Towbar

Looking good Gav. I wouldn't worry about putting those two 50x12 plates in. Once its sandwiched around the rear x member it won't go anywhere! Included a pic of mine pre paint and fitment! Re the receivers.. Same here.. If u turned up with 1 at Melrose, I'd cross your palm with a carton or $50!

So, that's another job ticked off my list. All finished and installed today. Pictures tell the story.

This pic shows some large holes in the back plate so the pintle can be bolted back on. I could have just drilled 13mm holes and used longer bolts, but at $8 a pop, I saved myself $32 reusing the old shorter ones. They bolt up inside the cutout for the PTO for those that are wondering why they would be shorter.
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Side on view showing the load rating plate... :angel:
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My welding isn't the best, but far for the worst I've seen. There's no way it's going anywhere.
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Degreaser, primed, painted and fitted.
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I will be getting a new hitch for it next week, and I'll also wire in a standard 7 pin flat plug into the wiring so I can tow anything else with it.:)

Oh, and it doesn't affect departure angles either - well maybe at about 70 degrees, but I'll be doing pretty well if I ever bottom it out. ;)

That looks ideal! Stick welded too, so its going nowhere! :)

Yeah, the chassis would fail long before that bar does. :D. Good old fashioned stick welding is about all I'm good at. I was going to tack it up and take it to my mates workshop tomorrow and get him to MIG it up, but once I got going, I thought I'd just finish it... :angel:

I will have no fears about towing anything I need to with it, but I doubt it will tow much more than the caravan - all 900Kg of it (well, maybe a bit more by the time I'm done)...