Nissan X-Trail as a tow vehicle?

[Lightningx]

Yup.

[frozenpod]

LOL I usually put my mates in the car when I tow the boat around.

It'll be fine ... have been towing it for 2 years with a 1500kg rated fwd astra without any issues.

Funny.

It wont be legal and if you still have the cooling off period I suggest you changed your vehicle choice to something that is legally rated for the application.

[Kimtown]

Jeeps are very very cheap with great specs on paper.

And stupidly expensive to service

And prone to ******* up

But yeah buy a jeep lol

[smile0784]

LOL I usually put my mates in the car when I tow the boat around.

It'll be fine ... have been towing it for 2 years with a 1500kg rated fwd astra without any issues.

Funny.

It wont be legal and if you still have the cooling off period I suggest you changed your vehicle choice to something that is legally rated for the application.

Exactly

[blacklab99]

Yup, maybe for local fishing, JUST, but that's skating to close to the limits me thinks.
I'd be doing a full load up, fuel gear and extras, throw it on the weigh bridge again.
If your on the limit, you know that any extra blokes in the car, put you well over.
I have heard of the officials actually starting to run a campaign on this, road side truck weigh bridges BANG
Not worth the risk.
There's a reason they rate these things, and its not to be messed with in my opinion......

[smile0784]

Exactly

[Lightningx]

Yup, maybe for local fishing, JUST, but that's skating to close to the limits me thinks.
I'd be doing a full load up, fuel gear and extras, throw it on the weigh bridge again.
If your on the limit, you know that any extra blokes in the car, put you well over.
I have heard of the officials actually starting to run a campaign on this, road side truck weigh bridges BANG
Not worth the risk.
There's a reason they rate these things, and its not to be messed with in my opinion......

X2 :thumbsup:

[Nude up]

To clarify my previous comment the tray version (1820kg) of the BT-50 can have a payload capacity of 680kg whilst towing 3500kg at 6000kg GCM.

At 1820kg it doesn’t have a tray fitted 1964kg with tray now down to 536 kg.
If I knew you were going off a 2 door Ute compared to my vx Lc200 I would have used a gx lc200 at 2640 kg or a 2 door 70 series landcruiser at 2180kg both of which can tow 3500kg at gvm weight.

[frozenpod]

Arh yes got to add the tray weight. The alloy tray on the work ute is 70kg, therefore payload of 610kg whilst towing 3500kg.