Thread: Mitchell Bros hitch and Reverse sensors

As said should not affect the warranty unless it ca be attributed to the part.
The experience has been with the hitch that it does not affect the handling as long as the download on the bar is within the spec. (the front can get light) LR just have specific positioning within which the tow ball should be. The Mitch hitch is just outside them by the time you have the draw bar in.
Check out some other vehicles and you will find the tow ball a lot further out.
The hitch is fully tested and rated and comlies with all ADRs so insurance is not affected, which was why you shouldn't make your own.

rmp/ caver, thanks gents. appreciate your input and advice.

Originally Posted by rmp

f the car is roadworthy, as it really roadworthy to the letter of the law, not you looking at it saying "she'll be right", then you're insured.

Reminds me of being pulled over by Qld Transport in the mid '90's on the gold coast (they were doing everyone !) The inspector wanted to put my troopie off the road due the Kaymar rear bar carrier partially blocking the right rear tail light assembly. Funny how 3 days before the vehicle had just got new Qld rego (ex-NSW) and had a Qld transport mechanical inspection (remember an 11 seat is a bus) and been over the QLD transport pits for a full inspection and had passed. So even within a state they will argue.

But as long as any major accessories/modifcations are on your insurance its covered there (you have revealed !).

Hi TechChook,

I sure that you solved this by now but I just used round 19mm x 4mm black rubber adhesive protectors from the hardware (they stick out a bit but aren't noticable...the hitch is much larger!!) . They come in a sheet of six .. (cheap and cheerful). My bumper is black so there is no colour coding issues and they may be available in clear too. Cut in half with sidecutters..they are a perfect fit and seem to work a treat. I will be testing tomorrow with a "volunteer from the audience". I am not sure if the adhesive will fail in time but it is a 30 second job to replace.

Cheers,
Steve
BTW... Have you received your techno trousers yet? They're from NASA! you must be an "ardman"

You are better off rotating the sensors as they then still work. Covering the centre ones will leave a gap.

I have only covered the inside half of the two sensors closest to the hitch. Their coverage should be normal for the remainder their field. I do not know exactly what the shape of their field looks like but it seemed to work OK this afternoon it when I used No1 son as an obstacle (for testing purposes only - no teenagers were harmed in this experiment).
Am I right in assuming their field is cone shaped?

Cheers,
Steve.

The shape is an oval cone I have been told? Don't know which way up.
Jonesfam

That makes sense... Given the more elegant (and technically correct) solution of rotating the sensors I suspect that it would be a oval in the horizontal plane.
Cheers
Steve.