Hello I've recently bought a 07 freelander2 complete with a witter R40 towbar. When hitch up its very nose down to the point its a struuggle to spin the jockey wheel round,and theres little clearance for the jockey when driving. I towed this same caravan with a galaxy and everything was fine. The fl2 has a much higher noseweight allowance.The height of the centre of towball is 39cm when car empty.
Anyone had similar problems?
Thanks Martin

That don't sound right. The Freelander as max nose weight 150kg the tow bar may only be max of 100kg tho it shouldn't be dropping that much. I tow with a nose weight of 90 to 100kg and its dead level. You may need to get the tow bar checked out ie: if it been fitted wrong and sitting to low. If I have time tomorrow I'll check the height of mine and get back to you,in the owners manual its got all the Towbar dimensions apart from tow ball height.

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The snowball max is 150kg max too,im sure its a case of the towbar. being too low to start with and not dropping when hitched up
Its really puzzling me
Martin

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EC Directive 94/20 gives the height as between 350 and 420 mm from the centre of the ball when the towing vehicle is fully laden to its gross vehicle weight.

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From the floor to centre of the towball on mine it's 45cm I've got the fixed and fitted by the dealer Towbar.

Thanks,
I think I've got a problem with the height of the rear of the car.
When i look at the car there seems to bring a little more clearance on the font wheel arches than the rear(when empty)
I have some warranty that will run out soon so need to get it sorted sooner rather than later
Cheers Martin.

Thanks,
I think I've got a problem with the height of the rear of the car.
When i look at the car there seems to bring a little more clearance on the font wheel arches than the rear(when empty)
I have some warranty that will run out soon so need to get it sorted sooner rather than later
Cheers Martin.

long shot here....could the tyres be the wrong type??

Having parked besides 2 fl2s this weekend I've come to the conclusion my car seems too low when compared (no load)
Can anyone suggest the likely problems? And a rough idea of cost of solutions?
Thanks Martin