3500kg ADR towbar

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Originally Posted by rfurzer

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In the case of the seatbelts - whereas it is legal not to have seatbelts in a car that was never fitted with them and predated the requirement, if you choose to fit them now then they need to be suitable from a compliance point of view.

At the end of the day it doesn't matter until/ unless you have a prang while towing.

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Yes, I take your point.

And the major issue with the Perenties is not the towbar availability, but the towing capacity - and a certified approved towbar rated at 3500 would be a very good start to getting the limit raised.

Not that this seems to stop some people - I was talking to a man at a swap meet in Dubbo a while back - he had a 6x6 (which he'd only just got), towing a trailer (military ring coupling) - which clearly weighed a lot more than 1200kg, but I'll bet he had no approval for it. He had come down from Qld and was praising the 6x6's load carrying and towing capability! I did not ask him about this, as at the time I was unaware of the issue - and I suspect he was as well.

John

Reading further - 2.4 Applicability Table - ADR 62/02 applies to vehicles manufactured on or after 1 January 2009.
It also refers to Acceptable Prior Rules being ADR 62/01 - if you look that one up, you find that it was only applicable to cars manufactured on or after 1 Jan or July 1998.
So it would seem that towbars on earlier vehicles need not comply to ADR 62/01 0r 62/02

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2006L03054

This one has a table going back to 1991

Don't make it easy do they - odd that 62/01 doesn't refer back to 62/00 as an Acceptable Prior Rule

Cheers

Is Aaron now producing this towing adapter ? How and where may he be contacted pls ?

Not sure what he's up to. Pm'd you

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Yep.
Any plans for the 6x6?

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I missed this as I was in the process of preparing for my WA trip, but you could make up one yourself Mick. Have a look at what I made up from a Nissan GQ ute towbar that I bought from the dump shop. Shortened it, added a few brackets, made it stronger and then got it galvanized. It doesn't have any rating other than the 3500kg tag on the Hayman Reece insert but it is stronger than anything I have seen manufactured. Not likely to fail in my opinion.

Any updates on this, I am currently looking into such a item.

Just wondering if there has been any progress or if anyone knows of any aftermarket towbars?

Expect them after new years