Altering the hight of the towbar

Val. h · Jun 26, 2021

My car has a 2" lift. This makes the towbar too high for my lower trailers and caravan. Arse end dragging on the floor sort of thing.

The towbar is one of those removable (massive banana shaped) sort with a lock on the side (no key as per.. How the fk do they work anyway?).

Has anyone done a cut and lower job on one of this type, do I need to use a special type of welding. I'm contemplating using an ajustable (Bradly?) plate.

Any ideas or advice guys?

flat · Jun 27, 2021

Just use an adjustable Dixon bate or similar, much safer and then you can alter height to whatever you need.

much safer than doing some bodge cut and shut on the weird factory tow bar tbh

Val. h · Jun 27, 2021

flat said:
Just use an adjustable Dixon bate or similar, much safer and then you can alter height to whatever you need.

much safer than doing some bodge cut and shut on the weird factory tow bar tbh

Not having the two standard ball hitch bolts will make that rather difficult, hence cutting and welding. However the reason for doing this, is to enable the fitment of just such a plate.

Nodge68 · Jun 28, 2021

Any modifications to the tow bar could land you in hot water should it fail when towing something.

Surely it's better to just fit an approved adjustable height tow bar as an assembly?

wattfield · Jun 29, 2021

Try https://www.tow-trust.co.uk/
They do towbars with adjustable drop plates, I have one on the Freelander.

Val. h · Jun 29, 2021

flat said:
Just use an adjustable Dixon bate or similar, much safer and then you can alter height to whatever you need.

much safer than doing some bodge cut and shut on the weird factory tow bar tbh

Nodge68 said:
Any modifications to the tow bar could land you in hot water should it fail when towing something.

Surely it's better to just fit an approved adjustable height tow bar as an assembly?

wattfield said:
Try https://www.tow-trust.co.uk/
They do towbars with adjustable drop plates, I have one on the Freelander.

OK confession time. I no longer have a Land Rover. I put my post here because you guys are more likely to have experiance of this type of work. My car is a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 2" lift and bigger than usual 20" tyres. These cars are constant 4 wheel drive and have a towing capacity of 3.5 tone. I have searched for several days and there are no drop plate options.

I fully understand the leagal implications of this sort of thing and intend design it to be stronger than standard and to have it proffesionally welded by a competant welder.

My plan is to remove the swan neck tow bar, unbolt it's holder from the towing bracket/main tow bar and use these fixings along with some extra tryangulation stay bars to take into account of the weaight being pulled from lower down.

Turboman · Jun 29, 2021

Val. h said:
OK confession time. I no longer have a Land Rover. I put my post here because you guys are more likely to have experiance of this type of work. My car is a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 2" lift and bigger than usual 20" tyres. These cars are constant 4 wheel drive and have a towing capacity of 3.5 tone. I have searched for several days and there are no drop plate options.

I fully understand the leagal implications of this sort of thing and intend design it to be stronger than standard and to have it proffesionally welded by a competant welder.

My plan is to remove the swan neck tow bar, unbolt it's holder from the towing bracket/main tow bar and use these fixings along with some extra tryangulation stay bars to take into account of the weaight being pulled from lower down.

You should have posted in AG. Most of the Jeep fans hang out in there!

wattfield · Jun 29, 2021

Val. h said:
OK confession time. I no longer have a Land Rover. I put my post here because you guys are more likely to have experiance of this type of work. My car is a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 2" lift and bigger than usual 20" tyres. These cars are constant 4 wheel drive and have a towing capacity of 3.5 tone. I have searched for several days and there are no drop plate options.

I fully understand the leagal implications of this sort of thing and intend design it to be stronger than standard and to have it proffesionally welded by a competant welder.

My plan is to remove the swan neck tow bar, unbolt it's holder from the towing bracket/main tow bar and use these fixings along with some extra tryangulation stay bars to take into account of the weaight being pulled from lower down.

Did you try Tow Trust? I reckon this would fit their couplings: https://tow-trust.s3.amazonaws.com/instructions/TCH2.pdf
Couplings: https://www.tow-trust.co.uk/towbars/accessories/height_couplings

Val. h · Jun 29, 2021

wattfield said:
Did you try Tow Trust? I reckon this would fit their couplings: https://tow-trust.s3.amazonaws.com/instructions/TCH2.pdf
Couplings: https://www.tow-trust.co.uk/towbars/accessories/height_couplings

Wow, Thanks. Never come accross this site before. Yeh the tow bracket is the right one. I'll give them a shout.

Val. h · Jun 30, 2021

wattfield said:
Did you try Tow Trust? I reckon this would fit their couplings: https://tow-trust.s3.amazonaws.com/instructions/TCH2.pdf
Couplings: https://www.tow-trust.co.uk/towbars/accessories/height_couplings

Found on on ebay. Arriving next week. Will still need to add a pair of stay bars, so it doesn't over stress the rear cross mamber with a dropp plate fitted.

wattfield · Jul 1, 2021

Val. h said:
Found on on ebay. Arriving next week. Will still need to add a pair of stay bars, so it doesn't over stress the rear cross mamber with a dropp plate fitted.

You’ll find they’re very well made, and very sturdy!

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