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Set up Required to tow a Sankey Trailer?
Hello,
I want to get a medium sized trailer to fill with the family camping kit and leave ready for those fleeting dry weekends. Having owned an egg cup on wheels which I attempted to tow behind my Defender CSW I appreciate that larger is better, and it seems that a decent nick Sankey wide track would be a budget way of getting the capacity I'd like.
OK, here's the question . . . what is the best set up for my non-tow-packed Discovery to enable towing a sankey? I need a nato hitch, but is there a way of avoiding the swan neck detachable tow bar thing and bolting straight onto the rear of the car - as a sankey would not need a drop plate or any lowering of the hitch, being already sized for a land rover.
This forum provides info on adding the electrics, and I understand that I need to take the completed job to land rover so that they can reprogram the suspension, but I've not seen anything on getting the hitch on the car.
I'm getting old so I may have missed this elsewhere in the forum, in which case any help or redirection would be welcomed.
Thank you,
Matt
12th Aug 2009 4:31 pm
SJR
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Think you will need a multi height towbar TBH
Take a look at the pictures in this thread
http://disco3.co.uk/forum/topic38092.htmlI believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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12th Aug 2009 4:39 pm
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Should have said also...Welcome to the forum I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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12th Aug 2009 4:44 pm
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You could also bolt the drop plate / Nato hook onto one of these which would raise it abit further, but I dont think these are EU approved yet.
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12th Aug 2009 4:54 pm
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Hi Matt
Welcome to the "Gang" , another local
Whats wrong with the Ifor Williams range of trailers ?, much lighter I would have thought.
And quite cool 8) 8) 8)
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12th Aug 2009 6:06 pm
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RLD makes a nice adaptor, check his gallery.
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12th Aug 2009 6:20 pm
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send me your email and I'll send photos of my quick release
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12th Aug 2009 10:55 pm
Mattat58
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thank you all for your help . . .
. . . and for the warm welcome to the forum.
I've nothing against ifor williams gear - my brother in law is a farmer and swears by their products. They just seem pricey compared to the cost of a sankey. A family friend has a 3/4 tonne sankey he tows behind his 90 for light farming duties, and only payed a few hundred for it (that said adding a nato hitch to the RCM of a 90 is a lot simpler.)
DiscoDunc, the drop plate you've added looks good . . . where can I get more info on it?
Again, thanks all, and if you see a black disco in and around the Chew Valley give us a flash (did this all the time when driving the 110.)
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13th Aug 2009 8:59 am
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Gents , forgive my ignorance here.I occasionally used to tow compressors and other plant about.Most of these had a ring type hitch as per the sankey.All I used was a ball type hitch with a spring loaded pin that slotted down through the centre of the ball and into a receiver below the ball.I can't remember the diameter of the ring type hitch on the various pieces of plant , but are they not the same as the sankey ?
13th Aug 2009 9:24 am
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I think using the "pin" is illegal with a NATO hitch. Not 100% sure though. The nato hook holds the hitch tight whereas the pin doesnt.Duncan
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13th Aug 2009 9:35 am
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DiscoDunc, the drop plate you've added looks good . . . where can I get more info on it?
Matt, I got all the bits from APB Trading. The bracket you see in the picture above is from South Africa but not eu approved for towing. I bought it to fit a rear winch tray so it didnt matter.
The other bits, drop plate etc you can get from most towbar places that sells Defender towbars etcDuncan
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13th Aug 2009 9:40 am
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DiscoDunc wrote:
I think using the "pin" is illegal with a NATO hitch. Not 100% sure though. The nato hook holds the hitch tight whereas the pin doesnt.
Ah , IC , so I presume the thickness of the NATO hitch would be greater than that of a standard ring type hitch.
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13th Aug 2009 9:44 am
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yes its quite a tight fit - im just checking with VOSA and DVLA to see what the regulations are Duncan
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13th Aug 2009 9:56 am
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Nato ring is 76mm internal Diameter, the pins you talk of are about 50mm diameter ISTR.
You 'Can' tow Nato with a 5T pin, but personally I wouldnt recommend it, especially as it woudl clonk about all over the place!
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