Is that Pembroke Dock Customs House in the background? No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

yawlboy wrote:

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My D3 with a big trailer on a bigger trailer after the clutch failed on the M4 toll near the Severn bridge on the way back from Southampton after collecting the boat. The AA were so helpful, the bus transporter was a nice touch, they shipped the whole lot to Pembroke.

I concede defeat in the biggest trailer contest.

Going back in time just a little, the biggest I have towed is a twin axle Ifor Williams grossly over-loaded with a large Ford 4 wheel drive tractor on board - total gross weight around 6000kgs - private road only and max speed 30 mph. The tractor weighed close on 4.75 tons

Oh and not forgetting the tow car - a RR Classic back in the early 1990's - she handled it well!

Some of the very early RR Classics were rated for 6 tons towing with specially equipped close coupled brakes and reduced towing speed - think the max was 35mph.

I regularly tow a livestock trailer fully loaded with beef with the L322 - all up 3500kg or around 4000kgs if on private roads - easy and don't even have to use the low box to get going.

I live beside one of the roads that leads to the new Stirling Mart and it amazes me that more D3 and RRS's belonging to farmers don't get stopped at the nearby VOSA vehicle check as with an Ivor Williams livestock trailer behind full of prime cattle they must be very close to the max weight permitted. When I was there a couple of weeks ago I counted 14 Disco3's and 4's and 4 RRS's parked in the car park, most with IW beasty trailers hooked up behind - most of those farmers used to drive tractors or Shoguns to the old Kildean Market so money must be better in farming these days than it was 4-5 years ago................... I suppose if the farmer goes in his D3 or RRS the whole family can go along too, difficult in one of those big modern tractors I see rushing along the Kerse at 45mph with a big livestock trailer behind them! 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

That is pembroke docks In the background. I only had the d3 3 months when this happened, One of 17 breakdowns in two and half years - sold it before the warranty expired.

The boat only weighed 2.3 tons and the trailer under half a ton. Mind you the boat was 27 foot overall and the trailer added another 5 or 6 feet. Having to back it out of a petrol station onto a main road in Wexford was fun. The boat wouldn't fit under the canopy in front of the station.

That is pembroke docks In the background. I only had the d3 3 months when this happened, One of 17 breakdowns in two and half years - sold it before the warranty expired.

The boat only weighed 2.3 tons and the trailer under half a ton. Mind you the boat was 27 foot overall and the trailer added another 5 or 6 feet. Having to back it out of a petrol station onto a main road in Wexford was fun. The boat wouldn't fit under the canopy in front of the station.

Ok if its confessional time I did tow this on the public road total weight some were north of 5.5 tones

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fantastic its amazing how much weight those IW trailers will take, the tri-axle ones are even better now and a lot more stable

different wheels on the FFRR then! ... - .- -.




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This is one of mine

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scarey wrote:

different wheels on the FFRR then!

Crikey, now this is what I call a caravan.

Must be the longest I've ever seen. Would look rather behind a FFRR

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mzplcg wrote:

Would look rather behind a FFRR

The only thing a caravan looks good behind is a falling tree.