theres was sumthing else he said,
is that he was amazed the attension that he got then towing the van around

any you blokes come across sumthing like this!!............please tell

I tow all the time with my 120Y. Single and tanderm trailers. The towbar will only be rated to either 700kg or 800kg but as long as the trailer load is balanced correctly it tows 1000kg without too much of an issue. I have flat towed a VT Commodore!!

Good on ya granny.

Townsville! when did they do this?

my 120y towing car trailer with datto on it got up to 110kph

aha....rriigghhtt what down hill.........
pretty scary!!

lol no dead flat road only took quarter of an hour to et there lol

It looks like a scene from Mad Max. It's begging for a hopped up XB falcon pursuit car to smash through it and get Charlie in the throat with a saucepan!

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yeah well it's all fine until the towbar snaps off at speed and the trailer goes wherever it pleases.
we had a minivan with what i think was an 800kg or something towbar and it was towing a 2 car trailer with 2 aussie racing cars on it (cars weigh 450kg each) and the towbar snapped at 110 km/h on the highway. they couldn't slow down quickly enough because the trailer would surge forward and lift the rear of the car so when the chains snapped it ran off the edge of the road, luckily not into oncoming traffic and went in between two big concrete poles and a fair few tress before coming to a stop in an empty paddock. we were very lucky but if say it snapped halfway round a left hander it could have been a very different story.

Beg to differ. The caravan would weigh bugger all.

yes size mean nothing these days,

they were in there late 70's,
they started at brissy up townsville across to darwin then broome and ended up in my town nyngan,
and all they had was a flat on the van and running hot sumtimes.......i was pretty inpressed with that

wats a 120y aloud to tow? 900kgs ,

i would think its around that plus with all the gear eg food water campin gear ect ect

not havin a go just find it funny that the lil old granny could be brakin the law

even if its not heavy, just think of the wind resistance! They must have taken 2 years to travel that 15,000km at 40km/h lol

they were poking along about 80km's,
he was saying there been on the road for 3mth's

That's got to bring a smile to your face, Love it!

now just picture in you mind the size of a stock set of brake pads...... scary!

Thats how I want too retire except with a 1000/1600 wagon and a tent.

I don't know what a "Y" would be allowed to tow,but it just goes to show the laws are an ass.

I love it