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steven.k

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• Jun 11, 2020

• #1

hi all i have tried looking on the threads for info but got limitid info(maybe looking in the wrong direction)
Ive got Discovery 2 with 2inch sus lift and maybe another 2inch with my tyres.
Just wondering if i will have to drop my towball height for towing carvan/trailer and if so can i get an adapter plate for my original towing frame to drop the ball height down?? Tia steven

 

backinblack

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Full Member

• Jun 11, 2020

• #2

IMO if your caravan or trailer ain't level then yeah.

 

doriz

Well-Known Member

• Jun 12, 2020

• #3

Int that what the Dixon Bates style tow hitches designed to do ?

 

backinblack

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• Jun 12, 2020

• #4

At a guess I'd say tow ball has to drop by about 4 inches , my D2 did have some adjustment on the back plate.

 

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Russell 1

Active Member

• Jun 12, 2020

• #5

Look at what make the tow bar is and ask them. My D2 hat a Witter and they said 3inch max drop plate.

 

kermit_rr

Very

Full Member

• Jun 12, 2020

• #6

Toys hope these guys would know;
https://www.pfjones.co.uk/towball-heights.html

 

goonarmy

Beer tester

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• Jun 13, 2020

• #7

not feedback or advice about the forum, stick it in the disco section

 

robhtid

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• Jun 13, 2020

• #8

What size tyres you using? Td5?

 

Stanleysteamer

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• Jun 17, 2020

• #9

doriz said:

Int that what the Dixon Bates style tow hitches designed to do ?

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Exactly! Thats what I use on both my D2 and my D1 which also has a lift. More important with a twin axle, but drawbar weight and loading is extremely important no matter what you are doing, when towing.
My towbar plate already has about 4 sets of mounting holes then I can mount the DB either way up and then it has all the adjustment a DB is designed for too. Best way of going, IMHO, and i have spent the last 12 years towing a huge twin axle box trailer to the Tarn in France and back. I put HD springs on the D1 which gave me a 2" lift, but when I suddenly had to use the D2 I left it standard.