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I've been having troubles with the XF Falcon (4.1L manual) that I use to tow my lawn mowing business trailer around. I've come across a possible R30 hatch, manual - which will replace the one stolen last April - and was wondering what others think about its capability to tow a trailer that will weigh around 1 Tonne fully laiden.

Your thoughts appreciated.

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The driver's handbook states 800kg max trailer weight BRAKED & 400kg unbraked.

That's the legal requirement, but having said that, I have seen L24E R30's towing car trailers.

How tough is the law in Victoria on this?

Just yesterday I saw, went past an GK Sigma station wagon towing a car trailer with a KH Laser on travelling along the M7. According to the specs the KH Laser has a kerb weight of 1035kg & the Sigma has a max braked towing capacity of 1100kg, so I guess this combination would have exceeded 1500kg.

Your call I guess, but my suggestion would look more closely at your load.

Cheers, D

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As a tow car, I would thing the R30 would DRINK the fuel. They are bad enough as it is on the juice!

There used to be a rule that the car could not tow more than 1.5 x its weight, then recently I think it changed to 1x times (so equal)

Its all a bit confusing,

Either way I wouldnt want to put more than 1300kg on the R30.

AU Falcon wagon on gas might be an option?

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blind_elk Grand Master

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Thanks for the comments.

The guy clearly doesn't want to sell - both phone calls "rejected", and didn't respond to email - what a loser!

Andrew, the Falcon is no fuel miser after you attach the trailer. I get around 400k to a tank (E10), yet when I picked the car up from my brother in Gundagai, I got over 600! Might look into upgrading to an EFI version engine.

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