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The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« on: 16 June 2016, 23:03:16 »
WOW!!

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/watch-two-litre-land-rover-11481142

Thats impressive towing, 100 tonnes with a Land Rover.

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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #1 on: 16 June 2016, 23:11:39 »
Very good, but I bet they can't reverse it though!  ;D
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #2 on: 16 June 2016, 23:16:00 »
something similar has been done before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls23tHPX8mQ

 :y :y
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #3 on: 16 June 2016, 23:32:40 »
Quote from: henryd on 16 June 2016, 23:16:00
something similar has been done before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls23tHPX8mQ

 :y :y

Didn't they put something like 6 tons of ballast inside it?
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #4 on: 16 June 2016, 23:37:35 »
Quote from: Andy B on 16 June 2016, 23:32:40
Quote from: henryd on 16 June 2016, 23:16:00
something similar has been done before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls23tHPX8mQ

 :y :y

Didn't they put something like 6 tons of ballast inside it?

They may well have done Andy,V10 has air ride so ride height would appear normal
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #5 on: 16 June 2016, 23:39:08 »
Quote from: henryd on 16 June 2016, 23:37:35
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V10 has air ride so ride height would appear normal

So has my R Class, but I'd be reluctantt o put 6 ton inside it  ;)
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #6 on: 16 June 2016, 23:40:40 »
Quote from: henryd on 16 June 2016, 23:37:35
Quote from: Andy B on 16 June 2016, 23:32:40
Quote from: henryd on 16 June 2016, 23:16:00
something similar has been done before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls23tHPX8mQ

 :y :y

Didn't they put something like 6 tons of ballast inside it?

They may well have done Andy,V10 has air ride so ride height would appear normal

They added 4.3 tonnes to the 2.5 tonne kerbweight,mind you the 747 is 155 tonnes :o
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #7 on: 17 June 2016, 00:07:07 »
Quote from: henryd on 16 June 2016, 23:40:40
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mind you the 747 is 155 tonnes :o

I watched the Youtube clip ages back .... very very impressive  :y :y
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #8 on: 17 June 2016, 08:36:43 »
Quote from: amazonian on 16 June 2016, 23:03:16
WOW!!

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/watch-two-litre-land-rover-11481142

Thats impressive towing, 100 tonnes with a Land Rover. The

 :) :)

I'd be more impressed if they made cars that worked as they should  ;D. After all I suspect that that would have more practical applications ;).
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #9 on: 17 June 2016, 09:58:29 »
Have you seen this thread?

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/business/manufacturing/jaguar-land-rover-opens-factory-11474160

they're making them in Brazil soon! Is this going be be a repeat of when Merc started making their cars in the US...? and they were, of course, dire.
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #10 on: 17 June 2016, 12:12:45 »
what a stunt.....

so they boast a 2.5 ton towing capacity but seem to forget that the defender would pull 3.5 ton

wait until all production goes overseas....
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #11 on: 17 June 2016, 15:14:26 »
Quote from: Diamond Black Geezer on 17 June 2016, 09:58:29
Have you seen this thread?

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/business/manufacturing/jaguar-land-rover-opens-factory-11474160

they're making them in Brazil soon! Is this going be be a repeat of when Merc started making their cars in the US...? and they were, of course, dire.

Thats more so they can sell them in Brasil (and south America), Brasil has certain key tax breaks and requirements relating to local content (and its a chuffing nightmare!) plus big import duties.
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #12 on: 17 June 2016, 17:05:46 »
I'm guessing a bloke on a bicycle could pull that train given suitably low gearing, so not very convinced. How well did it stop, I wonder? ;D
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Re: The ultimate towing vehicle or what ?
« Reply #13 on: 17 June 2016, 22:36:20 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 17 June 2016, 17:05:46
I'm guessing a bloke on a bicycle could pull that train given suitably low gearing, so not very convinced. How well did it stop, I wonder? ;D
Yeah. Have you seen that fella on the telly pulling a truck, loaded with a smaller truck, loaded with a van carrying a bike...on roller skates?  ;D
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