Front Tow Ball

[Deleted Member]

Hi,
Does anybody know of or have a tow ball/bar on the front of a T2,think it would make getting the caravan into my garden easier.If so ,has anybody got any links.
Just won A bar for the front of my T2 of the bay,just have to fit it know.. -welldone- -dance-

[rustic]

Hi,
Does anybody know of or have a tow ball/bar on the front of a T2,think it would make getting the caravan into my garden easier.If so ,has anybody got any links.
Just won A bar for the front of my T2 of the bay,just have to fit it know.. -welldone- -dance-
I looked into this for boat launching, it would make moving the caravan a lot easier as you are pushing it like a wheel barrow. My father had one on his L_ _d R_ _ _ r ( you can't use words like Land Rover on this site) bolted to the bumper, but I decided the intermittant use wouldn't warrant it, they are available from:-
www.watling-towbars.co.uk/todo.html in St Albans, however I assume they may use the same 4 fixing points as your A bar.
I have seen some A bars with the ball mounted on them, however I am not sure how strong it would be.
Hope this helps, Rustic

[rustic]

www.watling-towbars.co.uk/todo.html also do front mounted winch brackets

[Deleted Member]

Brill,but it does look as though it uses the same points as the bull bar that i have just bought! think i'll contact them to see if the bull bar would be strong enough to take it??
thanks for that!
steve

[Deleted Member]

You think i could mont a ball on the winch bracket,can't find them on that site,will have a better look.. :lol: :roll:

[Deleted Member]

Aaaa! found it.. :oops:
http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/4x4_winches.html
Think i'll have to call them,i think it still uses the bull bar mounts.. :roll:

[Deleted Member S]

I may be wrong with this :roll: but if you fitted longer bolts to the A bar mounting & placed a spacer between A bar mounting & the tow ball mounting, I think you may get the clearance you need :?
I'm prob wrong but it was just an idea that popped into the empty thing called a head :lol:

[iandouglas]

hi .
i have seen a t2 with a tow ball fitted in place of the front recovery bracket. made from a volvo tow ball. cut of and welded to the recovery mount.
rgds.iandouglas

[Toolbox]

I have one of these
http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/docs/front_towbars05.pdf
on the front of mine.

It was on the truck when I bought it and I don’t have the removable ball bit for it. I have been meaning to make one up to slide in. I made a clevis hitch to fit in it and have used it once to pull some trees out to cut up for firewood.
Ground clearance is compromised with it on although my font end needs winding up a bit and some descent tyres would help.

http://nissan4x4ownersclub.co.uk/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10010/IM000599.2.jpg

[jims-terrano]

Seems like a lot of money, I like Ian's idea of making one up. I've seen them before on LR's and they seem to be off centre so the towing eye would seem to be the right place.

Jim T

[Toolbox]

I don think mounting just on one side of the chassis is a good idea if your going to move anything substantial with it.

[bambam]

I don think mounting just on one side of the chassis is a good idea if your going to move anything substantial with it.

Do you have any more detailed close up pictures of yours to see how it fastens on?

cheers

[Terranosaurus]

Seems like a lot of money,

Yes a lot of money for what is only a baby winch too.

Attaching to the 4 threaded holes on the chassis seems pretty strong but winching off just one 12mm pin to support it in the tube looks like a recipe for disaster - ok for winching something on to a trailer but for recovery use that looks dangerous.

[Toolbox]

I don think mounting just on one side of the chassis is a good idea if your going to move anything substantial with it.

Do you have any more detailed close up pictures of yours to see how it fastens on?

cheers

No Sorry, not at the moment bambam, I will try and get some taken and send to you.

[NNMan]

Seems like a lot of money,

Yes a lot of money for what is only a baby winch too.

Attaching to the 4 threaded holes on the chassis seems pretty strong but winching off just one 12mm pin to support it in the tube looks like a recipe for disaster - ok for winching something on to a trailer but for recovery use that looks dangerous.

I would agree hummingbird, dont think it would be to safe under heavy use.

Now that I have A body lift my chassis is visible under the bumper, I am thinking of making up some hard core version of this!

[Toolbox]

Seems like a lot of money,

Yes a lot of money for what is only a baby winch too.

Attaching to the 4 threaded holes on the chassis seems pretty strong but winching off just one 12mm pin to support it in the tube looks like a recipe for disaster - ok for winching something on to a trailer but for recovery use that looks dangerous.

I would agree hummingbird, dont think it would be to safe under heavy use.

Now that I have A body lift my chassis is visible under the bumper, I am thinking of making up some hard core version of this!

watling-towbars state and I quote “ The pin is 12mm HT grade 8.8 with a shear at 9.05 tonnes”

The cross section between the chassis is very strong; I think it would benefit from a centre attaching point as well, although the offset one is obviously for sighting caravans etc where you will be able to see down the side of the van etc.

I must admit I wouldn’t buy one myself, at the price but one could be fabricated at a fraction of the cost.

[NNMan]

Shearing at 9.05 tonnes does not mean safe till then, but I ike the Idea and a tough version is wetting my taste buds

[Terranosaurus]

Shearing at 9.05 tonnes does not mean safe till then

Whatever the shear force you're relying on only one pin, what if its a bad one etc or it fatigues, IMHO should at least be 2 pins as a bare minimum - just in case.

[Toolbox]

Shearing at 9.05 tonnes does not mean safe till then

Whatever the shear force you're relying on only one pin, what if its a bad one etc or it fatigues, IMHO should at least be 2 pins as a bare minimum - just in case.

I agree with you hummingbird if you were going to make one for yourself you would naturally go for a more beefy fixing, but i prsume it is fine if used for what it was designed for and that being sighting caravans and moving trailers etc.

[wildbri]

Hi everyone, I made my own front tow bar which I use for moving a caravan and trailer. It was easy to make and fit, no drilling of the terrano is required, it is fitted off centre so that you can see along side the caravan when pushing. I have photos of how it was made and how it fits to the car. I will send the pics to anyone interested. regards bri... :o