Falken_KE30 Posted September 21, 2006 Report Posted September 21, 2006 just wondering if there is anyone here that would gimme a hand.. need to tow a KE20 from hobart to georgetown. if ya from hobart, could possibly hire trailer in hobart for the day, drive to my place, then back to hobart or something.. i can pay for fuel and trailer hire aslong as its not much more than $100..$150 is max i can atm... cheers Quote
st.nick Posted September 21, 2006 Report Posted September 21, 2006 This is the dilemma I had recently trying to get parts for my van... No one seems to own vehicles with tow bars anymore!! Best of Luck old son, But I'm afraid I'm of no use to you!! Quote
Falken_KE30 Posted September 21, 2006 Author Report Posted September 21, 2006 ok, Well do you know if you allowed to tow while on your P's?? second of all, roughly how many K's is it from launny to hobart? And 3rd, is it hard to tow a trailer???...with a car on it???... My mum has a 3.9L auto falcon wagon with towball....hmmm Quote
tom210 Posted September 21, 2006 Report Posted September 21, 2006 yes single axle only I'm told 190-240 with auto coon, not too hard.. just watch the temp.. Quote
casey Posted September 21, 2006 Report Posted September 21, 2006 don't use the coona if its a ea Quote
Falken_KE30 Posted September 21, 2006 Author Report Posted September 21, 2006 and ea it is, ohwell CAN ANYONE HELP!! i have some cash for fuel ect...help out a fello tassy fella! Quote
Brendo Posted September 21, 2006 Report Posted September 21, 2006 I'm pretty sure u can tow i wouldnt worry too much about that part of the law, the coon will do it too... i hire a car trailer from BP up here in ulverstone for 24 hours for track days and thats just under 50 bucks if thats any help... u would use 100 in fuel too... just remember when towing a car no fast movements with the wheel or throttle or brake, and it takes twice as far to stop! lol cheers Brendan Quote
Falken_KE30 Posted September 24, 2006 Author Report Posted September 24, 2006 i hate waiting....grrrrr.. though ive found someone to tow, and a trailer for free too!!. so ill soon have a KE20 in my yard...yippi! Quote
casey Posted September 24, 2006 Report Posted September 24, 2006 justs a word of warning as tom said keep an eye on the temp as there a baztard for blowing head gaskets (take the front bumper and grill off)lol jk's but it would benifit note if theres a headwind you will use allot more fuel Quote
Jonny Rochester Posted September 24, 2006 Report Posted September 24, 2006 Fuel is a killer towing a trailer that far. Be prepared to use twice as much fuel. The trailer can easily get the wobbles at high speed. Check that often, you may have to stick to 90kph. Also, the rental car trailers are heavy crude things out of MadMax. Often the trailer brakes won't work. Quote
HEKTIC Posted September 24, 2006 Report Posted September 24, 2006 You a are p-plater so you wont be doing more than 80km/h, we towed my nans mazda 323 back from hobart behinde my dads volvo (don't mouth me) it didnt use that much fuel, you have just got to keep and eye on the temp as it can creap up pretty quickly. also if your using a manual give the gearstick abit of a feel because it can also get hot. If you've got the time make a stop at Cambel Town or Ross and grab a drink or something this will give the car a chance to cool a little. Quote
jamesrolla Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 just depends what ya towing with, our 2x4 2.6 rodeo has no troubles towing heary cars, we go from sorell to exeter in the one go without stops and nothing gets to hot, torque monster, it will cut a bit off his time as hes coming through mudwalls road, just backing up what jonny said, hire trailers are shit, they have no suspension and the ramps are allways to short..... Quote
Taz_Rx Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 no james, you should take the advice of someone that has never had a licence or legally driven on a public road before, let alone towed a trailer!!!! :P Quote
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