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LiftedDisco
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Towcester
Posts: 270
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Hi... hope someone can give some guidance...
I have a D4 Commercial on order and will be having a tow bar fitted so that the Fun Prevention Officer can tow the horse trailer from time to time.
We have done this for the last three years with a detachable towbar on a Freelander 2 with no problems and so I had specced a detachable tow bar for the new D4... but I have just seen a post on another forum that this is too low for an Ifor Williams horse trailer!
Does anyone have any experience of this - or should I be looking to change this to the multi-height tow bar?
Wot u fink?
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 Tue Nov 09 2010 11:00pm |
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ELD70
Member Since: 28 Jan 2008
Location: Romford.
Posts: 851
 
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I used the multi-height to tow our Richardson box and it does help to pick the best height.
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| Tue Nov 09 2010 11:07pm |
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Migster
Member Since: 20 Sep 2010
Location: Lowton, Cheshire
Posts: 85
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Hi
You need to contact Iffor Williams and ask them what tow hitch height they recommend for your trailer. A standard plug in tow bar is 400mm. I have an Equi Trek trailer and they recommend a higher hitch height so I got a LR adjustable one. You don't want to be towing a heavey trailer nose down as it makes it unstable.
Good luck.
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| Tue Nov 09 2010 11:18pm |
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B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Posts: 912
 
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Better to have it a bit too low rather than a bit too high, that will really make it unstable.
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| Wed Nov 10 2010 11:44am |
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There's got to be someone near you with a detachable bar that could pop roiund and hook it up so yoiu can see for yourself?
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| Wed Nov 10 2010 12:04pm |
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LiftedDisco
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Towcester
Posts: 270
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Thanks Ian... why didn't I think of that!
Will ring Darren to see what he has fitted - he's less than half a mile away...
Still intrigued as to where you went ploughing in the Northants lanes...
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| Wed Nov 10 2010 3:40pm |
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chopdogs
Member Since: 03 Mar 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 181
 
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Hi.
I tow an Ifor with the detachable tow bar - no problems. 59 Disco 4 HSE
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| Tue Nov 16 2010 11:03am |
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IanNP
Member Since: 17 Aug 2009
Location: Lancashire, Chorley ..ish
Posts: 190
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I have towed both my old Ifor 505 and my new 511 with the standard detachable bar.
I have never had a problems with height or stability - I don't tend to hang around either!
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| Tue Nov 16 2010 9:55pm |
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LiftedDisco
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Towcester
Posts: 270
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Thanks for the various replys... much appreciated!
The demonstrator that I had (mainly to see how it towed...) didn't have a tow bar fitted!
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| Tue Nov 16 2010 10:11pm |
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