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If your roads are good and traffic light and you could use a trailer when
you get to Spain, and you will come out considerably ahead financially by
buying a trailer rated for 3000Kg with brakes and sway bar and your receiver
hitch installed, etc., then you "can" do it if you are careful and take
something to calm your nerves before you go. Remember too, that at the
minimum recommended tongue weight of 10%, that's 200Kg or so which might be
a little much for standard suspension on your LR.
On several occasions I've towed my 4,220 lb boat 370 miles one way with no
trailer brakes and with a Durango without a towing package. But, over 300
miles are expressway, I'm very alert and careful to not speed and to allow
extra distance between me and the next car, and I do use an anti sway bar
and I only have done it because I had to. Also, gas mileage went from 15
down to 8.5-9mpg.
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"SL" wrote in message
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I have a 2,000Kg Fairline cruiser I need to move about 1,000 miles (from
UK to Spain). One solution seems to be to buy a 2,000Kg twin-axle roller
trailer and tow it there behind my landrover... but I have no idea if
doing a 1,000 miles with a boat that heavy in tow is sheer madness, or
whether towing that sort of weight long distance is actually not too
much of a problem... any opinions appreciated.
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SL