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Old Oct 31st, 2016, 08:10   #1
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Cool Show us your tows!

As a lighthearted threat...let's gets some images of things you've towed, preferably not Caravans as that will easily fill the thread...what else? Cars? Horse boxes? Trailers?

I'll kick off:

Got more than a ton of sand on the bigger of the two (braked trailer)

And a little tractor my father in law made in the tiny trailer

Not the most exciting bit something other than a 'van!
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My Saab Sonett on my car trailer on the way to the body shop for a little paintwork.

Bought the trailer years ago for our track day car and has come in useful for all sorts of carrying jobs. Tows like a dream.
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Glad to see am not only one that tows a car trailer about,

Couple of stuff on my trailer and my little 6x4 trailer with around a ton of soil in it
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S60 tows S60

945 tows 944

740 tows Morgan +8

740 tows cara.... ok it didn't....

Mercedes gives Volvo piggy-back

Think that will do for now, next month we will have a V70 towing a box trailer!
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The remains of the Heinz 57 Hornet that I recovered from a garden in South Yorkshire.
My son and I are currently rebuilding it; it is coming on but will be a long job!
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Dad's XC60 towing his boat, at 26 feet it's a bit of a pull!
And my new (to me) XC90 towing the V70R AWD from Cumbria to Kent, and a Morris Minor back. As much weight as I'd put behind the XC, which is lucky as it's just about on its weight limits at that!

I've yet to drive anything that could pull just as happily as my Disco TD5 however! Not much will beat low range gears, and a heavy separate chassis when it comes to towing really hefty stuff.
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My V70 D3 (150) SELux Geartronic towing a car trailer with my Alfa Romeo 3.0 V6 24v Spider on and towing my Swift Challenger 540 caravan.
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Used to be my day job. Volvo doesn't have a towbar
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