My Jag has got to go interstate once covid restrictions ease for a full restoration. To get it ready for the 900km transport to the restorer I have been putting all the parts I had pulled off it back on. I did this with the front of the car facing in.
It was now time to turn it around so the front faces out so i can put the bonnet and its trim on. As you can see from my avatar pic my drive way is a bit steep and the car has to come all the way out and get turned around near the top of the drive and rolled via gravity back into the garage.
As the first pull and turn is onto my front lawn it is a bit tight so I decided to see if the Haflinger was up to the job. In the past it has been OK when the Haflinger was loaded up but performed not so well towing things and the Jag weighs in at about 1400kg.
Well I hooked up some towing chains and it struggled to even move the Jag but once moving was ok but then the haf was on the grass and the jag going up hill. Came to a stop pretty quick with a couple of stalls and rear wheels loosing traction - into 4wd and diff locks on and movement started but all wheels spinning on the grass but eventually got the car into the sideways position ready to pull forward further up the drive.
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I disconnected the Haf and pulled it forward with my Range Rover Sport - interestingly the Haf struggled, stalling and spinning of wheels where the RRS in drive and at idle just pulled the jag up the drive so it could go back down the drive. Well gravity didn't quite work and with the jag connected to the RRS I pulled the jag with the Haf downhill but even then it struggled a bit - just goes to show how a high torque diesel works better than a low torque 640kg tow vehicle. Major advantage is its small size and ability to get into tight spots with a tight turning circle.
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