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Title: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on July 17, 2009, 19:31:33: Don't think so!, more a case of 'journalistic licence'

Has anyone seen this Daily Mail article about the crushed Police car (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1200370/Scrap-metal-dealer-jailed-crushing-police-car-officer-sat-inside-it.html)

He was; 'jailed for six years after admitting attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to a police officer and dangerous driving'

Only 6 years!?, & how soon will he be out?
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: hairyasswelder on July 17, 2009, 19:36:03: 3 ton.... well he was a scrap dealer, must have been selling or it would only make half a ton :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 19:38:45: ive got a terrano lwb and its weighs 2650 so he must of had junk in it or it was exagerated
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: wizard on July 17, 2009, 19:43:43: I like this bit

"The fire crew works out how to remove the Nissan Terrano from the police car"

How hard can that be. maybe the will jack the Terrano up and slide the cop car out from underneath.......

wizard :twisted:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 20:00:50: haha sounds like an ingenius plan to me :lol:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Terranosaurus on July 17, 2009, 20:48:48: Quote from: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 19:38:45
ive got a terrano lwb and its weighs 2650 so he must of had junk in it or it was exagerated

Really - what you got in it? Or do you mean GVW?

My SWB is about 1.5T unladen
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: crazymac on July 17, 2009, 20:49:13: Quote from: wizard on July 17, 2009, 19:43:43
I like this bit

"The fire crew works out how to remove the Nissan Terrano from the police car"

How hard can that be. maybe the will jack the Terrano up and slide the cop car out from underneath.......

wizard :twisted:

Get in the terrano, start it and drive it off the top!!!
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: crazymac on July 17, 2009, 20:53:09: Quote from: Terranosaurus on July 17, 2009, 20:48:48
Quote from: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 19:38:45
ive got a terrano lwb and its weighs 2650 so he must of had junk in it or it was exagerated

Really - what you got in it? Or do you mean GVW?

My SWB is about 1.5T unladen

That makes your Terrano heavier than my Discovery that has lots of metal protection attached etc, that weighs in at 2180KG
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: carbore on July 17, 2009, 21:01:30: Makes all that fuss about "BIG FOOT" seem well over the top is a Terrano can do that. What a muppet going for a police chase over a mobile phone. No doubt he had some previous or thought they were after him for something else (they haven't found out about yet)
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: hairyasswelder on July 17, 2009, 22:03:14: Quote from: crazymac on July 17, 2009, 20:53:09
Quote from: Terranosaurus on July 17, 2009, 20:48:48
Quote from: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 19:38:45
ive got a terrano lwb and its weighs 2650 so he must of had junk in it or it was exagerated

Really - what you got in it? Or do you mean GVW?

My SWB is about 1.5T unladen

That makes your Terrano heavier than my Discovery that has lots of metal protection attached etc, that weighs in at 2180KG

http://www.wisebuyers.co.uk/motoring/car-specifications/Nissan/Terrano+II+%281999-%29/NI001598/
1850kg unladen
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: wizard on July 17, 2009, 22:24:50: Get in the terrano, start it and drive it off the top!!! They wont do that untill a through risk assesment has been carried out, and the surrounding area evacuated

wizard :twisted:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Terranosaurus on July 17, 2009, 22:42:16: Quote from: hairyasswelder on July 17, 2009, 22:03:14
Quote from: crazymac on July 17, 2009, 20:53:09
Quote from: Terranosaurus on July 17, 2009, 20:48:48
Quote from: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 19:38:45
ive got a terrano lwb and its weighs 2650 so he must of had junk in it or it was exagerated

Really - what you got in it? Or do you mean GVW?

My SWB is about 1.5T unladen

That makes your Terrano heavier than my Discovery that has lots of metal protection attached etc, that weighs in at 2180KG

http://www.wisebuyers.co.uk/motoring/car-specifications/Nissan/Terrano+II+%281999-%29/NI001598/
1850kg unladen

And thats a fully laden top of the range SVE 3.0L with all the toys and more.
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 23:01:33: on the plate on bulk head it has in 1st to front/rear axle weight then has vehicle weight (2650) then has max towing weight front axle just over a ton same for back axle weight 2650 and towing max over 4 ton but under 6 cant remember the weight
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: crazymac on July 17, 2009, 23:09:57: Quote from: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 23:01:33
on the plate on bulk head it has in 1st to front/rear axle weight then has vehicle weight (2650) then has max towing weight front axle just over a ton same for back axle weight 2650 and towing max over 4 ton but under 6 cant remember the weight

So are you saying that you reckon your Terrano can tow more than 4 Ton??????????????????? You are definately misreading that label!! Landrovers and some other LARGE machines can tow 3.5 Ton, NO WAY can a Terrano tow that much.

