View Poll Results: Would you be interested in a tow bar if one can be approved?

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  • yes please

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  • nah

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  1. 19th December 2015, 06:15 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    Common sense to me.........

    Duck 1250 wouldn't even tow my HCPU trailer.

    Fit for purpose come to mind......

    Ever heard of the story were an airport has been in place for years than suburbia creeps up and suddenly it's the airports problem........
    Do you have a Perentie? No? Then why are you in here being so negative?

    I will be interested assuming if it has Aussie compliance it will be accepted in NZ.
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  2. 20th December 2015, 01:53 PM #12
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    Just something to note is that the Perentie does not have the rear sway bar installed like the civilian ones do.
    An Engineer may want that re-installed to certify a full 3.5T load.
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  3. 20th December 2015, 02:41 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris078 View Post
    Just something to note is that the Perentie does not have the rear sway bar installed like the civilian ones do.
    An Engineer may want that re-installed to certify a full 3.5T load.
    Does it really make that much difference to towing? Isn't all the extra sideways stress very low on the chassis; the body wouldn't roll much more than normal.?.?
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  4. 20th December 2015, 03:00 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris078 View Post
    Just something to note is that the Perentie does not have the rear sway bar installed like the civilian ones do.
    An Engineer may want that re-installed to certify a full 3.5T load.

    I doubt it. In the Tdi era many Defenders didn't leave the factory with a sway bar installed, not sure how common it is now.

    Irrespective, there's nowhere to install a sway bar on a Perentie anyway.
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  5. 20th December 2015, 06:45 PM #15
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    What are the chain attachment points like?


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  6. 20th December 2015, 09:10 PM #16
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    Like Brian (bearman), a mate and I have put certification in the too hard basket and will be going it alone, so to speak.
    Having investigated a few designs like the '110 Garthon Motors adjustable height vertical reciever', another vertical receiver design and the varieties of tongues, recievers and mounting plates available, we will probably settle on getting our own designed mounting plate fabbed.

    I noticed that so far, to my knowledge, nobody has mentioned this Rovers North attachment ...

    REAR HITCH CLASS 3 DEFENDER, RNH110 - Rovers North - Classic Land Rover Parts

    Unfortunately, I decided that freight cost would be prohibitive and didn't follow up seeking some of the dimensions, in particular, the distance from the lower hole center down to the top of the angle iron. Also, relative to the Perentie, how far the receiver extends forward into the spare tyre space, as from looking at the pic, it would appear to be too far.
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  7. 21st December 2015, 07:54 AM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dervish View Post
    I doubt it. In the Tdi era many Defenders didn't leave the factory with a sway bar installed, not sure how common it is now.

    Irrespective, there's nowhere to install a sway bar on a Perentie anyway.
    Really? Looking at mine, it appears all the mounting holes are still there, you just need to bolt it on.
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  8. 21st December 2015, 08:19 AM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris078 View Post
    Really? Looking at mine, it appears all the mounting holes are still there, you just need to bolt it on.
    If you're talking Perentie, then, bolt it to what? The mounting points on the diff are there, but the chassis rails aren't where you would normally mount the defender bar as they are around a total of 15cm more outboard than the standard defender rails. This was done to accommodate the spare wheel between the rails, which would have been impossible, with the bar preventing the wheel from fitting.
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