towing a car trailer

[X]

im towing my racecar from Auckland/Hamilton to Wellington, just wondering if it has it got enough stopping and go power to this?

how heavy is the Forester?

[Joker]

braked trailer?

[nztintin]

Ive towed a legacy on a braked trailer from national park to hamilton, i had ver 7 suspension so was a tad stiffer, couldn't go over 80k or the car would get speed wobbles which were worse when braking!

Compared to towing with the 4wd hilux i use now, the hilux is great, can do whatever speed you like and it hauls up pretty quick (considering the hilux plus towed weight is 4tonne)

I wouldn't tow hamilton to welly with a forester, also check your tow bar rating, i'm pretty sure you will exceed the tow rating easily which would mean no insurance (even the hilux exceeds its tow rating)

Your forster is about 1500kg, your race car plus trailer will possibly be more than that, makes it very dodgy when your towing something heavier than your tow vehicle.

This is all from my experiances towing my cars, take or leave my advice

[Joker]

towed Scoobs BG to welly with My BG and Braked trailer and yea had a few moments but do-able

as long as ya can get some weight on the tow-car rear-axle/tongue of the trailer you should be fine

[X]

its a unbrake trailer

i'll do a 5km test to see how it go.

Gen towed the same car and trailer with his Ver7STI from Auckland to Hamilton... will see what he say

[Joker]

eep no not ideal

[funkytown]

I tow my sti behind the BP outback and its unbraked and although not ideal it goes fine and feels safe.

Towing a v7 on the same trailer is definately not nice though as it was too heavy and pushed everywhere.

I would consider a forester lighter than a BP so would advise against towing a car for that distance.

[X]

no the V7 (1350kg?) was towing the v1/2 wrx racecar on a trailer. might just get a bigger vehicle and tow to Auckland and leave it there

[X]

find this on wiki:

2.0 L turbo: 1,410 kg (3,108.5 lb)

(1998–2000) - turbocharged 2.0 L flat-4, 125 kW (168 hp)

only 125kW????

[albaru]

I towed a Corolla on an unbraked trailer with a BG Legacy wagon for 3 years. It's doable, acceleration excellent, remember that braking will be twice as bad/slow ie as if you're braking with spongy brakes. For corners you will get large oversteer if you enter too fast, so make sure you slow early for corner and drive smoothly into each one at about 80ks. Um, less if signposted as less, say 20ks less than signposted. Speed limit is fine on straights.

[DRFVDR]

U may find that with that combination u will be illegal as i beleive that over such a weight YOU HAVE to have brakes fitted to trailer, which will be ok UNLESS something goes wrong

Ideally your tow vehicle should be heavier than the combination being towed.

find another trailer that has at least got override brakes

[markw336]

towing with an unbraked trailer is asking for trouble towing vehicles is best left with diesel 4wd's i towed my mates fto with my dads terrano the thing will only get to about 130 tops well it but it easily got to 100 with a car not that its advisable to go 100 lol

[ODB]

is race car driveable?

personally id drive it back at like 3am midweek LOL

[DRFVDR]

 markw336']

towing with an unbraked trailer is asking for trouble towing vehicles is best left with diesel 4wd's i towed my mates fto with my dads terrano the thing will only get to about 130 tops well it but it easily got to 100 with a car not that its advisable to go 100 lol

Legal Limit is 90 for a car and trailer so 100 is already 10 over

[quote name='ODB said:

is race car driveable?

personally id drive it back at like 3am midweek LOL

yeah thats a good idea EXCEPT it is when the CVIU are out prowling for trucks so maybe not a GOOD idea as those guys know the road rules better than most police

[Swindog]

 We are borg']

towing with an unbraked trailer is asking for trouble towing vehicles is best left with diesel 4wd's i towed my mates fto with my dads terrano the thing will only get to about 130 tops well it but it easily got to 100 with a car not that its advisable to go 100 lol

Legal Limit is 90 for a car and trailer so 100 is already 10 over

[quote name='ODB said:

is race car driveable?

personally id drive it back at like 3am midweek LOL

/quote]

yeah thats a good idea EXCEPT it is when the CVIU are out prowling for trucks so maybe not a GOOD idea as those guys know the road rules better than most police

But the CVIU are lazy.

*edit - bloody screen flicker

[X]

Epic fail my forester is too low!!!

[X]

Just towed the Rex to Auckland on a double axel braked trailer. It was easy as only starting to heated up on Bombay hill.

[X]

from Hamilton

to Auckland

[Kiwi_Fozze]

f**k thats a good looking forrie bro

[X]

thanks bro...

im going to raise it back up cause its just annoying

[Swindog]

That is a mint foz san!

[MercuryFree]

For future reference, this did not end well.

[xsvpwr]

Do tell...

Edit: just checked Facebook

[Joker]

better from horses mouth

"I told you so" too early?

[Johnnynz]

Sad to hear it went pear shaped in anyway

- Edit due to possibly insensitive comment, apologies. -