My Land Rover Defender 130

[Mr Ed]

I think your payload would be very poor, plus you would be required to run a tacho. Not sure if the axles are rated to the speeds they say either...

[madmatt]

At one point, I was thinking of getting one of these trailers You can get trailer mounted powerpacks, but hydraulics on the landrover would be better. OK, not as versatile in the woods with a landrover compared to a tractor, but as soon as you're out and onto the road, you can be straight up to 50 mph.

 

Not so viable now when you consider the cost of it plus fuel at over £1/l

 

You couldn't legally run that behind a Land Rover it doesn't have any brakes and the trailer running gear won't be upto the sort of speed mentioned above.

 

If your using a landy like this for towing for business use it needs a tacho anyway (work in progeress!)

 

When I suggested a Hiab on the Ifor it was more for shifting the odd heavy lump of timber or heavy implements than for extraction.

[Buzz]

I've run alot of land rovers the last was a TD5110, the TD5 is an excellent engine yes it has electronics but mine were allways reliable never broke down ( yes i mean it !)

 

I'd love another one but without the forestry work i used to do i can't justify the expense.

 

Nothing on the 4x4 market performs like a landy off road and especially towing. I'd love to try the new 6 speed one

[norma stitz]

Congratulations Matt. The vehicle and the effort is awsom! You should take orders!

[madmatt]

I've run alot of land rovers the last was a TD5110, the TD5 is an excellent engine yes it has electronics but mine were allways reliable never broke down ( yes i mean it !)

 

I've drive lots of TD5's I know they can be reliable now, but even the oldest TD5 is young in land rover terms. Its what there like at 15 years old that worry's me that and driving through very deep water with the ECU in the seat box under the drivers seat. Coupled to the fact It needs land roversvtest book software to talk to it naturally m,akes servicing/repair costs higher The TD5 also seems to have quite a turbo Lag though it can be chipped out of that little problem! I'm not knocking it just saying its not the engine for me.

 

The 6 speed box is nice but would have been better coupked to a TDV6 but that would have ment mega engine bay re-design and poor likkle Land Rover couldn't get its head around that!

[madmatt]

Congratulations Matt. The vehicle and the effort is awsom! You should take orders!

 

That would mean working out what its all cost and to be perfectly honest I daren't!

[norma stitz]

That would mean working out what its all cost and to be perfectly honest I daren't!

 

a stunning one of a kind then..............

[Buzz]

I've drive lots of TD5's I know they can be reliable now, but even the oldest TD5 is young in land rover terms. Its what there like at 15 years old that worry's me that and driving through very deep water with the ECU in the seat box under the drivers seat. Coupled to the fact It needs land roversvtest book software to talk to it naturally m,akes servicing/repair costs higher The TD5 also seems to have quite a turbo Lag though it can be chipped out of that little problem! I'm not knocking it just saying its not the engine for me.

 

The 6 speed box is nice but would have been better coupked to a TDV6 but that would have ment mega engine bay re-design and poor likkle Land Rover couldn't get its head around that!

 

Quite right but if you using a landy for work how often would you drive through water that deep also it's fairly easy to relocate or seal the electrics.

 

Independent specialist will service a defender fairly cheaply now they have the test book software.

 

I'm not picking a fight by the way lol ! I've run SIII's, an LPG 110 2 discos, a freelander and a TD5 double cab so i must be an enthusiast LOL

[madmatt]

Quite right but if you using a landy for work how often would you drive through water that deep

 

I'm not picking a fight by the way lol ! I've run SIII's, an LPG 110 2 discos, a freelander and a TD5 double cab so i must be an enthusiast LOL

 

I was Working for the Environment Agency this last Summer so Every other day!! LOL

[Buzz]

Ha ha lol now get back to the LRO forums