tow bar

jsprinter · Oct 9, 2009

Hi guys

I am arraigning my house so I decided to build a trailer so I can carry stuff with it. My 90 dose not have a tow bar so I still need to buy one. But there are some things I want to consider. It must not hang too much back because other wise I increase the difficulty of parking (where I work the parking spaces are small some times I almost touch cars to get out). That why I dont have a step bumper at the back because other wise I love those.
So what do you suggest?

Thanks

Shifty1962 · Oct 9, 2009

Land rover tow bars have adjustable removable towing balls.

boydy1989 · Oct 9, 2009

what shifty means to say is SOME land rover tow bars are adjustable...

If you build your trailer tall enough with big enough wheels, you will get away quite nicely by simply bolting a standard 2 bolt tow ball onto the rear crossmember, through those conveniently spaced pre drilled holes

jsprinter · Oct 9, 2009

boydy1989 said:
what shifty means to say is SOME land rover tow bars are adjustable...

If you build your trailer tall enough with big enough wheels, you will get away quite nicely by simply bolting a standard 2 bolt tow ball onto the rear crossmember, through those conveniently spaced pre drilled holes

I already have that but there is only 2 inches clearance because I have over sized tyres on my landy 33inches out side diameter. So on the swing away wheel door, the wheel is exactly with the bottom of the rear door

bevhelee · Oct 9, 2009

i've got tall tyres and i tow a sankey, i open the door to fit the pin.

boydy1989 · Oct 9, 2009

you wanna be careful laving that much weight hanging on the back door, its quite likely to screw it fairly soon. I dnt put mine on the door for that reason.

Anyone want a knackered back door? I've got 2 now!

sypher · Oct 11, 2009

boydy1989 said:
you wanna be careful laving that much weight hanging on the back door, its quite likely to screw it fairly soon. I dnt put mine on the door for that reason.

Anyone want a knackered back door? I've got 2 now!

Why dont you make a lower support bracket to take some of the weight of the main mounts

.

As for a the tow bar I just bought a shallow drop tow bar complete of ebay for £5

bonus

, just need the 4 bolts to fit it .

I made my own trailer from scratch using ( I'll get shot for this) a series Salisbury rear axle with wheels/tires and springs and 2x3" box section for the main chassis and 3/4" + 1/2" box for the floor and sides with marine ply over the top . You can slap over 2 1/2 ton it and drag it around with ease

, cost just over £75 all in .

Shifty1962 · Oct 11, 2009

sypher said:
Why dont you make a lower support bracket to take some of the weight of the main mounts .

As for a the tow bar I just bought a shallow drop tow bar complete of ebay for £5 bonus , just need the 4 bolts to fit it .

I made my own trailer from scratch using ( I'll get shot for this) a series Salisbury rear axle with wheels/tires and springs and 2x3" box section for the main chassis and 3/4" + 1/2" box for the floor and sides with marine ply over the top . You can slap over 2 1/2 ton it and drag it around with ease , cost just over £75 all in .

While your trailer may easily carry 2 1/2 ton it is illegal to tow this weight on the road unless you have working brakes on the trailer. Without brakes you are limited to 750kg including the weight of the trailer. With overun brakes you can tow up to 3500kg and with linked brakes (air or hydraulic) 4000kg. On private land you can do what you like but its an accident waiting to happen having a load heavier than the towing vehicle and relying on the towing vehicle's brakes alone.

Dont forget that if you are a youngster then you also need to have taken a trailer towing test as your driving licence does not give you grandad rights like us oldies.

sypher · Oct 11, 2009

Shifty1962 said:
While your trailer may easily carry 2 1/2 ton it is illegal to tow this weight on the road unless you have working brakes on the trailer. Without brakes you are limited to 750kg including the weight of the trailer. With overun brakes you can tow up to 3500kg and with linked brakes (air or hydraulic) 4000kg. On private land you can do what you like but its an accident waiting to happen having a load heavier than the towing vehicle and relying on the towing vehicle's brakes alone.

Dont forget that if you are a youngster then you also need to have taken a trailer towing test as your driving licence does not give you grandad rights like us oldies.

By the sounds of it your a lot older than me

( Im 34 btw

) . I know about the towing weights etc as I work in the industry , I was just commenting on how strong the trailer is as I was moving hardcore around a friends paddock

.

Shifty1962 · Oct 11, 2009

sypher said:
By the sounds of it your a lot older than me ( Im 34 btw ) . I know about the towing weights etc as I work in the industry , I was just commenting on how strong the trailer is as I was moving hardcore around a friends paddock .

Your initial post did not mention where you were towing which may have confused others. So like I said - what you do on private land is your business. Dont stop it being dangerous though.

Having driven abnormal loads in excess of 80 tons across all types of terrain I like to think I know a little bit about towing.

I've seen many accidents and several people killed or seriously injured because they did not consider how they were going to stop or control their loads once they got it moving. The tail wagging the dog situation is a real possibilty with unbraked trailers, even at slow speeds.

As for my age, if you reverse your age and add 10 you wont be far off.

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