Drop plate tie bars

EvangelicAtheist · Mar 15, 2019

I am fabricating a drop plate to mount a tow-bar to my 90 and I want to add tie bars to strengthen it. I am making it in 10mm plate and have made it into channel for extra strength but I will be towing some heavy stuff so it will need extra support - where do people bolt the tie bars to please?

jamesmartin · Mar 15, 2019

2 pices of angle would have done ,theres 2 tubes welded to underside of chassis about a foot from the rear that tie down brackets bolt 2 or tow brackets supports do

EvangelicAtheist · Mar 15, 2019

jamesmartin said:
2 pices of angle would have done ,theres 2 tubes welded to underside of chassis about a foot from the rear that tie down brackets bolt 2 or tow brackets supports do

Thanks James, I didn't originally plan any tie bars so I designed it to be strong and look pukka, and I have a mate who bent the plate into channel for me so all I have to do is drill the mounting holes, but having thought about it I think it will need the tie bars. Cheers for the steer.

jamesmartin · Mar 15, 2019

EvangelicAtheist said:
Thanks James, I didn't originally plan any tie bars so I designed it to be strong and look pukka, and I have a mate who bent the plate into channel for me so all I have to do is drill the mounting holes, but having thought about it I think it will need the tie bars. Cheers for the steer.

it needs tie bars in any case on a defender they are fitted as standard as tow ball is going to sit under the rear cross member level, the bolts are 10mm by about 110mm

jamesmartin · Mar 15, 2019

EvangelicAtheist · Mar 17, 2019

Thanks James,

here is what I ended up fabricating, the 10mm channel didn't work out as it was bent too narrow, so I used an old drop plate I had that was too short, which I extended with some thick angle and then made the tie bars from box section.

Drop plate tie bars

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