towing with a car - Page 4

Nos4r2 · 20 October 2006, 20:19

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Originally Posted by ian parkes

Cool just keep it a little to the NS so us crutch rockets can see down the outside

Thats only for when I'm not on my bike of course :P

richardjawilson · 24 October 2006, 04:46

Regarding the Quattro 4WD, It is permanent and does drive through an LSD. Is has ESP on it and I have never needed to change any settings on slippery slipways from what I run on the road. It is actually quite a a good system but Audi have been building road cars with them for over 20 years. I also bought it as I go away skiing a couple of times a year and the 4WD is handy for the white stuff.

richard

Nicke · 24 October 2006, 08:53

4motion and TDI (in red) is good......

Nicke · 24 October 2006, 09:09

I'm calling my own bluff, we actually don't town the boat on public roads, and it gets lifted on the trailer by a crane.

nik · 30 October 2006, 17:32

Well, I havent tried it with a car yet, but I have with an LT35.
Towed OK, was able to pull boat and trailer up the hard with a little bit of wheelspin.
This is a shingle hard.
Nick.

nik · 10 November 2006, 18:37

tried it today with the car, albeit near high tide.
It all worked ok, but I am going to get an electric winch for steeper slopes.
Nick.

CJL · 13 November 2006, 08:54

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Originally Posted by nik

tried it today with the car, albeit near high tide.
It all worked ok, but I am going to get an electric winch for steeper slopes.
Nick.

I have a spare electric whinch that has been used once. Its 2000lb pull electric with a remote control. It can go on the hitch or on be mounted.

I never used it besides that one occassion and I've been looking to sell it for ages. Fancy making me an offer???

Chris

mark-f · 13 November 2006, 11:19

I have been using a volvo XC70 for the last year with my 6m XS and havent had a problem that a length of rope wont cure when launching and recovering , and the 4 wheel drive means I dont have to change anything, it just works!

Mark

nik · 13 November 2006, 15:01

Thanks Chris,
Tooooo late, it arrived today. Otherwise I would have been interested.
Nick.

PS. from what I have seen, you should have no trouble selling it. I tried looking for a second hand one

nik · 29 December 2006, 12:00

Well, I have finally gotten around to trying it.
I can confirm that you can pull a 1.5 ton rig up a shingle hard with a passat.

What you need to do this is 30 metres of rope and make sure the shingle where the car is standing is level and compacted. It was actually a doddle.

Nick.

alt · 30 December 2006, 10:23

Can't beat the oul bit of rope

My Rover 1.4 pulled a 6.8m RIB (Forget Manuf) with 2 x Honda 90, on a twin axle trailer out of the water before ..... At 106,000 miles still no sign of the clutch slipping! (Or the headgasket blowing!)

smithy · 31 December 2006, 15:58

Used to tow my osprey with a 1.6 renault estate, would agree a bit of rope gets you out on all but the steepest slipways although I did go through a couple of clutches.
Main problem I had was stopping, overheated the brakes once and nearly ended up on a roundabout on another occassion. Put the boat on a weighbridge and you will probably get a fright! Really should have brakes on the trailer.
I now run an old discovery which makes life a lot easier but overkill most of the time, stops well though!