Towing With A Fwd Car Ok?

[geraus]

Hey guys just wanted to know if this would be okay to tow my car? (skyline r33) to the track?

cheers,

Geraus

[Curmi]

should be ok to tow as long as you have heavy duty tow bar and heavy duty springs...

i have a r31 to tow might be worth thinking ?

[geraus]

Ohh ok sweet, my toyota had standard springs and a tow-bar how do I know if it's a heavy duty tow bar?

Cheers

[Russman]

Ohh ok sweet, my toyota had standard springs and a tow-bar how do I know if it's a heavy duty tow bar?

Cheers

Prob won't be HD. FWD limits what you can tow. Prob 1200kg max so not legal. Might still do the job but the toyota won't like it much...

[Mean_R34]

Handy setup for burnout comp... do a skid bro

[llama_au]

That doesn't sound like a good idea. My dad used to tow a significantly large boat and trailor with his 3.5L Magna, but that still weighs less than a heavy car on a trailor.

[Rowdyr32]

Do it. I've had mates tow car trailers with cars on behind cars like fwd bluebird's and mazda's. It'll do it easy.

[geraus]

ok sweet i will take your word in cheers guys

[Omurru]

This comes to my mind, if you are going to take it slow.

[Curmi]

^^^^it does happen mate was in a car with car on trailer and went sliding on the freeway both cars luckily it stoped nothing flipped and no one crashed....

be careful and get some experience....

make sure trailer tires are set up good.(psi and good tread.) same as the car.

all four wheels are strapped down really tight.

[SABBAi]

FWD will tow ok. I towed my car from Winton back to Wantirna with my old Man's Honda Odyssey with a heavy ass rental trailer years ago. No issues at all.

Just make sure you have the car positioned on the trailer just forward of the trailer's centre point, as this will stop the trailer from getting it's sway on...

[geraus]

WOT THEEEEEEEEEEEEE OMG, THAT PICTUREE!!! dam i feel sorry for that guy!!! hope he has insurance or something....

I just hope when i tow my car to winton , it wont sway much!

[jrm]

It all really comes down to what the car and the tow-bar are rated for towing. I know my SSS Pulsar (FWD) is only rated for 1200kg - so it'd be no good for towing my R34.

A big FWD like a Magna might be rated for it .. Toyota don't really make that big cars though, so I dunno - check out your Toyota's factory manual - should tell you what the towing capability is.

[emts]

worth noting the towing capacity of that car as listed by Toyota is 1200kg

http://www.drive.com.au/used-cars/TOYOTA/V...291049&pt=1

(click specifications and look down for towing capacity)

remembering a average car trailer form a rental place is like 800-1000kg (sometimes more) add a car you are going to be close to doubling the tow capacity.

so if you tow and get pulled by the RTA/cops they can force you to leave the trailer on the side of the road.

Also if you have an accident...insurance will not pay out.

so will it do it..yes..will it do it legally no.

[geraus]

Hmm, well im just gona give it a try and see how i go. cheers guys.

[jrm]

You're nuts.

[llama_au]

You're nuts.

My thoughts exactly. Not to mention that immense strain it'll put on a motor and transmission that was never designed to haul that much weight. Especially in a FWD. Not smart.

[jrm]

Meh, I dunno...

a) Breaking the law by towing over rated capacity

b) Running the risk of damage to the car, engine, transmission, tow-bar itself (who knows, it could just plain rip off at speed doing who knows what damage)

c) Voiding insurance (which if it flies off at speed and hits someone, you're gonna hate yourself for)

Is it really worth it?

[bozodos]

also FWD and there's a whole lot more weight on the REAR axle lol

[Rowdyr32]

Why does everybody have to get on the moral high ground all the time. We all know these things!

You guys worry way to much. Have you ever heard of people pulled over for towing to heavy a weight? Never.

If your towing to winton I would prob be a bit more sceptical expecially if you don't have a transmission cooler. I'd imagine you'll cook the tranny and possibly the engine might get hot. Thought it was going to be sandown. My wrong. I'd say the old girl is going to struggle. Don't you have mates with bigger cars you can borrow for a day.

Re pic above. A mate almost rolled his patrol with my boat on the back at xmas but that was because he didn't know what he was doing and hit the brakes when it started to sway on a downhill section (This is when trailers will sway most of the time) instead of accelerating out of it. We ended up in the dirt off the side of the road doing prob 80 semi sideways and then sideways squelling down the road. Didn't come around and hit us though. All he had to do was accel a bit and it would have been fine. I know heaps of people who have almost anded up in the shit towing cars on trailers. All due to swaying with lucky endings like my mate.

Point being you need to know what your doing and weigh the towbar right as one of the guys said above. Boat is a bit light on the towbar and it sways on other mates cars. The gtr with 18's tows it fine. Its only about 1000kg inc trailer that almost rolled a patrol.