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  • JackNorris
    Member Since: 07 Jun 2016
    Location: Beds/Bucks
    Posts: 113
    United Kingdom 

    2.0 D5 vs 3.0D4 - Towing

    Hi all,

    I am looking for some opinions which I haven't stumbled across yet.

    Has anyone who towed with a D4 3.0 gone to a D5 2.0?

    I tow a caravan at around 1800Kg and sometimes generators etc getting around 2.5-3ton.

    How does the D5 2.0 actually perform? I am yet to take a solo drive either.

    Id be looking at new and the MY2019 3.0 is a lump and all this Diesel pollution talk...

    Thanks
    2nd Sep 2018 3:43 pm
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    I've towed with a 3.0 D4 and now with a 3.0 D5. Both were with a twin axle horse box and 2x 16 hand horses, so probably getting on for 3.5 tonnes. Both experiences have been brilliant, especially the new D5 which almost feels like you don't have anything behind it!

    I've also tried towing the horse box with a 2.0 Discovery Sport, which we had for a short time previously, however it did struggle when it came to hill climbs and trekking across fields. Your normal, bulk standard drive on a tarmac surface was fine, but you did know you had something on tow and could feel it very much so on the wheel.
    MY18 Corris Grey HSE Lux TDV6
    2nd Sep 2018 4:59 pm
  • TazDaz
    Member Since: 13 Jul 2018
    Location: SE Essex
    Posts: 157
    England 
    2018 Discovery Si4 HSE Fuji White

    Re: 2.0 D5 vs 3.0D4 - Towing

    JackNorris wrote:
    Has anyone who towed with a D4 3.0 gone to a D5 2.0?

    Do you mean the diesel or petrol 2L?
    MY18 Fuji White with Black Pack HSE Si4 2litre >>>PETROL<<< 300bhp
    2nd Sep 2018 5:11 pm
  • DG
    Member Since: 27 Apr 2016
    Location: Surrey
    Posts: 434
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Fuji White

    rogersmj wrote:

    I've also tried towing the horse box with a 2.0 Discovery Sport, which we had for a short time previously, however it did struggle when it came to hill climbs and trekking across fields.


    was that the 180 or 240?
    2nd Sep 2018 6:17 pm
  • JackNorris
    Member Since: 07 Jun 2016
    Location: Beds/Bucks
    Posts: 113
    United Kingdom 

    Thanks for the replies so far - just looking at diesels.

    Guessing the petrol will be torque lacking
    2nd Sep 2018 8:16 pm
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    DG wrote:
    rogersmj wrote:

    I've also tried towing the horse box with a 2.0 Discovery Sport, which we had for a short time previously, however it did struggle when it came to hill climbs and trekking across fields.


    was that the 180 or 240?


    That was the 180 if I remember rightly.
    MY18 Corris Grey HSE Lux TDV6
    2nd Sep 2018 9:34 pm
  • DG
    Member Since: 27 Apr 2016
    Location: Surrey
    Posts: 434
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Fuji White

    60 horses on that helps significantly...mine pulls like a train ... far better than the D4 ever did Smile
    2nd Sep 2018 10:02 pm
  • LancsLad
    Member Since: 22 Aug 2018
    Location: Lancs
    Posts: 147
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Santorini Black

    Re: 2.0 D5 vs 3.0D4 - Towing

    JackNorris wrote:
    Hi all,

    I am looking for some opinions which I haven't stumbled across yet.

    Has anyone who towed with a D4 3.0 gone to a D5 2.0?

    I tow a caravan at around 1800Kg and sometimes generators etc getting around 2.5-3ton.

    How does the D5 2.0 actually perform? I am yet to take a solo drive either.

    Id be looking at new and the MY2019 3.0 is a lump and all this Diesel pollution talk...

    Thanks



    I towed a 2.5T Emergency Catering Trailer back from Horton up in the dales, so not the best roads for towing.. Laughing with a courtesy D5 2.0D and have to say i was impressed...OK it could have done with a bit more grunt on the hills but on the whole it wasnt bad at all.
    3rd Sep 2018 7:42 am
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    The 2L is a great engine.

    It delivers power when it needs to and is quiet and pretty efficient for what is still a big lump of a car. 👍🏻
    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
    3rd Sep 2018 11:16 pm
  • JackNorris
    Member Since: 07 Jun 2016
    Location: Beds/Bucks
    Posts: 113
    United Kingdom 

    Thanks all, I am so torn between the two.

    Hmmm....
    4th Sep 2018 5:36 pm
  • Flat Earther
    Member Since: 15 Dec 2016
    Location: England
    Posts: 73
    United Kingdom 

    How often do you tow those heavy generators and for how long?

    Will it be along easy, flat, tarmac roads, or are you going to do lots of tight manoeuvring on difficult terrain?
    4th Sep 2018 8:07 pm
  • JackNorris
    Member Since: 07 Jun 2016
    Location: Beds/Bucks
    Posts: 113
    United Kingdom 

    Probably about 6 times a year across fields for festivals etc, either generators or stages weighing 2.5-3.2 ton

    Rest of the time is a caravan through the peaks or Cotswolds đź‘Ť

    Try to go away around 8-10 times a year

    Cheers chaps
    4th Sep 2018 8:46 pm
  • Flat Earther
    Member Since: 15 Dec 2016
    Location: England
    Posts: 73
    United Kingdom 

    The first paragraph says it all Thumbs Up

    I’ve driven each of the power outputs of the 2.0 litre in the DS and the V6 in the D5, but there’s no way I’d want even a powerful, but relatively revvy, 2.0 litre diesel to haul a 3.2 tonne trailer off tarmac. In emergencies, yes, but to buy for that purpose and use it several times a year? I wouldn’t.
    4th Sep 2018 10:28 pm
  • DG
    Member Since: 27 Apr 2016
    Location: Surrey
    Posts: 434
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Fuji White

    And yet people were very happy towing 3.5t in a 2.7 V6 with 52 bhp less and 60nm less ...while weighing 600kgs more? Confused
    4th Sep 2018 10:37 pm
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 752
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    Well, to be fair, people were happy with towing wagons full of hay and whale oil with a team of horses, until steam engines were invented.

    Whistle
    5th Sep 2018 4:19 pm
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