes are to be used for recovery purposes only NOT delivering or collecting of vehicles and as said in above posts make sure your licence allows you to tow

 

does this weight thing apply to useing a frames as in the towing laws?

 

Galaxy would be ideal,I know for a cheapy derv one which is well maintained but has done 200k,looks alright too,red,7 seater nice alloys etc,roof bars,towbar already fitted.think the guy wants £800?t&t of course.

Avoid l200/navara if your soley towing,their horrendous on juice and the back end is to light and tends to wander a bit with a heavy load on.

 

Volvo 850 or Subaru Legacy

 

And they are only legal for recovering to the nearest place of safety, which means the first layby or non double yellow bit of road you get to, so you cant say "im recovering it" as you are towing it up the motorway past junction after junction on your way to or from a trackday!

 

No, they area just completely illegal fullstop irrelevant of weight, except for very specific circumstance (as per my reply above)
The only exception is where the MAM of the car, plus the weight of the a-frame, totals less than 750kg, which as far as im aware applies only to the Axiam out of all cars made in the last couple of decades.



anything else on an a frame is illegal for anything other than recovery to the nearest point of safety (safety meaning from somewhere illegal to somewhere legal to park)

 

Well I have my class1 articulated licence. Not sure on the weight of the trailer as i'm yet to buy/borrow one, the main thing that concerns me is the fact that I can quite happily say that the Disco weighs more than the BMW lol

 

right so if i had say a mondeo that weighed 1400kg with a tow cap of 1400kg, i could tow a 500 kg trailer with a 1000kg capacity on? cars will be mk3/4 escorts and mk1/2 fiestas i'll be transporting, all under 1 tonne

 

Exactly chip as I had to go into this myself when I started towing cars on my trailor and of course upgrade my insurance too

 

so why are a frames only for recovery?

sorrry if it been covered!

 

You need a v8 disco on lpg...lot better mpg then a tdi and more grunt....Mines towed everything including my caravan with no probs...

And pricewise mine will be up shortly round about the price he wants to pay As ive just bought a ml to replace it... And it is a 98 -R plate - es premium with electric leather n subs ect ect...and is solid and needs no welding

NOT A FOR SALE POST BY THE WAY AS I HAVE GOT TO GET IT TESTED FIRST.....LOL...
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i use a 2.0 mk2 Mondeo which has seemed fine. An ST24 would be pretty good as well i'd think.