Broken Disco 3 Tow Bar

Even with excess ball weight snapping clean off is insane. Because it was cast it couldn't bend only snap. Cheers

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Originally Posted by brightsmarty

As someone else mentioned....invest in a Mitch Hitch, solid and the right height for Australian standards, you'll never look back... do a Google search to find it. After I dropped my caravan at low speed with the original hitch, I had my Mitch Hitch fitted by ARB, but can be DIY. Only problem is it sets off my reversing sensors.

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the standards for height for this arnt to do with the hitch its self, its the height of the ball to the groung that has relevance.
it was something like 460mm ground to ball center at ''normal'' conditions.
thats what needs to taken into consideration with the mitch.

cheers phil

Barney you haven't read the whole post. On ball weight the landy has a ball weight max of 350kg, our van, however has a ball weight of 250kg and we have never exceeded the rated weight, we are usually just under. We carry a ball weight guage and use it regularly just to be on the safe side.
While this should never have happened in the first place, the posts are here to advise all that it can and has happened to another, so beware.
Cheers to all.

fair enough, no I didn't read every line. i tend to scan through things and sometimes miss the odd snippet. cast products are often brittle and can easily have flaws in them that go unnoticed, but LR should have picked it up if there was an inherent fault in them.

I agree, something should be done to protect people where lives could be at stake but frquently dealerships turn a blind eye where the almighty dollar is and sense (not mispelled) becomes misplaced. This forum was intended to find if others had come to grief this way and to warn the rest. I have written to Land Rover Customer Care but have heard no reply. I thank you for your input, the more who read these posts, the more is learned and being pre-warned can save a lot of heartache and grief.

Is there an up date?

Has landrover replied?

Up until now the options in replacing the towing lug with something rated at 3500kilos or close, where height adjustability was required, were pretty much limited to the adjustable ball mount off a Hayman Reese weight distribution hitch. This is ok but it is one great lump of ugly steel, just to get the adjustable height.

Hayman Reese have just released an adjustable ball mount, with a height adjustable head. No cams, so the angle is fixed. It uses the adjustable lug from the WDH range, and has a full 3500kg rating From the data I have at present, it looks like the price will be a reasonable $275.00 and the part number should be 70200 if you wish to chase it down. Those in outlying areas may cop a freight penalty. It still looks bulky, but not as bad as a full weight distribution head.

While we're taliking about D3/D4 tow bars, can someone answer a few related questions.

• Are the D4 recevers parallel to the ground?
• Does anyone have any images of the tongue in the receiver?
• What is the ball height with a standard tongue in the D4 type receiver?

Diana :TakeABow: