Lived in Sydney for 30 years. Pulled my boat out of plenty of ramps down there with an XD Falcon. Fished with a mate who pulled a 6M glass boat out of those same ramps with his XD. People have been doing it for a very long time.
Lived in Sydney for 30 years. Pulled my boat out of plenty of ramps down there with an XD Falcon. Fished with a mate who pulled a 6M glass boat out of those same ramps with his XD. People have been doing it for a very long time.
Have first hand experience gunna and yes once was pulling a Swift Craft 600 out with a VR commodore and yes i got stuck but yours telling me i didnt...
As I've said before, an inverted 5 hole hitch should solve that for you. Some have 8" of rise which would put the underside of your drawbar 2" above the underside of your hitch. Almost all of them do 6" rise which would have the drawbar level with the hitch.Originally Posted by gazza2006au
You previously said that "i tried to reverse the alloy trailer up my driveway which didnt work the height from the towball to the bottom of the I beams is to much the i beams scrape and stops moving" ... doesn't sound like you need much additional clearance to get it up there.
Just wondering then, why did you buy the Ford as a dedicated tow vehicle if you knew all that?
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Moph when i moved in the tow hitch bolts were uncut and the trailer got stuck reversing up the driveway, i have since cut the volts and she now reverses up the driveway unloaded
I bought the car 2 years ago before i moved house..
So which is it? Do you get stuck reversing up the driveway or not?
BTW - if the issue of slippery ramps is the only reason you want a 4x4. Don’t discount the AWD’s. I had a Prado for years and did a lot of 4x4. I now have a Forrester with AWD and it has taken me everywhere that the fourby did.
The issue not being discussed is with the bunk setup you will have to sink a fair length of the trailer to float it on and off
how much will be a guess until you actually use it and how steep the ramp is , shallow ramps may be a concern
the falcon will tow it and reverse it up your drive way once you have some towball weight.
towed and launched a mates 564 Haines with the au falcon wagon plenty of times at ramps like rose bay parsley bay all the big botany ramps
I thought a AWD is a 4WD and vice versa. PS: I haven't had any problems retrieving a fairly substantial boat (18 ft fiberglass) with various Ford Falcons unless there is significant amount of sand on the ramp (still got it out without too much trouble). Turing the traction control off is a good idea if traction is a problem.
The other problem is - none of these opinions agree with Gazza’s thinking and will therefore be ignored. I just don’t see the logic in spending thousands on a car to solve a towbar issue. All we can do is try to give logical advice.
Gunna your very negative like a couple others here, what about my worn ford gearbox that will cost $2200 to rebuild, what about the extra weight of the hull on the trailers towball, what about the 2 wheel drive being uphill to the rest of the car?
Dont just post what you wanna read post all the factors!
Didn't you say that your mechanic said that your transmission might last for another 50,000 km? And in your price range you might have issues with your replacement vehicle. PS: pump up air shocks will compensate for the weight of trailer on the tow ball.
Bit more good advice there. Why on earth do you think that any other $2-$3k car will have a better gearbox. And there is nothing negative in my comments. They are positive. Many others have commented - we are positive your car will pull the boat out of the water. We are positive you are better with the gearbox you know rather than the gearbox you don’t know. We are positive the towbar issue can be fixed without changing cars. Stop being negative about the positive comments of all the people trying to give you good logical advice.
Anything to keep his thread going, that's what gets him off.
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