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Towing with a Land Rover


John C Marsh Jr

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What are you planning to tow?

Steve, Tali and our dog Rocky plus our beloved Storm, Maggie, Lucy and Reacher (all waiting at the Rainbow Bridge)

2008 Legacy Elite I - Outlaw Oliver, Hull #026 | 2014 Legacy Elite II - Outlaw Oliver, Hull #050 | 2022 Silverado High Country 3500HD SRW Diesel 4x4 

 

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You need another tow vehicle, yours is unsuitable for even the small Elite (5000 pounds). It would pull even the biggest Casita (2500 pounds), but the serious reliability and servicing issues (while traveling) would remain a constant hassle.

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It’s just too small and too weak for an Ollie.

John Davies

Spokane WA

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Tow Vehicle: 2013 Land Cruiser 200, 32” LT tires, airbags, Safari snorkel, Maggiolina Grand Tour 360 Carbon RTT.

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I read that the tongue weight limit is 100 to 175 kg for your Discovery, which would rule out the smaller Elite, and the Casita 17, as well, unless you removed one propane bottle, and then it would likely be sketchy.

If you want to tow with the Discovery, I'm afraid you'll have to look for something lighter overall, and tongue weight.

 

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2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12

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On 3/14/2021 at 12:24 PM, John E Davies said:

You need another tow vehicle, yours is unsuitable for even the small Elite (5000 pounds). It would pull even the biggest Casita (2500 pounds), but the serious reliability and servicing issues (while traveling) would remain a constant hassle.

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It’s just too small and too weak for an Ollie.

John Davies

Spokane WA

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You mean the Land Rover isn’t as reliable as your Land Cruiser? 😉

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One more....

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John Davies

Spokane WA

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SOLD 07/23 "Mouse":  2017 Legacy Elite II Two Beds, Hull Number 218, See my HOW TO threads: https://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/john-e-davies-how-to-threads-and-tech-articles-links/

Tow Vehicle: 2013 Land Cruiser 200, 32” LT tires, airbags, Safari snorkel, Maggiolina Grand Tour 360 Carbon RTT.

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John M,

Welcome to the forum.  Have you ordered your Oliver yet?  The Land Rover Discovery Sport is a really nice luxury SUV, BUT if you’re serious about towing an Oliver, either an Elite I or Elite II, the Disco just doesn’t have enough towing capacity, payload rating or tongue weight rating to handle it.  If you are buying an Oliver you’ll need a tow vehicle with a lot more towing capacity.  And if you want to keep your Discovery then you’ll need to look at trailers that are much lighter than the Oliver.  
And seriously, the advertising/marketing folks at Land Rover should have done some research on trailer weights and competitor SUVs and their towing capacity before writing that advertisement claiming “impressively high towing capacity” and a “commanding” 4,409 lbs. capacity.  That’s actually a fairly low tow rating compared to other full size SUVs.
 

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1 hour ago, FrankC said:

That’s actually a fairly low tow rating compared to other full size SUVs.
 

You have to keep in mind that the Discovery isn't a full size suv. For a compact, it actually has a great towing capacity. Probably twice that of most in its class.  Sadly, not quite enough to safely tow the Oliver Elite, because of the limited tongue weight.

It could pair up with a number of lightweight teardrops though, and quite a few other options.

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2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4

2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12

Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes....

400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries .  Life is good.


        
 

 

 

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Apparently the OP (John M) has left the building or has lost interest in this thread.

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Steve, Tali and our dog Rocky plus our beloved Storm, Maggie, Lucy and Reacher (all waiting at the Rainbow Bridge)

2008 Legacy Elite I - Outlaw Oliver, Hull #026 | 2014 Legacy Elite II - Outlaw Oliver, Hull #050 | 2022 Silverado High Country 3500HD SRW Diesel 4x4 

 

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