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[mrgreen]

well the past two years i've been busy building an Airstream Travel trailer into a Burger stand, She is now finished and i need a car/van/truck that will tow it, it's rated at 3 ton and weighs in at 2 empty and the nose weight is large! anyone got any thoughts on what to tow it with, i'm leaning towards a zj jeep or a land rover disco, although this needs to be a cheap tow wagon and you don't find land rovers cheap over here

[b4ndit]

American truck is best ford or Chevrolet e350/fleetside both V8

[tunnie]

Dodge Ram?

[Andy B]

Something like an Airstream that is as American as apple pie really does need to be towed by a big Yank Tank ..... maybe Ford F150/250/350

[omega3000]

well the past two years i've been busy building an Airstream Travel trailer into a Burger stand, She is now finished and i need a car/van/truck that will tow it, it's rated at 3 ton and weighs in at 2 empty and the nose weight is large! anyone got any thoughts on what to tow it with, i'm leaning towards a zj jeep or a land rover disco, although this needs to be a cheap tow wagon and you don't find land rovers cheap over here

 

[Andy B]

....it's rated at 3 ton  ....
 

and there's a triple axle Airstream too!!  Christ knows what you'd need to drag that along

[aaronjb]

Any American pickup, probably, if you live in the US anyway..

The F350 has a maximum 21,600 pounds (9,800 kg) of towing capacity

That's a lot of towing capacity - I wonder what it's UK equivalent gross train weight would be? I bet it isn't 10 tonnes!

[05omegav6]

Chevrolet Suburban or similar will be more effective than a Disco being in Euroland, you should have a bit of choice for big yank metal Most pick ups are diesel, and those that aren't will run on lpg all day long, especially the chevvy stuff

[tunnie]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201406175085735/sort/default/usedcars/model/f350/make/ford/page/1/postcode/tw89de?logcode=p

or

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201404243651924/sort/default/usedcars/model/ram/make/dodge/page/1/postcode/tw89de?logcode=p

[05omegav6]

Bear in mind OP lives in Austria

[tunnie]

Oh yeh   

Well good examples anyway. LHD not a problem then

[Sir Tigger KC]

Fuel prices might be though!   

[05omegav6]

Fuel prices might be though!   

Yup, petrol/diesel/lpg all around 10mpg

[mrgreen]

thanks for the replies, yes fuel is definately a consideration! at the moment i've been towing it with the works T5 which pulls it fine but it's FWD and spins a bit if i give gas and also it's not rated to tow such a load!!, the original weighs in at around 1750kg but as mines kitted out with S/S benches/fridges it ups the weight a bit, once the grill and all the kit is in it will be a good 2500kg!. i may keep the miggy and just use whtever i buy as a tow vehicle but it all depends on if i can get garaging for it as i wouldn't like to sit a vehicle outside in our winter!.