P38 Tow bar

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Gooldie

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Hello

Hoping for so me help or advice. Tried hooking a trailer up to my Range Rover the other day and encountered a problem.

The car is fitted with what i think is a standard swan neck tow bar but when i attempted to hook up the trailer and wound the jockey wheel up on the trailer it was still way too low to the ground.

Is this a fault with the trailer, or the height of my towbar, can the height of the two ball be increased?

This was what i was trying to tow

niftylift-90.jpg


nothing particularly big or odd.

i have read else where on the form about raising the suspension and then locking it in high position, would this help. Sorry i know these are probably basic questions but just a bit new to towing.
 
Towing should be done with the suspension locked in the Standard ride height setting and no other!

Looking at it, yes the Swan Neck might be too low - you may need to look into a height adjustable towbar and plate!
 
Gooldie

I have exactly the same thing when I hook up my caravan, it's not a problem.

With the suspension in normalheight, non locked mode, when you hook up, the weight of the trailer will deflate the rear airbags and the back of the truck will seem to sink. as soon as you switch on the engine, the pump will level out the car and the rear should come up. All you need to do then is press the suspension inhibit switch (immediately to the right of the up/down selector switch) and she won't drop.

This is presuming that you are running on air suspension, everything is as it should be and you don't have any drop plate etc. fitted to the towbar (shouldn't have as it's a standard swan neck, same as mine)

hope this helps
 
Don't think I have ever seen an ajustable tow hitch on a p38 defenders and discos but not the p38 , what makes you think its to low , looking at the legs sticking out at the back it needs to be pulled at the level its at or down a touch but not up ??
 
Hawaii said:
Gooldie

I have exactly the same thing when I hook up my caravan, it's not a problem.

With the suspension in normalheight, non locked mode, when you hook up, the weight of the trailer will deflate the rear airbags and the back of the truck will seem to sink. as soon as you switch on the engine, the pump will level out the car and the rear should come up. All you need to do then is press the suspension inhibit switch (immediately to the right of the up/down selector switch) and she won't drop.

This is presuming that you are running on air suspension, everything is as it should be and you don't have any drop plate etc. fitted to the towbar (shouldn't have as it's a standard swan neck, same as mine)

hope this helps
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That is great advice, sounds like exactly the problem i experienced. When i saw the trailer sitting so low i just uncoupled the trailer, should have waited for it to raise and level its self out.
 
when i hook my caravan up it does look low but the suspension sorts it out
i dont know the nose weight of it but i strugle to lift it
i now use the suspenstion to "pick it up" i reverse under it in access then lift it up to wading and catch the tow hitch
 
Gooldie said:
Hello

Hoping for so me help or advice. Tried hooking a trailer up to my Range Rover the other day and encountered a problem.

The car is fitted with what i think is a standard swan neck tow bar but when i attempted to hook up the trailer and wound the jockey wheel up on the trailer it was still way too low to the ground.

Is this a fault with the trailer, or the height of my towbar, can the height of the two ball be increased?

This was what i was trying to tow

niftylift-90.jpg


nothing particularly big or odd.

i have read else where on the form about raising the suspension and then locking it in high position, would this help. Sorry i know these are probably basic questions but just a bit new to towing.
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That's odd, the swan neck is too high for my Bateson trailer, I have to lock it in motorway level. It's perfect for the caravan though once, as others said, the suspension has leveled out.
 
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