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AAA.Happy.Disco1.Fan
 


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Front Tow Ball ?

Advice sought on fitting a Front Tow Ball to a D3 - 06 for general trailer manouvering, please. May I assume that since this will be either on private land, or directly from road into my driveway, lights will not br required, but I can wire up an extension if necessary.

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tbruk.com do a front 2" receiver mount, I'd imagine this would be ideal as it would make the front towball detachable 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto  
Post #71716917th Nov 2010 12:22 pm
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I can't see why lights would be necessary if you're not going to be towing on a public road Thumbs Up (unless you could do it in reverse gear at 80mph on the motorway Laughing ) 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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PaulP wrote:
I can't see why lights would be necessary if you're not going to be towing on a public road Thumbs Up (unless you could do it in reverse gear at 80mph on the motorway Laughing )


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Can't even manage 5 kph backwards on my tri-cycle, sitting on the handlebars!

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CFB wrote:
tbruk.com do a front 2" receiver mount, I'd imagine this would be ideal as it would make the front towball detachable


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V many thanks, just had to phone them to get an English version, as even they can't find it on their own site.

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DG wrote:
http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/front_towbars.html


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This looks v good, especially as there is a facility for "off-setting" the 'ball to the passenger's side. No more damaged trees, fences, ...
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I have asked RLD to look into making one - it would not affect ground clearance - which the other one does by what you can see in the photos.
This is one on a Discovery 1 - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/i.hubnu...59751b.jpg
I want to use it with this - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/i.hubnu...0ab325.jpg
https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/i.hubnu...d9f807.jpg
And think it needs to be like this - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/i.hubnu...e95dc0.jpg
When you comapre it to a hidden winch mount it "should" be fairly simple - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/i.hubnu...060256.jpg
RLD is quite busy - anyone handy with a welder?

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V many thanks for this, I'll keep watching.
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front tow ball........hmmmm not a bad idea......at least i would have a pair then Whistle  
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