The adventure didn’t stop there â€" I was nominated to tow a large trailer laden with kayaks down the mountain to Lake Wanaka for a bit of a break from driving.
The reverse-view camera has a guideline to help line up the tow bar, which I was incredibly grateful for. It helped me save face, and nail it first go in front of a big group of my peers. The Ranger has a braked towing capacity of 3500kg (750kg unbraked) and though plastic kayaks are light, the trailer was long and awkward at times to manoeuvre through narrow paddock gates and around tight corners.
Trailer sway control, dynamic stability control with ABS, hill launch assist, load adaptive control, emergency brake assist, roll over mitigation, emergency brake light activation, traction control and hill descent control are standard across the 4×4 Ranger range.
The kayak around the lake was relaxing and gave us an opportunity to see the scenery from a different perspective, the water is crystal clear, the grass a vibrant green and the snow-covered peaks were almost blinding in the sunlight. Though I chose the kayak adventure, others took the opportunity to explore the property on a mountain bike, and some went fly-fishing.
At the end of the first day we enjoyed the freshly caught fish, cooked over a campfire, before heading back to base.
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