Freelander and Ribeye S650

[BrAinZ]

Wondering whether anyone had any thoughts as to the suitability of a LandRover Freelander 1.8l petrol for towing a Ribeye S650.

Boat and trailer weighs about 1800kg and will be on a twin axle braked trailer.

Any help or advice would be appreciated!

[C2 RIBS]

I used to tow the same RIB behind a small van and found no problems , the weight you mention is top end as mine was 1700 fuelled. I also one being towed by a small audi A3 two weeks ago and it ran very well. I would expect the freelander to cope well as I see them towing horse boxes which are similar weight with a moving cargo

[mick]

Hi i am new to this forum but have done a fair bit of towing with various cars and i always tried to stick to the 85% rule i now have a Disco3 and its the mutts nuts for towing.

[Rodan]

i managed to tow and launch 8m of Humber with the old TD4 Freeloader, even a hill start was ok. Agree with above - D3 replaced the FL and it is simply awesome... Ribeye is not a heavy boat but the 1.8 should manage fine

[Lundy Osprey]

Not sure off the top of my head what my boat and trailer weighs, it's a 6.2m with a 90hp on the back.
I used to tow it with a 1.6 Sportrak which was a bit on the small side and thus used to snake a bit under heavy braking and was a bit underpowered. It was however great in 4 wheel drive when retrieving the boat.
I now have a 1.8 petrol Freelander, it tows the boat really well, but seems to be a little light on the front, have to be gentle on the clutch and accelerator when retrieving, not only with me either it seems.
When I was looking for the car did some searches on Google and the general concensus was that the 1.8 was a little underpowered, would not disagree with that though to me it is not a big deal.
Hope this is of help.

[codprawn]

I have seen plenty of people towing big horseboxes with Freelanders - and they aren't exactly light when filled with 4 legged dog food!!!

It's just within your legal limit which helps a lot.........