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Aug 27th, 2007, 22:42 | #1 |
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Advice on 'Towing Bars' Needed!!
Hello everyone I need to pick your brains and tap into your experience!
I do a lot of towing and recovery of vehicles up to a max of around 2tonne Many of these being poorly volvo's!! Does anyone have any tips on buying a secure metal bar for towing? If so pro's and con's..... Best make to purchase etc..... It is a stop gap for the time being..... I sold my car trailer before christmas last year due to family and space constraints.... Any pointers would be greatly recieved..... Would you suggest anything else for the job...... Apart from a low loader |
Oct 31st, 2007, 14:52 | #2 |
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there are some quite substantial "rigid bars" available, even through someone like "machine mart". they are a self assembly 2 or 3 section unit, complete with a "damper spring" to take brake/drive off loading. These are reliant on having a driver in towed vehicle, otherwise you will need to go for a "A" bar type, which clips onto the towing vehicle via the 50mm ball, then attatches to the disabled motor via the other end of the "triangle" via 2 ratchet straps.
These are a bit scarcer on the ground and only usually available through a good "commercial trailer stockist". its a case of how bigs your pocket as an a bar can cost almost as much as a trailer, whereas a straight bar wont go much over the 40.00 mark, even for a decent one. |
Nov 3rd, 2007, 22:51 | #3 |
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Nov 3rd, 2007, 22:53 | #4 |
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I have bought one of these LIDL bars and it looks well enough made for all the use I will give. Great for the cash.
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Nov 3rd, 2007, 23:09 | #5 |
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German company so therestuff is usually TUV tested so pretty good, not cheap china rubbish.
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Nov 25th, 2007, 01:58 | #6 |
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I've got one of those 3 bits clip together ones alot its box steel and not like the machine mart ones and i've modified one end and put a 50mm tow hitch on it,
I've towed all sorts with it and i've even used it at work rather than using a rope as its alot safer as you are closer and fixed to each other, don't know how much its designed to pull, but i've towed a xc90 and a big reno box van with it and it coped okay,
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