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Towing Limits with a 90

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central defender:
I have a G plate 90 200Tdi. Does anybody know the towing limit for this. I have had about 4 different answers from books/haynes manual and friends.

It would appear the 90 and 110 can tow 3500kgs how can they be the same? Confused!!!

martha focker:
i tow a rangie classic if that helps 8)

clbarclay:
3500kg is correct provided the trailer has at least over run breaks. Not sure about defenders, but on a RRC if you have couple breaks then you can tow 4000kg. Doesn't matter what the vehicle is if the trail doesn't have any breaks then the maximum is only 750kg.

Towing weight is not necisserily linked to physical size of vehicle. IIRC G wagons are only rated a 2800kg but are a substantial vehicles compared to a defender and cope well with nearer 4000kg over road tracks, wet grass or on tarmac. Obviously you don't go towing 3500kg behind something like a golf, the towing weight is perhaps as much or more a legal limit that a physical limit.

tom38:
think you will find defender will be able to tow 4 tonnes with coupled brakes the same as rrc but yes 3500 max otherwise

Bush Tucker Man:
By 'Coupled Brakes', what is meant is either Air, or Vacuum operated (on the trailer, not the Defender)

However, air-brakes for a Defender are a (circa) £3,000 option, if memory serves me correctly

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