Tow Ball hitch

Jim Roberts · May 3, 2005

Hi...........any suggestions how and where i can fit a tow ball hitch onto
the front of a 96 discovery?
Is there a recommended place?

Thanks

Jim R

Richard Brookman · May 3, 2005

Jim Roberts wrote:
> Hi...........any suggestions how and where i can fit a tow ball hitch
> onto the front of a 96 discovery?
> Is there a recommended place?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim R

Depends what you want it for. For a recovery point, I wouldn't suggest any
less than a bit of 3x3 welded between the front chassis rails, with an
arrangement to bolt the towball to. For lighter duties, I don't know the
exact layout of the Disco front end, but a ball bolted to the bumper of the
S2 in line with the chassis rail seems to be quite adequate for shifting
trailers around etc, if that helps at all.

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Rich
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RR 4.6HSE (up for sale)
S2a SWB (not for sale)
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

Paul S. Brown · May 4, 2005

Richard Brookman wrote:

> Jim Roberts wrote:
>> Hi...........any suggestions how and where i can fit a tow ball hitch
>> onto the front of a 96 discovery?
>> Is there a recommended place?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jim R
>
> Depends what you want it for. For a recovery point, I wouldn't suggest
> any less than a bit of 3x3 welded between the front chassis rails, with an
> arrangement to bolt the towball to. For lighter duties, I don't know the
> exact layout of the Disco front end, but a ball bolted to the bumper of
> the S2 in line with the chassis rail seems to be quite adequate for
> shifting trailers around etc, if that helps at all.
>

The bumper on a disco is made of much lighter metal than the one on a Series
- just the noseweight of a decent size trailer will probably distort it.

Some places do make replacement Disco bumpers with mounting points for
towballs.

P.
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1992 200 TDI Disco - heavily modified
1982 V8 Range Rover - heavily corroded
2000 Rover 75 - heavily driven
1993 Lexus LS400 - just plain heavy on fuel

Richard Brookman · May 4, 2005

Paul S. Brown wrote:

>> Depends what you want it for. For a recovery point, I wouldn't
>> suggest any less than a bit of 3x3 welded between the front chassis
>> rails, with an arrangement to bolt the towball to. For lighter
>> duties, I don't know the exact layout of the Disco front end, but a
>> ball bolted to the bumper of the S2 in line with the chassis rail
>> seems to be quite adequate for shifting trailers around etc, if that
>> helps at all.
>>
>
> The bumper on a disco is made of much lighter metal than the one on a
> Series - just the noseweight of a decent size trailer will probably
> distort it.

True, I was thinking more of the location (with a bit of suitable
bracketry) - a front towball offset to one side is much more useful than a
central one for manoeuvering trailers. Take your point about the metal,
though. Should have read more carefully before sending.
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Rich
==============================
RR 4.6HSE (up for sale)
S2a SWB (not for sale)
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

Diverman · May 4, 2005

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Try these from David bowyer.
You can get a detatchable towbar which slides into the jacking tube.
I've launched large ribs no problem with them.
Have also been recovered with them from a sticky situation.

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> >> Is there a recommended place?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
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> P.
> --
> 1992 200 TDI Disco      - heavily modified
> 1982 V8 Range Rover     - heavily corroded
> 2000 Rover 75           - heavily driven
> 1993 Lexus LS400        - just plain heavy on fuel[/color]

Diverman · May 4, 2005

Sorry the link didn't come out all the way.
They're called jackmates and they're in the winching accessories section on
the products page.

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> I've launched large ribs no problem with them.
> Have also been recovered with them from a sticky situation.
>
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> > >> Hi...........any suggestions how and where i can fit a tow ball hitch
> > >> onto the front of a 96 discovery?
> > >> Is there a recommended place?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >>
> > >> Jim R
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> Series[color=green]
> > - just the noseweight of a decent size trailer will probably distort it.
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> > Some places do make replacement Disco bumpers with mounting points for
> > towballs.
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> > P.
> > --
> > 1992 200 TDI Disco      - heavily modified
> > 1982 V8 Range Rover     - heavily corroded
> > 2000 Rover 75           - heavily driven
> > 1993 Lexus LS400        - just plain heavy on fuel[/color]
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