What kind of trailer weight

[disco2hse]

http://www.retroanaconda.com/landrover/2010/01/series-iia-owners-manual/

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[NC_Mule]

Good research fellas,
I was looking for a data plate after Arlows post but couldn't find one. All in all pretty impressive stats for a little 3,000lb truck.

[busboy]

http://www.retroanaconda.com/landrov...owners-manual/

Page 123

Thanks for the link and I see that 4000lbs is max draw bar for the gas while the diesel is 700lbs LESS and the diesel only weighs 144lbs more, which really doesn't make sense, perhaps I'll only use my 3500lb trailer with electric brakes.

[BGreen]

I hauled a 7000 pound cargo trailer from Vermont to Denver with no problems. Used a 1972 SWB Station Wagon with a 155 hp Rover 3.5 V8, high range transfer case, 1 ton 109 axels and drive train (3 inch brakes on 11 inch drums), 4 leaf para rear/ 2 front, and most important; 4 computer controlled electric brakes on the trailer. Did the 65 to 75 mph speed limit except in the mountains, where 55 to 60 was easier on the engine as it has electric fan cooling. With the right setup and loading of trailer, braking is not a problem, engine power and torque can be if you have the wrong gears or engine for the task at hand. I have 28 years and more than 1 million miles of Military SWB driving experience and set my Landie up special for this trip. Normally I would say 2000 pounds without trailer brakes and up to 4000 pounds with, depending on the specs of your Land Rover.

[busboy]

I hauled a 7000 pound cargo trailer from Vermont to Denver with no problems. Used a 1972 SWB Station Wagon with a 155 hp Rover 3.5 V8, high range transfer case, 1 ton 109 axels and drive train (3 inch brakes on 11 inch drums), 4 leaf para rear/ 2 front, and most important; 4 computer controlled electric brakes on the trailer. Did the 65 to 75 mph speed limit except in the mountains, where 55 to 60 was easier on the engine as it has electric fan cooling. With the right setup and loading of trailer, braking is not a problem, engine power and torque can be if you have the wrong gears or engine for the task at hand. I have 28 years and more than 1 million miles of Military SWB driving experience and set my Landie up special for this trip. Normally I would say 2000 pounds without trailer brakes and up to 4000 pounds with, depending on the specs of your Land Rover.

While I would like to use my 7000lb tandem dump with the Landrover, I have always tried to comply with the legal limits. When you are towing something that might look commercial even if it isn't you stand the chance of getting stopped as my son found out towing this very same trailer. He was within limits had the registration for the trailer and had a bill of sale for the contents of the trailer but the fines are very steep and the inconvenience of having to drop the trailer and come back with something bigger to tow it is not worth the risk for me even though I have owned this particular Landrover for 35 years this year and I am very confident driving it.

I am curious by the term "computer controlled" brakes, Do you mean a "MaxBrake" controller that senses actual brake pressure or do you mean a brake controller the same as every other one I know of that just senses a reduction in speed of the tow vehicle and makes a calculated guess at how much braking to apply to the trailer, or is there something else out there I don't know about?

[BGreen]

Yes, I use a max brake controller. The Landie and the trailer are both inspected, registered and licensed to haul 7500 pounds of weight. So I was in legal limits.