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Calcul@tor Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: Middle England Posts: 179 |
I know towbars are one of the recurring topics here and have read a number of the posts, but would be grateful for some advice...
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29th May 2014 5:53 pm |
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Calcul@tor Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: Middle England Posts: 179 |
Answering my own post, would this be any good:
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29th May 2014 6:51 pm |
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fisha Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 299 |
I have a 506 Ifor and a tow on occasion ( about 1 every few weeks ) a 15hh pony, for typically upto 45mins each way.
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29th May 2014 9:01 pm |
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dunkley201 Member Since: 09 Jul 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 2739 |
fisha is right on all counts - Witter make a good bar. I have a R40. It looks the part and gives confidence over the detachable which, especially if it clunks, I do not trust. Right about the weights too. A horse trailer is a heavy piece of kit, and horses are deceptively heavy. Way too easy to take a freelander to its tow limit. Check licences too. If test passed since the rules changed, max train weight 3,500kg or you need +E test pass.
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29th May 2014 9:24 pm |
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Calcul@tor Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: Middle England Posts: 179 |
Thanks all for your comments and advice - much appreciated.
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30th May 2014 9:06 am |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
As yours is an XS and a manual version, you have front parking sensors, so you could get away with non LR towing electrics and have a bypass relay with an audible bleepers for he indicators, saves the outlay of getting them coded, your rear parking sensors will activate in reverse but as you have an XS you will have a button on the dash to silence them. |
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30th May 2014 9:54 am |
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Calcul@tor Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: Middle England Posts: 179 |
OK, thanks for that.
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30th May 2014 10:02 am |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
LR electrics will need coding, then the reverse sensors, rear fogs and the indicator warning light will work.
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30th May 2014 10:14 am |
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Calcul@tor Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: Middle England Posts: 179 |
OK, thanks. What should 'they' use? |
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30th May 2014 10:17 am |
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fisha Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 299 |
Iirc the kit I fitted had an active wiring setup which plugged into the car. It needed a few fuses added to the rear fuse box and electronic boxes that just plugged into existing sections of the wiring loom. I haven't Amy reprogramming done on the cat and the trailer lights work perfectly. The trailer indicator symbol appears on the dash when indicating but the parking sensors on the rear don't disable when reversing (which doesn't bother me) |
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30th May 2014 11:24 am |
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Thon Member Since: 13 Dec 2013 Location: Sunny Salisbury Plain Posts: 62 |
I have a fixed witter bar and although it is excellent when towing it is quite low, particularly if you use a combination ball and pintle hitch as I do. This is absolutely fine normally but if you do any driving on undulating terrain as I do you can experience some fairly unpleasant grounding. I am replacing mine with a removable witter type to avoid this in future. |
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30th May 2014 11:40 am |
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realspeed Member Since: 26 Mar 2011 Location: East Sussex Posts: 574 |
At the end of the day fit whatever suits your news the most. Everyone has their own ideas to suit their own circumstances Ex 2010 Freelander2 GS-e Diesel manual Silver owner |
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30th May 2014 8:33 pm |
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