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 Post subject: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:39 pm 
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Hey there!
I'm interested in flat-towing my Land Rover, as you would behind an rv. I have a couple of events up north that I don't want to have to worry about driving up and breaking the truck. It weighs just a hair over 4,000 lbs. I know the tow capacity is just about 5,000, but has anyone had any issues towing for a fairly long distance with that much weight?

I'd be using a tow bar, so it wouldn't be any tongue weight.
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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:44 pm 
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I know it isn't exactly the same, but I brought my truck camper 600ish miles up from North Carolina, in the bed of my Frontier. Curb weight with the camper is a little over 8000 pounds.

Maybe someone with an X can chime in.

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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:10 pm 
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I think Tony/TKK tows a camper but don't know what that weighs.

Not the same but Ernie tows his 4Runner & trailer with his Mountaineer all over the place. I'm guessing, he might have a few tips.


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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:48 pm 
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Well I used to pull a camper that weighed close to 3k# with no issue but it wasn't quite as heavy, or with quite the distance lol


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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:26 am 
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I am not a towing expert. My concern would be breaking. Is there a way to slave in the Rover's breaks to assist? 4K lbs seems like too much for our breaks on anything more than short runs.

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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:27 pm 
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I wouldn't trust it with that weight .
without the brakes tied in the x would burn up the brakes.
also the tow bar would push the rear end on the x depending on the steering on the rover.
a small car maybe but I would not chance it with the rover.
I tow the runner everywhere on my trailer . curb is around 4.5k
trailer is a 7k with dual electric brakes
you can adjust tongue weight by the position on the trailer.
I run around 650 / 700 lbs.
I have an extra trans cooler installed as well.
towing capacity for the mountaineer is 5500 lbs.
and 700 on the tongue.

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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:08 pm 
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Also, I would be concerned about the drive train on the Land Rover. I don't know the construction of their drive train, but I have heard from a number of sources that if you "flat tow" and Xterra without disconnecting the drive train, you will cause significant damage (especially to the transfer case).

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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:27 pm 
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k_enn wrote:
Also, I would be concerned about the drive train on the Land Rover. I don't know the construction of their drive train, but I have heard from a number of sources that if you "flat tow" and Xterra without disconnecting the drive train, you will cause significant damage (especially to the transfer case).

k_enn
thanks, I've heard that as well. In this case I'd be removing the drive shafts at the diff and tying them up and out of the way.


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 Post subject: Re: Towing questions!
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:44 pm 
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I agree with Ernie. I tow the Xterra with my tundra and you defiantly want a brake controller and trailer brakes for towing another vehicle. Plus you want to compare the weight of your trailer loaded with the size of your tow rig.


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