will a disco series 2 pull a series 2a ?

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  • autoguy
    2nd Gear
    • Oct 2007
    • 220

    will a disco series 2 pull a series 2a ?

    will a discovery series 2 pull a series 2a on a trailer, for about 450 miles without hurting the disco ?

    it will be dads disco series 2 with a class 3 hitch pulling a 2a on a trailer, i haven't bought the 2a yet, but hopefully will soon
  • Bostonian1976
    5th Gear
    • Nov 2006
    • 750

    #2
    pretty sure you'll be fine. are you renting a trailer?

    '67 sort of station wagon (limestone), '65 gray hardtop, '63 blue Station Wagon, '64 limestone station wagon in pieces

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    • autoguy
      2nd Gear
      • Oct 2007
      • 220

      #3
      yep i will be renting a trailer, i am deciding between an open trailer or closed trailer, the 88 im looking at is in pieces so it should fit in an enclosed trailer

      dads disco is a 2001

      thanks

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      • Terrys
        Overdrive
        • May 2007
        • 1382

        #4
        It will pull it just fine.
        If you're going to rent a trailer, I cannot reccomend enough the U-Haul aluminum 2 axle trailer. They pull like a dream. I have tried to buy one from them but they say they destroy everything when it gets towards the end of it's useful life. So, now I am scheming how I can steal one.

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        • Bostonian1976
          5th Gear
          • Nov 2006
          • 750

          #5
          that's the trailer I used too. 50 bucks for the day and I pretty much forgot it was there on the highway in the fj
          '67 sort of station wagon (limestone), '65 gray hardtop, '63 blue Station Wagon, '64 limestone station wagon in pieces

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          • highmile
            Low Range
            • Nov 2007
            • 93

            #6
            You'll be fine! In November I pulled a 1967 109" on a U-Haul autotransport behind the Disco I for about 200 miles with one moderate mountain pass to climb. Take it slow and enjoy the drive. U-Haul doesn't know what a Series Rover is, I just told them I was hauling a Jeep CJ-7.

            Since your Series is in pieces, I doubt the U-Haul autotransport would work well for you. The U-Haul autotransport trailer is basically just two tire trays with wheels meaning there is no tub or bottom to the trailer, In other words, you can see the ground.
            Last edited by highmile; 02-01-2008, 11:19 AM.
            Former owner of 1967 Series IIA 109 NADA
            1996 Land Rover Discovery SE7
            1995 Range Rover Classic SWB

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            • jp-
              5th Gear
              • Oct 2006
              • 981

              #7
              Originally posted by Terrys
              It will pull it just fine.
              If you're going to rent a trailer, I cannot reccomend enough the U-Haul aluminum 2 axle trailer. They pull like a dream. I have tried to buy one from them but they say they destroy everything when it gets towards the end of it's useful life. So, now I am scheming how I can steal one.
              Steal a car, fake your driver's license, and rent one. Dump the car, change the vin plates on the trailer. Done.
              61 II 109" Pickup (Restomod, 350 small block, TR4050)
              66 IIA 88" Station Wagon (sold)
              66 IIA 109" Pickup (Restomod, 5MGE, R380)
              67 IIA 109" NADA Wagon (sold)
              88, 2.5TD 110 RHD non-hicap pickup

              -I used to know everything there was to know about Land Rovers; then I joined the RN Bulletin Board.

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              • autoguy
                2nd Gear
                • Oct 2007
                • 220

                #8
                thanks for the reassurances i recon i will rent an aluminum trailer from uhaul

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                • Terrys
                  Overdrive
                  • May 2007
                  • 1382

                  #9
                  Originally posted by jp-
                  Steal a car, fake your driver's license, and rent one. Dump the car, change the vin plates on the trailer. Done.
                  This is why the south lost the war. I'm just gonna hang around the rest area on the turnpike. Some sorry bugger is gonna pull in to take a leak and get a CinnaBun, and I'll be long gone.

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                  • LaneRover
                    Overdrive
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 1743

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Terrys
                    This is why the south lost the war. I'm just gonna hang around the rest area on the turnpike. Some sorry bugger is gonna pull in to take a leak and get a CinnaBun, and I'll be long gone.
                    And if your lucky it will already be full of Rover parts!
                    1958 107 SW - Sold to a better home
                    1965 109 SW - nearly running well
                    1966 88 SW - running but needing attention
                    1969 109 P-UP

                    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=64cfe23aa2

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                    • DiscoDave
                      Low Range
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 12

                      #11
                      I just completed a trip towing my Series III on a trailer behind my Disco II from North Carolina to Idaho. A couple hundred miles shouldn't be that bad, comparatively, but I'd take a real close look at everything under the truck and keep it real easy on the highway.

                      Let's face it, the Disco isn't designed to do this for its primary job, but she'll do it if you're nice to her. Slow to go, slow to stop. I've done it with and without trailer brakes and I'd opt for brakes anyday of the week.
                      1973 Series III
                      1995 RRC LWB
                      2000 Discovery II
                      2000 Range Rover

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                      • autoguy
                        2nd Gear
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 220

                        #12
                        Originally posted by DiscoDave
                        I just completed a trip towing my Series III on a trailer behind my Disco II from North Carolina to Idaho. A couple hundred miles shouldn't be that bad, comparatively, but I'd take a real close look at everything under the truck and keep it real easy on the highway.

                        Let's face it, the Disco isn't designed to do this for its primary job, but she'll do it if you're nice to her. Slow to go, slow to stop. I've done it with and without trailer brakes and I'd opt for brakes anyday of the week.
                        thanks, for the info, dad said he wanted to check his disco out from tip to tail and change the oil before the trip, i figure it will be fairly slow on the return trip

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                        • jp-
                          5th Gear
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 981

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Terrys
                          This is why the south lost the war. I'm just gonna hang around the rest area on the turnpike. Some sorry bugger is gonna pull in to take a leak and get a CinnaBun, and I'll be long gone.

                          Would that be the war of northern aggression that yer referrin ta?
                          61 II 109" Pickup (Restomod, 350 small block, TR4050)
                          66 IIA 88" Station Wagon (sold)
                          66 IIA 109" Pickup (Restomod, 5MGE, R380)
                          67 IIA 109" NADA Wagon (sold)
                          88, 2.5TD 110 RHD non-hicap pickup

                          -I used to know everything there was to know about Land Rovers; then I joined the RN Bulletin Board.

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