Low tow bar

I have a 110 TD5 with a factory fitted tow bar. It seems to be quite low. Not the movable plate, but the fixed brackets that attach to the back cross member and attaches to the 2 arms that attaches to the chassis further forward. As I will be using it in Namibia on very rough roads, am wondering re it grounding. The easy solution is to remove it, but it seems to be a good place for recovery attachment. Are they all very low and is there a solution to this problem ?

What height is it now, and will you be running bigger tyres out there?

Will go and measure this evening. No-hope to run normal tires.

If you are not planning on towing and only using it as a recovery point your best bet would be to fit a nato hitch which bolts direct to the cross member. Or a specific recovery point direct to the cross member.
If you are planning on towing with it there is not a lot of option due to the height of a trailer towball.

Leakydiff said:

I have a 110 TD5 with a factory fitted tow bar. It seems to be quite low. Not the movable plate, but the fixed brackets that attach to the back cross member and attaches to the 2 arms that attaches to the chassis further forward. As I will be using it in Namibia on very rough roads, am wondering re it grounding. The easy solution is to remove it, but it seems to be a good place for recovery attachment. Are they all very low and is there a solution to this problem ?

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Standard towbars are very low, but that is what you need for towing a twin axle trailer on surfaced roads.
They do sometimes ground out when off roading, and if you are driving with one or both wheels in ruts, as you may be in Africa, the frame may be ploughing through the ground as you go along.
If you aren't planning on towing twin axle, it might be better to remove it, and fit a ring to be used with a pin coupling, direct on the rear crossmember. The ring and pin coupling will give much more trailer articulation than the towballs commonly used in Britain.
For recovery, you could use the ring, or attach one or more recovery points to the crossmember.

From ground to bottom of bracket- 30cm. I think this will def. ground . Best to remove before shipping the beastie.

Diff guards might be useful.

mick the builder said:

Diff guards might be useful.

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It might be better to install heavy duty diff pans.
Diff guards are water and mud traps, and will rot the pans in short order in African conditions.