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Largered wrote
Bob, are you suggesting a Tow Bar on the back ........ and the front of her Freelander ???

This got me wondering why more boat or caravan trailing folk do not fit a front tow-hitch.

I had in the past quite a lot of experience in towing aircraft, and it was standard practice to connect the towbar to the front of the towing tractor when pushing the aircraft back into confined spaces where accraccy was required.

It is much easier to control the angles with the front of a car than with the back, and I have watched many times as people have struggled and repeatedly jack-knived. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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at a camping and caravan site near Newquay the owner has a Defender 90 with tow ball on the rear as normal, and tow ball fixed to the front bumper to manoeuvre caravans round the site.... a lot easier on a 90 with steel girder bumper than on a FL2 though

See Ebay item no eBay Item No. 282840468672. This has been for sale for about 3 months so there doesn`t seem to be much interest in it. Might be insurance implications with having it fitted? I`m sure there must be a few Freelanders with one fitted. The company that made them (Watling)I assume did a bit of market research into a demand for it before they started making them?

Seen one on a vehicle up on an estate in Scotland last year ,Toyota, I think. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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A work mate of mine had one of the first FL2s, he had one fitted.

He was a keen caravanner but due to his wife's worsening MS he found it easier to use when setting up as he had to do it single handed.

insurance company's ask about a tow bar but don't specify front or rear. wonder if you could get away with it. Common sense isn't very common.
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DEG5Y wrote:

A work mate of mine had one of the first FL2s, he had one fitted.

He was a keen caravanner but due to his wife's worsening MS he found it easier to use when setting up as he had to do it single handed.

I understand how a front towbar works to give greater control to manouvre. But with a large trailer or caravan, how the do you see where you are going? At least when you're reversing you can use your mirrors!

The front tow bar fits to one side of the vehicle so you can see down one side of the towed item while pushing/pulling it. Me dad had one on his old series tratter. We think it came from a caravan site before he had it. Hence the front tow bar. Hippo's videos - Honorary Tratterer

I have a removable front tow hitch which I use to manoeuvre my small yacht on its trailer when I bring her home during the winter. It is a very awkward uphill dog-leg which was almost impossible when reversing but is really easy when pushing using the front bar as the steering is very close to the hitch. I bought mine from Watling but it was a bit ugly even with the ball removed so I welded a couple of bracket to the front cross member which looks much better and has worked well for the past four years. - 2007(57) XS Auto, Rimini Red, Alpaca Leather.
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This is my front Tow Bar ..... its a US receiver. I have 'plug-in' bar that gives me a 50mm ball or a winch plate bracket.

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Topic for further discussing ....

Funny how people react differently if one was to fit a bull bar on a vehicle but a front tow bar is fine

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LRNUT "I looked into getting a wraparound bull bar custom made from polished stainless steel it would cost around £2,500 -£3,000"

Went for a black bar instead
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Largered wrote:

This is my front Tow Bar ..... its a US receiver. I have 'plug-in' bar that gives me a 50mm ball or a winch plate bracket.

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I also have a US receiver on the rear.

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