A question for caravan towers

Found a bit of a problem when trying to connect my Coachman caravan up to our Freelander 1.

The friction lever on the caravan which has to be upright when hitching up fouls on the spare wheel.

Appreciate any ideas on how to get around this ?

Buy a Discovery.

well you could try taking the spare wheel off and putting in in said caravan (cheap option) or if you have an alko hitch as i guess you may have a look at AKS2004/3004 4x4 Adapter Handle Stabiliser Hitches Caravan Stabilisers Caravan Towing Equipment Caravannin... as this may solve your problem

robashman said:

well you could try taking the spare wheel off and putting in in said caravan (cheap option) or if you have an alko hitch as i guess you may have a look at AKS2004/3004 4x4 Adapter Handle Stabiliser Hitches Caravan Stabilisers Caravan Towing Equipment Caravannin... as this may solve your problem

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Thanks for that 'robashman' bit pricy but will do the job.

Bugsy said:

Found a bit of a problem when trying to connect my Coachman caravan up to our Freelander 1.

The friction lever on the caravan which has to be upright when hitching up fouls on the spare wheel.

Appreciate any ideas on how to get around this ?

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If you hitch is alko i have seem somewhere they do a handle especially for 4x4 s that have a lack of space due to the wheel on the rear door and in fact if you look in towsure catalogue item number aks50 it is an adaptor handle for rear door with spare wheel ....i still use the old and trusted lever stabiliser so im ok .
hope this helps price £49.95 so not cheap

it is possible to hitch up if you are dead straght on to caravan. you can buy the short adaptor i got one cheap at a caravan market, but just taking the long arm off and pushing down on the two exposed arms works just as well.

I've got the alko hitch, normally, i rotate the coupling head so the handle clears the spare wheel, then as I lower the hitch with the jockey wheel, push the handle over and down, just clicks in.

not as easy as a straight on and off, but always works okay.

Burn it.. and the the caravan.. Solves two problemns then..

Hi, I have a coachman with the same problem, could have bought the 4x4 conversion handle, but being a tight fisted Yorkshireman I just take the screw out of the handle remove the handle then connect up and the replace it to lock it down.

Hi Bugsy,

You need to get a Alko 4 x 4 handle like the one in the link below. You will have to take the red handle part of your hitch off and leave it off, when you want to attach your caravan to your Freelander use the 4 x 4 handle instead.

alko stabiliser 4 x 4 retro fit handle | eBay

4x4 Retro-Fit Stabliliser Handle AL-KO Shop

HTH

Thanks to all the replies I've got one on e ebay in my watch-list.

How far off the upright is it? Not had to hitch up to our 'van yet...

If it's just a couple of inches in it then get one of the spacers, that go between the two ball and the bracket on the car, I use one on the R75 so the friction head clears the metal plate that protects the bumper.

Edit: this is the item number for a 2" one on eBay 170776485450