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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: Metalkoi on June 21, 2005, 19:12:43

Title: Towing
Post by: Metalkoi on June 21, 2005, 19:12:43
Is it possible to tow a Rangie on a towing dolly without hurting it?
Title: Towing
Post by: muddyweb on June 21, 2005, 19:19:15
You can remove the rear prop or rear halfshafts to avoid the technical issues with doing it.

Not sure how you stand from a legal perspective on a dolly...  the RR is heavy but I don't know what the regs say about dollies.
Title: Towing
Post by: Range Rover Blues on June 22, 2005, 21:22:04
Not legal, not sensible.
If you stick a Rangie up on a dolly you only have the back axle to stop it rolling around, given how close the dolly wheel sare likely to be to each other.  With all that weight it's an accident looking for somewhere to happen.  Ring around some hire shops for a car trailer, they usually come in at about £30 a day.
Title: Towing
Post by: rokcrawlin on June 26, 2005, 22:16:05
Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"
Not legal, not sensible.
If you stick a Rangie up on a dolly you only have the back axle to stop it rolling around, given how close the dolly wheel sare likely to be to each other.  With all that weight it's an accident looking for somewhere to happen.  Ring around some hire shops for a car trailer, they usually come in at about £30 a day.

to add to this you have an unbraked trailer doing it this way and with the weight of the rangie you are well over the 750 kilo weighting and as such are compromising your insurance by breaking the law
Title: Towing
Post by: hobbit on June 27, 2005, 00:09:47
Its a big enough giggle with a lightweight on one, let alone a rangy, I agree depending on what you want it for and how long or often a full trailer may be a better option
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