Disco 2 Towing

hi all i have tried looking on the threads for info but got limitid info(maybe looking in the wrong direction)
Ive got Discovery 2 with 2inch sus lift and maybe another 2inch with my tyres.
Just wondering if i will have to drop my towball height for towing carvan/trailer and if so can i get an adapter plate for my original towing frame to drop the ball height down?? Tia steven

IMO if your caravan or trailer ain't level then yeah.

Int that what the Dixon Bates style tow hitches designed to do ?

At a guess I'd say tow ball has to drop by about 4 inches , my D2 did have some adjustment on the back plate.

Look at what make the tow bar is and ask them. My D2 hat a Witter and they said 3inch max drop plate.

Toys hope these guys would know;
https://www.pfjones.co.uk/towball-heights.html

not feedback or advice about the forum, stick it in the disco section

What size tyres you using? Td5?

doriz said:

Int that what the Dixon Bates style tow hitches designed to do ?

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Exactly! Thats what I use on both my D2 and my D1 which also has a lift. More important with a twin axle, but drawbar weight and loading is extremely important no matter what you are doing, when towing.
My towbar plate already has about 4 sets of mounting holes then I can mount the DB either way up and then it has all the adjustment a DB is designed for too. Best way of going, IMHO, and i have spent the last 12 years towing a huge twin axle box trailer to the Tarn in France and back. I put HD springs on the D1 which gave me a 2" lift, but when I suddenly had to use the D2 I left it standard.