Has anyone towed with a Mitsubishi L200?

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Any input would be gratefully received please!

I've seen a single cab version of the above and it seems like a great buy (as far as cars ever are) but a friend of mine has said that she'd heard that they don't give the horses a great ride as the backs are too light so the trailer isn't grounded enough. Has anyone got any experience of this? I have been to a weighbridge and horse + trailer + kit for eventing came to 1.5
 
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Mine wasa double cab but I loved it! Yes they can be abit light in the back end but when youve got trailer and horse then your ok. My pony never had a problem and he can be a fussy traveller
 
I have the twin-cab version, and it's a pretty good truck. I tow an IW 510 and it manages fine with two 'osses in, and all the kit needed....

I tow AT LEAST every weekend, and sometimes twice, for vets visits in the week etc etc...

Had it over a year now, and it's not grunted wrong once.

A good all-round truck.
 
Thanks for that, I can't imagine there is much of a difference between a single and double cab? I'm looking at pick-ups now as carrying the horses hay and water in the winter has completely ruined the boot of my last car!
 
Hah!

We had 3 ft of snow in November, and to do the horses water, I'd have to defrost the tap (rest of the pipes to the trough frozen solid) then fill up 2 150 litre barrels with lids. Then I'd drive into each paddock thru all that snow (up and over the headlights in some places!) reverse up to the trough, smash and take out the ice, then top up the water from the barrels. Twice a day this was done!!

Never put a wheel wrong, did my truck....then did the hay too, once the water was done.....

This truck saved my life, if I didn't have it, dragging small barrels into the paddocks would have finished me off....especially since I had 7 horses to tend to, mine, my sisters horses and the liveries, they all got snowed in! My sis has since bought my lil 4 x 4 Ford Maverick off me, in case we get all that snow again, drove her nuts, being snowed in....
 
I have a Ford Ranger pick up, it is very bouncy for the people in the car as there is so much "overhang" whereas my Defender was better as the traile went straight onto the axel so to speak, I think my boy dies bounce around a bit am not sure if it is the same for him as me then, yes, he is bouncing but he doesn't seem stressed and goes in again quite unconcerned. I bought the Ranger as it is also my every day car and gave better consumption than any other 4x4
 
The L200 double cab towed an IW510 plus large hunter absolutely fine. I think all 4WD are juicy on fuel, this isn't any better or worse on fuel than others.
 
Jess Hoss said:
we were looking into buying one of these, but heard that they're a bit greedy with the diesel. . . and that's without a horse in tow !:D
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I'm not overly worried about the diesel (although obviously a concern) as I don't do a huge amount of mileage, it would mainly be for winter and competitions as my fab mother has put me on the insurance of her car for when I do longer trips (which is very rarely!).

Why is buying vehicles such a minefield?!!
 
I love my double cab L200. Yes it is thirsty, but tows brilliantly, as long as you are not to turn around anywhere. the overall length is long and the turning circle is rubbish
 
We've had 2 L200s, 1st was a single cab, current is double cab. Both brilliant and reliable, plenty of guts, lovely to drive. We have a very large Bayhill trailer and the truck tows that, with 2 big horses (sometimes 2 Shires) with ease. As above, the downside is that the turning circle is poor but it wouldn't put me off getting another one.
 
Got a 10plate isuzu Denver crew cab and love it 34 ISH mpg if on decent trips 21ish if heavy towing farm trailer and cattle or sheep no problems being light.
 
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