My Father in laws LWB terrano can tow 2750KG legally, no more!
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 23:24:15: i might of read it wrong then my mistake
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 23:27:10: then 2650 must be max tow weight illl check in morning what they weigh then 2t at least
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 23:33:27: parkers guide says

Unbraked Towing Weight 750 kg
Braked Towing Weight 2800 kg

i apolagise my bad
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 23:36:35: Curb Weight MT (kg) 1540
Curb Weight AT (kg) 2250
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on July 18, 2009, 22:22:58: I bet the terrano drivers head hurt after that. I would have been a tad 'dischuffed' if that had happened to me. :shock:
"meet my friend called Mr Baton. He likes to point out errors of judgement" :police:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Little-Green-Machine on July 18, 2009, 22:33:41: Quote from: Lord Shagg-Pyle on July 18, 2009, 22:22:58
I bet the terrano drivers head hurt after that. I would have been a tad 'dischuffed' if that had happened to me. :shock:
"meet my friend called Mr Baton. He likes to point out errors of judgement" :police:

haha :lol:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on July 19, 2009, 07:31:17: Quote from: Lord Shagg-Pyle on July 18, 2009, 22:22:58
I bet the terrano drivers head hurt after that. I would have been a tad 'dischuffed' if that had happened to me. :shock:
"meet my friend called Mr Baton. He likes to point out errors of judgement" :police:

I was wondering when this would get back to the real point, ie; the scrote driver.

'Mr Baton' would undoubtedly re-iterate the fact many, many times!
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: 90Mike on July 19, 2009, 08:42:31: Quote from: Lord Shagg-Pyle on July 18, 2009, 22:22:58
I bet the terrano drivers head hurt after that. I would have been a tad 'dischuffed' if that had happened to me. :shock:
"meet my friend called Mr Baton. He likes to point out errors of judgement" :police:
Well at least he would not of seen it coming, not after being CS gassed first :twisted:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Frankie-Boy on July 19, 2009, 09:21:08: This one must've been very heavy on one side.

http://www.virginmedia.com/motoring/features/craziest-crashes.php?ssid=16
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 19, 2009, 09:34:26: Quote from: Frankie-Boy on July 19, 2009, 09:21:08
This one must've been very heavy on one side.

http://www.virginmedia.com/motoring/features/craziest-crashes.php?ssid=16

Haha either that or half his 4x4 just disappeard and it fell over :dance:
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: J.D. on July 19, 2009, 19:12:21: Whats even more amazing is the officer escaped with cuts and bruises.

LSP - this was the story I text you about that was in the Times on Saturday.
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on July 19, 2009, 23:04:51: Ah yes, gotcha now.
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Range Rover Blues on July 21, 2009, 21:23:47: Quote from: crazymac on July 17, 2009, 23:09:57
Quote from: morson4x4 on July 17, 2009, 23:01:33
on the plate on bulk head it has in 1st to front/rear axle weight then has vehicle weight (2650) then has max towing weight front axle just over a ton same for back axle weight 2650 and towing max over 4 ton but under 6 cant remember the weight

So are you saying that you reckon your Terrano can tow more than 4 Ton??????????????????? You are definately misreading that label!! Landrovers and some other LARGE machines can tow 3.5 Ton, NO WAY can a Terrano tow that much.

My Father in laws LWB terrano can tow 2750KG legally, no more!

LR can tow way more than 3.5 tonnes, BUT the law limits any trailer with over-run brakes to 3.5tonnes. You can have the chassis plate on a LR amended if you provide satisfactory proof that the vehicle has had the braking systeme modified to allow hydraulic coupling to the trailer. Then it can tow 4 tonnes.

The original RRC handbook stated that "in emergency use" with a maximum road speed of 18MPH you could tow 6 tonnes.
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: morson4x4 on July 21, 2009, 22:01:21: 6 tonne :shocked: pretty impressive, i saw in old LRO mag at the back they used a land rover cant remember if it was disco or rrc it was modified to go onto rails an it pulled 6 train coaches full of peeps as a test to show what it can tow
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Yoshi on July 21, 2009, 23:38:19: The launch of the discovery 200tdi iirc was when they towed the train, and it was done with a liveried one at that :D
Title: Re: Three Ton Terrano??
Post by: Disco Matt on July 22, 2009, 00:28:23: I wouldn't be worried about shuffling wagons about with mine (on paved-in track with a rigid towbar). I would want some means of activating the vacuum/air brakes on the wagons though as while they're not especially difficult to get moving or keep moving they may be very tricky to stop!