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Welcome.
You don't say why you want to know, so covering all possibilities here.
Can't answer your question specifically, but can guide you away from making the mistake a great many make in checking the towball height in unladen vehicle state and then claiming it's 'Too high'! I think many cars rate as 'too high' in unladen state!
This is a useful explanation of the hows and whys on correct towball height: https://www.towbarexpress.co.uk/guide/towball-heights/
The goal is to get the caravan/trailer to assume the right stance in towing state! - it can make a big difference to how well (or badly!) a caravan/trailer tows! .... and, a too low tow hitch will likely ground out (it's often the jockey wheel, with damaging consequences!) on road humps etc., a too high hitch will often result in extreme rear underside of caravan/trailer (often the corner steadies, and again with potential damage) grounding out on all sorts of things and situations!
And the tow ball height is normally measured/stated to the centre line of the ball (ball is 50mm dia, so top is around 25mm higher, some balls have flat tops so a couple of mm or so under 25mm in that case).
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Topic: BMW x3
via mobile 11/10/2023 at 8:52am
