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I bought a GU with a dead ZD30 and I need to get it home. Has anyone towed one on a car trailer? Is it a viable option to put it on a car trailer (over loaded) for the 100km trip home or should I get a tilt tray?
I will be selling off the motor and other unwanted bits soon to fund the TD42 implant.
I have towed a gq wagon (around 3t i think) on a car trailer with a gq ute did it fine didnt go any faster than about 90kmh
Check the weight most gq towbars are 2300kg max
And most car trailers are 2 tonne max including the weight of the trailer.
I would just get a tilt tray myself.
Yeah i was just thinking about the legalities of it prob safer and cost just as much to get a tilt tray. I towed that when i was a little younger and just wanted to get somewhere.
I was going to borrow the old man's Disco (3500kg towing capacity) and hire a trailer. If the rentals are 2000kg including the trailer the combined mass would be around 3000kg. I thought they would have been 2000kg + trailer. 50% overloaded may not be that good a thing for 100km. I will ring around for a tilt tray.
Yeah have a look at the cost difference of hiring the trailer to a tilt tray. Not sure what prices are like where you are but i would imagine would be very similar price wise.
A trailer is $83 for 4 hours from the local Coles servo. I expect a tilt tray to be way more for a 100km trip, but probably the safest option.
You might find a heavy duty car trailer available i couldn't when i looked doesn't hurt to ask around though .
I didn't realise either that some of the hire trailers are as heavy as 900 kilos and i had overloaded heaps of times and wasted money paying extra for the insurance as well as risked a fine.
Not to mention responsibility for any damage.
Blowing a tyre on the trailer with the Patrol on top at 80kph could be messy.
yeah i thought a gu wagon was up around the 3t mark