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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Kenny on April 04, 2005, 11:14:30

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: Kenny on April 04, 2005, 11:14:30

Would half a ton of turf in the rear of a 90 be ok ?

Damian

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: hobbit on April 04, 2005, 11:22:41

Definately got some traction in the snow and ice :wink:

Seriously though I'm sure someone with a defender will put you right, I would have thought so, but not really used one so I'm no expert

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: iianorthants on April 04, 2005, 11:25:15

should be ok, just make sure you Distribute the weight well, not too much near back but as much as you can over axle. oh and driving a long distance won't be fun. see farmers around here with up to 10 bails on back of a 90 pick up (my feeling is they can't get any more bails up to top or they would have more)

must add with the series I got just under a ton of cement in the back, and that drove ok.

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: tenpolequint on April 04, 2005, 18:53:35

If you put your grass seed down now you will have a nice lawn by summer. Most people use carpet though.

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: Priglet on April 25, 2005, 13:57:38

I've had that much weight in a 90 and the only thing I noticed was it was a bit lighter on the steering..

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: Ben on April 25, 2005, 16:10:11

I had much less than that in my old 90, and it helped me spot some terminal rust on the chassis - the weight (6 paving slabs IIRC) meant that the spring hanger folded upwards.

Ooops

The page for the specs on a TD5 land rover is here (http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/Vehicles/Defender/Specifications/Defender_dimensions.htm). Can't have changed that much. I don't know whether the weights quoted include the vehicle.

Cheers

Ben

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 26, 2005, 12:23:21

Quote from: "Ben"

I had much less than that in my old 90, and it helped me spot some terminal rust on the chassis - the weight (6 paving slabs IIRC) meant that the spring hanger folded upwards.

Ben

I had 88 slabs in the Sankey the other week.

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: bovaboy on April 27, 2005, 23:03:54

Don't know the load weight of a 90, but the 110 can take 1.2 Tonne (or there abouts) so should be fine really.

Title: Re: Weight in a 90
Post by: scooby on April 28, 2005, 11:50:31

Quote from: "Kenny"

Would half a ton of turf in the rear of a 90 be ok ?

Damian

i thought you was meant to get the turf on the outside of the truck not the inside harder to clean. much easily to clean with steamer if you plasted it on the outside.

Title: Weight in a 90
Post by: Dangermouse on April 28, 2005, 20:21:50

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