Would like to use a tow bar to get my 61 Series 88 to events. Does anyone have experience or suggestions doing this. Will be doing the towing with an 04 Disco. Thanks!
Towwing a Series
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when we drove out to Moab from Tulsa, OK, a club member flat towed his SIII lightweight. he had installed fwh in the rear and used a D1. it wiggled a lot on the highway, yet, it made it without any problems. as I'm not really a towing person, not sure how to properly set-up the towing procedure so it tows without the wiggles.
if you're going to do this fairly often, get a trailer. much easier all around for you and the Rover.
Jaime
if you're going to do this fairly often, get a trailer. much easier all around for you and the Rover.
Jaime
For short distances, its not bad. Acceleration is terrible but once you get up to speed there is not problem. For slowing down, downshifting is you're friend. I need new brake shoes, so that didn't help the situation. Of course the trailer didn't have brakes. I needed a pretty decent drop in the hitch but with the trailer loaded the truck sits level.
Flat towing
Mike McCaig installed free wheeling hubs on the back of his 88 pickup and flat-towed it behind his camper. Never had any problems, except the time he applied the parking brake and got out to move the camper....
Cheers
Mike McCaig installed free wheeling hubs on the back of his 88 pickup and flat-towed it behind his camper. Never had any problems, except the time he applied the parking brake and got out to move the camper....
Cheers
Hey Peter. If we can get Ron to chime in, we always tow our '59 Series II with a Tow Bar. It was towed behind our '96 Discovery many, many times. It follows really well, and is very, very easy to tow. You just have to watch out for braking distance. It is much more pleasant to tow with a tow bar than it is to tow a trailer. Ron did always have to do something with the hubs before we towed, though, so that is why I'd like him to answer!