Grenadiers Towing

[Eric]

Not quite up to the full rating of the hitch, but an important towing test passed with flying colours!View attachment 7821267

Now I used to do that at our previous house which had a very long tarmac-ed drive

 

[Rab]

Sat a bit high when hooked on but with a couple of tonnes of heifers it levels out reasonably well.
Tows like its on rails.

 

[Eric]

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Sat a bit high when hooked on but with a couple of tonnes of heifers it levels out reasonably well.
Tows like its on rails.

Curious whose make of cattle trailer is that, not familiar with it.

 

[Rab]

Hudson, made in NI.
Very sturdily built as you can see by the age of it. Not made of bean tins like some,

 

[JOB]

Towed for the first time with the Grenadier this week, only a short distance of 25 or so miles. Very impressed at the power when loaded up and the way the suspension handles the trailer, especially when empty as the Ifor trailer is like towing 3/4ton of rattling scrap behind when unladen!

 

[DCPU]

 

[Tom109]

I think this might have been the one at Devon 4x4 having the Redarc fitted...
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There's a story to follow if you Google the project.

That last pic looks to be the perfect size trailer!

 

[Spjnr]

 

[ADVAW8S]

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Sunday, heading into Monday

 

[Tom109]

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Heading home from a show where they displayed these!

 

[Miki]

Sunday, heading into Monday

His-n-hers ?

 

[James]

Heading home from a show where they displayed these!

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Whats bolted to the door hinges?

 

[MarkH]

Whats bolted to the door hinges?

Folding step?

 

[ADVAW8S]

Folding step?

It would be cool instead of connecting to the hinge they used the l track instead.

 

[AnD3rew]

It would be cool instead of connecting to the hinge they used the l track instead.

That vehicle doesn’t appear to have the l-Track /utility belt, but I don’t think the utility belt has a weight rating high enough for a large man.

 

[DaveB]

That vehicle doesn’t appear to have the l-Track /utility belt, but I don’t think the utility belt has a weight rating high enough for a large man.

Doors are only 40kg from memory on the utility belt

 

[Spjnr]

Doors are only 40kg from memory on the utility belt

Yeah these hinge mounts are very solid, as they brace vertically in 2 locations, and right on the hinge point of the door. I think an Ltrack version will have to be heavier and larger to achieve the same rigidity.

 

[James]

That vehicle doesn’t appear to have the l-Track /utility belt, but I don’t think the utility belt has a weight rating high enough for a large man.

Those hinge bolts (painted) we have been told are not removeable, to avoid the security issue defenders had of being able to take the doors off. So that ‘device’, branded overland attached with new bolts, apparently into the ‘cosmetic’ bolt spaces, is still puzzling me… now for 2 reasons.

the explanation of the hinges was that they were permanently bonded to the door, and screwed into the frame inside the jamb.

 

[AnD3rew]

Those hinge bolts (painted) we have been told are not removeable, to avoid the security issue defenders had of being able to take the doors off. So that ‘device’, branded overland attached with new bolts, apparently into the ‘cosmetic’ bolt spaces, is still puzzling me… now for 2 reasons.

the explanation of the hinges was that they were permanently bonded to the door, and screwed into the frame inside the jamb.

Well there is already a company offering replacement hinges ( god knows why) so I think that is incorrect information ( I had heard it too, but apparently wrong)

 

[James]

Well there is already a company offering replacement hinges ( god knows why) so I think that is incorrect information ( I had heard it too, but apparently wrong)

Or could it be the replacement hinges are a con? Who knows; neither possibility makes sense, why would you design the car to be able to dismantle without permission? At the very least, turning those boltheads will stuff up the paintwork on both bolt and hinge.
aah, another minor mystery to distract us in the absence of car…