Have bought an L/R towbar from a breaker, and found that the two metal plates shown on page 4 (section 6) of the fitting instructions have not been included. Can't get much sense out of the breaker, so I thought I'd ask the experts. Are the metal plates a vital component, or can they be left off. I tried ringing my local L/R dealer and got very short shrift from them, being told that I can only buy the whole towbar unit or nothing - very helpful! Advice on this would be very helpful as I need to hook up my new (but old) horesebox trailer, and collect my alpacas from their summer shearing. Ta!
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mudcrawler
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Metal plates are just spacers as far as I know. You could probably just fabricate some from some sheet steel or alloy. Did you get all the correct sizes of bolts with it? What about the electrics? I just fitted a tow-bar recently to my own FL and should still have the instructions about somewhere if you want them?
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PM sent! 
Soloby Rob
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Recon ya got to be a ****ing cheap skate to buy a second hand tow bar.:alien:
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mudcrawler
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My facelift detachable one did come with the spacers! What make did you buy? Mine's a Towsure kit.
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Recon ya got to be a ****ing cheap skate to buy a second hand tow bar.
You bought a 2nd hand Landy? Didn't you?
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You bought a 2nd hand Landy? Didn't you?
True, true. But I did fit a brand new tow bar.
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True, true. But I did fit a brand new tow bar.
So at least the tow bar won't rust as quick as the rest of the landy then?
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Some plates are included to spread the load over a larger area to reduce bending stresses. I am not familiar with the F.lander's mounting reinforcement but be sure that they can be omitted, especially towing a heavy horse box or you might find the anchorages breaking.
(Its dark now and I am too old to go out and crawl under to look)
(Its dark now and I am too old to go out and crawl under to look)
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mudcrawler
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I'm talking about genuine LR towbars as that's what I thought the OP had bought.
I presume he did too but I know they didn't all come with spacers. So maybe they're not that important!
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Check this thread
www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/towbar-fitting-instructions-51094.html
www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/towbar-fitting-instructions-51094.html
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