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I posted this in the 60 series forum, but then (attempted) to delete it and ask here instead since it's diesel related. There's a 50/50 chance that I will be moving to BC from Ontario by December. (I lived there before, should have never left). Of course, now I have a Quebec raised 1984 BJ60 with a class 3 hitch installed by the original owner. The 4 cylinder diesel seems OK around town but anyone else who has one knows that they don't exactly have neck breaking acceleration.
Do you think it would work out to rent a car-dolly from Uhaul and tow my 2006 Toyota Matrix behind the Land Cruiser? (it won't work the other way - I don't think I could tow the Land Cruiser with the Matrix)!
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Not a bloody chance.
I just towed a trailer and a jeep back from Ontario to Calgary with a van that had WICKED power and brakes on the towed unit and disliked it.
If the brakes on the tow dolly (IF it has brakes that work in the first place) ever failed you would be relying on the system on the 60. You will over heat the discs in no time warping them, generating heat into the hubs and melting the grease there and ruining the wheel bearings.
The Pyro will be through the roof on the hills and the cooling system will be tested to the max.
Your fuel economy will suck; your enjoyment of the trip will suck.
The trip will be LONG at the speeds you will be able to travel at SAFELY.
BC is bad enough but if you hit inclement weather in northern Ontario it could be deadly. Who ever planned the road system in that stretch should be gut shot and left tied to a hill of ants. Sharp 90 degree bends right at the bottom of long steep hills and one lane traffic each way.
No pull out if you do break down for long stretches of road in both BC and Northern Ontario.
If you blow the head or kill the engine then you could be in the same boat as the recent abandoned HJ60 in Ontario OR a huge repair bill.
Sorry but I feel this s a VERY BAD idea.
Ship the BJ60 by trail and drive the Matrix.
I posted this in the 60 series forum, but then (attempted) to delete it and ask here instead since it's diesel related. There's a 50/50 chance that I will be moving to BC from Ontario by December. (I lived there before, should have never left). Of course, now I have a Quebec raised 1984 BJ60 with a class 3 hitch installed by the original owner. The 4 cylinder diesel seems OK around town but anyone else who has one knows that they don't exactly have neck breaking acceleration.
Do you think it would work out to rent a car-dolly from Uhaul and tow my 2006 Toyota Matrix behind the Land Cruiser? (it won't work the other way - I don't think I could tow the Land Cruiser with the Matrix)!
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Not a bloody chance.
I just towed a trailer and a jeep back from Ontario to Calgary with a van that had WICKED power and brakes on the towed unit and disliked it.
If the brakes on the tow dolly (IF it has brakes that work in the first place) ever failed you would be relying on the system on the 60. You will over heat the discs in no time warping them, generating heat into the hubs and melting the grease there and ruining the wheel bearings.
The Pyro will be through the roof on the hills and the cooling system will be tested to the max.
Your fuel economy will suck; your enjoyment of the trip will suck.
The trip will be LONG at the speeds you will be able to travel at SAFELY.
BC is bad enough but if you hit inclement weather in northern Ontario it could be deadly. Who ever planned the road system in that stretch should be gut shot and left tied to a hill of ants. Sharp 90 degree bends right at the bottom of long steep hills and one lane traffic each way.
No pull out if you do break down for long stretches of road in both BC and Northern Ontario.
If you blow the head or kill the engine then you could be in the same boat as the recent abandoned HJ60 in Ontario OR a huge repair bill.
Sorry but I feel this s a VERY BAD idea.
Ship the BJ60 by trail and drive the Matrix.
