MY12 Defender 90 towbar.

[Leroy_Riding]

I know this has been coverd in a few threads but nothing 100% tells me what will work and what wont.

I want a 50mm square hitch style towbar that i cna use for a recovery point, and to tow my big arse trailer with my mini on it, and the mates 2 tonne boat, I dont want to loose the rear step either.

So i called speedy towbars and they cant find a listing for a bar for the Defender90 but they have a listing for a mid wheelbase Defender form Hayman Reese that fits with the rear step on.
Now im going to assume this is for the 110?
Its $640 fitted. . .

Now she said they can 'Mod' it slightly if needed but thye dont make them from scratch.
Can anyone give me other options or shed some light on this for me, I really want to keep my rear step and I need the square hitch style for the Motorbike Carrier im getting aswell.

also is $640 a good price if it will work?

Thanks in advance!

[Loubrey]

Without doubt the best option is the OME towbar from Land Rover. I got mine 18 months ago from Barbagello Land Rover in Perth, and it was only $350.

It is a Hayman Reece bar with both their and Land Rover's branding on it. I use the square hitch receiver for my bike rack, recovery swivel (rated) and it's fitted very snugly nice and high to have no impact on the 90's departure angle.

I got OL Wangara to fit it for me purely due to my lack of skill with the towing electrics...

[Leroy_Riding]

I looked at the OEM towbar and it wasnt a hitch style? it used 2 bots and some wierd bent bar to a 50mm ball? and the landrover dealer also confirmed it was not a 50mm square hitch?
is yours the new 2.2 puma?

[Loubrey]

Mine's a 2.4, but I can't see that there should be a difference on a 90.

They most probably looked up the wrong towbar on their data base because the description sounds like a Disco 3/4 towbar.

Not the best pictures in the link as it's about the spare cover, but you can see the square hitch with the plastic Land Rover badged "plug" in it.

[Leroy_Riding]

Mine's a 2.4, but I can't see that there should be a difference on a 90.

They most probably looked up the wrong towbar on their data base because the description sounds like a Disco 3/4 towbar.

Not the best pictures in the link as it's about the spare cover, but you can see the square hitch with the plastic Land Rover badged "plug" in it.

That looks like exactly what I want, do you know the part number? and can you keep the rear step with this one though?

any and all info on it would be great! thanks

[Loubrey]

Yes for the step, altough I've got mine off to fit my Hi-Lift mounting bracket.

I'll pop out lunch time (WST) and copy all the numbers off the rating plate, hopefully one of them is or can be used to get the part number...

Cheers,

Lou

[Leroy_Riding]

Yes for the step, altough I've got mine off to fit my Hi-Lift mounting bracket.

I'll pop out lunch time (WST) and copy all the numbers off the rating plate, hopefully one of them is or can be used to get the part number...

Cheers,

Lou

That would be awesome thanks

[Loubrey]

Managed to get them a bit sooner!

Just in case the resolution isn't up to it, the P/number is RAA621. This doesn't look like a regular part number, but I could be wrong.

The only possibility IMO that the 2.2 has anything different would be the tank guard entry in picture 006, but I very much doubt that it would be the case.

Cheers,

Lou

[KarlB]

As far as I am aware the part number Lou has quoted is for the towbar for a TD5 Def 90. The towbar part number on my 2010 Def 90 is RAA623 (for the bar) and RAA624 for the tongue. The bars are significantly different.

Cheers
KarlB

[PAT303]

I paid $700 for my bar,it is the round tube type with 250kg ball wieght,my Tdi has the square bar type and it's rated at 125kg ball wieght. Pat