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martindoggy



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witter tow bar

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
Post #159557 1st Nov 2012 11:11 pm
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hinchy



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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.
Post #159558 1st Nov 2012 11:53 pm
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martindoggy



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Hello
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.


I have a Witter removable fitted and measured with car empty from floor to centre of the ball it is 44cm, so something is a little amiss on yours and when I last measured it in the summer it was approx 39cm loaded with 85 kg noseweight.
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martindoggy



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Thanks
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martindoggy



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Thanks
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hinchy



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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.
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martindoggy



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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.
Post #159668 3rd Nov 2012 1:18 pm
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martindoggy



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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.
Post #159669 3rd Nov 2012 1:19 pm
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martindoggy



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long shot here....could the tyres be the wrong type??
Post #161341 17th Nov 2012 7:59 pm
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martindoggy



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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
Post #171189 10th Feb 2013 5:47 pm
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