Tow tongue with big drop required

Alas, the tongue turned out to be a fizzer. It was long, very long in fact, but the length was not drop related but instead it was the length of the part that slides into the square slot. Doh!!! ;) A bit of miscommunication with the towbar person. They don't have a longer drop that will suit my needs.

So I'm back to square one again.

I looked at some brand new Goldstream Campervans and once again, the offroad version of the Goldstream product also has the tow hitch mounted on a plate that is welded onto the bottom edge of the draw bar. The on-road Goldstreams have their hitch mounted to the top of the drawbar, so it's the same scenario as Jayco.

I think it could be time to give Rod at Kaymar a call.....

Lawrance

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Originally Posted by rangieman

Where are you end up getting the tongne from :cool:

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Hi Chris,

Today, with a stroke of good luck, I found a company that specialises in tow bars and accessories who will custom fabricate me a long tongue. Yay! :p

They are called Prestige Towbars, located in Dandenong, just off the Frankston-Dandenong Road.

They will only manufacture one if I bring my vehicle to them, so off I go to see them tomorrow with my measurements. It will cost me $150 to get it custom made up.

Yay! :)


Lawrance

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Originally Posted by tempestv8

Hi Chris,

Today, with a stroke of good luck, I found a company that specialises in tow bars and accessories who will custom fabricate me a long tongue. Yay! :p

They are called Prestige Towbars, located in Dandenong, just off the Frankston-Dandenong Road.

They will only manufacture one if I bring my vehicle to them, so off I go to see them tomorrow with my measurements. It will cost me $150 to get it custom made up.

Yay! :)


Lawrance

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Im glad to hear you have finaly got it sorted mate:D

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Originally Posted by tempestv8

Hi Chris,

Today, with a stroke of good luck, I found a company that specialises in tow bars and accessories who will custom fabricate me a long tongue. Yay! :p

They are called Prestige Towbars, located in Dandenong, just off the Frankston-Dandenong Road.

They will only manufacture one if I bring my vehicle to them, so off I go to see them tomorrow with my measurements. It will cost me $150 to get it custom made up.

Yay! :)


Lawrance

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Why didnt you just go with the 150mm drop one from the site above?

http://www.titanbrakes.com/ifactoryc...00withball.jpg

STINGER 150mm (THATS 5.9 inches) , 100mm, 50mm DROP.
When only the best will do! The perfect drop bar for boat, RV, horsefloat, any towed mass. Solid bar aluminium fits a 2" (50mm) standard receiver. NO PAINT. NO RUST. EVER! 4500kg trailer GVWR and 400kg tongue weight.



At $87.00 it would have done the job beautifully....

:cool:

Hi Mike,

I need at least 9 inches to do the job properly.....

(oh dear, that didn't sound quite right, did it?) :p


Kaymar rear bumper has a relocated receiver, then there's the lifted suspension, then there's the bigger tyres. As you know, the stock standard DII factory hitch is already a "goose neck" type of design, so I need an even longer "goose neck". :(


Lawrance :)

Aargh! The saga continues.

The drop that is required is TOO LONG.

So Prestige Towbars will not do the job. Back to square one. :(

A suggestion that they have made is to weld on a new tow receiver to the bottom part of the Kaymar bumper carrier.....

So hopefully that is the go. I'm booked in for the job to be done tomorrow.

Will this saga never end? ;)

The rapid hitch Titan Trailer Brakes handles 250mm drop (I have no connection just remember seeing them in a mag once)

Martyn

In the end, I got the good folks at Prestige Towbars in Dandenong South to weld on a new hitch receiver below the Kaymar one.

With the new hitch, and the Land Rover tongue in place, the ride height for the camper is now PERFECT! It's taken a while but I'm finally there! :)

Here's how the new hitch looks like:

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/tempestv8/Land%20Rover/?action=view&current=P1030712.jpg

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/tempestv8/Land%20Rover/?action=view&current=P1030713.jpg

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Can't wait for the holidays to begin! :p

[QUOTE=tempestv8;646358]G'day Steve,

I did think about this but was a bit concerned after reading somewhere on the internet (is everything you read on the internet true? ;)) that the tow hitch needs to be "plated" for it to be a legal hitch.

An engineering/ welding shop which makes tow bars can make the tongue for you. I have 1 made in Bundy (Qld) for my Peugeot 505. It is money well spent because the insurance and legal issues.

Cheers
Chucaro

Hi Chucaro,

I've managed to reuse my "plated" Land Rover tongue with the new hitch, so I think I'll be OK. I've also got paper work from the company who welded on my new Hayman Reece receiver so I'm sure that the insurance company won't have any problems with the work being done by a "proper" tow hitch specialist.

Finally the Kaymar bumper itself also has a riveted plate which indicates that it is rated for 3500 kgs braked trailer and 250 kg ball weight. So this should all be sufficient for the insurance company, which is the same company for both my tow vehicle as well as my camper.

Cheers,

Lawrance