Towing like a boss....or fuckwit

[fly510]

you don't tow it. You put it on a truck like normal people do.

[Tripper]

I call optical illusion.
Lets have a pic from front of the Landy, looking back to boat.
Boat is what, 26-28 foot, maybe 30'?
Sunraysia's are 14" and the twin sterndrives look bloody huge, relative to say size of Landy rims.

He's serious, got Long/Wide lad banner strapped on back. Tri-axles, once load is centred for weight are not heavy on ball, and stopping, it looks like it's running air brakes.

google street view gives a better view on the perspective

https://goo.gl/maps/dnYkM

[Do the safety dance.]

I'd tow that. Prob put the jockey wheel down just in case.

[th0r]

I call optical illusion.
Lets have a pic from front of the Landy, looking back to boat.
Boat is what, 26-28 foot, maybe 30'?
Sunraysia's are 14" and the twin sterndrives look bloody huge, relative to say size of Landy rims.

He's serious, got Long/Wide lad banner strapped on back. Tri-axles, once load is centred for weight are not heavy on ball, and stopping, it looks like it's running air brakes.

Yeah this, ball weight is least of his problems.

Looking at the position of the rollers, the bulk of the weight is on the rearmost axle.
Also that jockey wheel is fucking tiny, definitely not load rated to any substantial amount..

[milo]

Hmmm... The Buffs!!

[Sturmovik]

google street view gives a better view on the perspective

https://goo.gl/maps/dnYkM

I reckon going by that its no longer than 15m long?

Front of 'cruiser is about in line with the parking sign, end of boat in line with drain pipe.

Falcon and Camry = 10m + another 5m or so?

[Greg Rust]

If only there was a thread for towing fails.

That's a mint idea, almost as good as electric brake controls for trailers.

[T T Celica]

I will measure it out today. Found out where he is staying in town, and hopefully get.more pics before he leaves

[lukevl]

Lol just realised this is in the Isa. No more hills left to get to Darwin he'll be right!

[BigMuz]

Just ask him how it works. I'm tipping a guy driving someones 200k boat around has insurance and is doing it legal somehow.

[pottery beige]

nice boat

[T T Celica]

He must have driven out early morning, not at the hotel he was staying at. Probably trying to miss the shitfull headwinds going across the Barkly. Boat was 28' long, which im assuming doesnt take the stern drives into account ??

[Marlin]

Meh, it's a Sea Ray and is petrol stern drive powered so weighs fuck all, but looks bulky on a trailer.

[Imposter Forg]

Meh. If he was French that'd be a Renault Twingo rather than a Landcruiser.

[sssgtr]

Towing it wouldn't be a problem.....

Stopping it would be the worry :p

Not really, any trailer rated to carry over 2 ton is required to have brakes on all axles (or it might have been 2.5 ton +, can't remember).