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Subject Topic: fitting of tow bar Post Reply Post New Topic
03/8/2006 at 2:17pm
 Location: glasgow
 Outfit: Sprite major 4 eb
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  we bought a car for towing our caravan.and had a friend who,s a mechanic check it over for us prior to using it .car,s sound but the tow bar is welded on to car at the spare wheel compartment not bolted .is it ok to drive? we bought as seen and have no come back but previous owner used it to tow his caravan


03/8/2006 at 2:28pm
 Location: cambridgeshire
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  tow bar welded to spare wheel compartment dos,nt sound right to me and if yo are towing a caravan i,m sure this would not be strong enough. for me i would take it to a towbar specialist and get it checked if only for peace of mind.hope everything works out ok

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03/8/2006 at 3:38pm
 Location: Somerset
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I agree

Tyreman

 



03/8/2006 at 6:18pm
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I'd take the vehicle straight to a towbar centre & have it checked out, you may find you've bought a pig in a bag. For the sake of your own safety, you need to get it checked over. It might just need drilling & bolting where it's welded or it could turn out to be the wrong towbar for the car.

Alternatively, you may need to get a proper job done of fitting the towbar. To be honest, with so many cars on the market today, I havent bought one with a towbar on it on purpose. At least I know the car hasn't had the guts pulled out of it. I get the dealer I buy from to get the towbar fitted & included in the sale of the car, it then has it's place on the cars warranty.

I wish you well with it.

BB  



03/8/2006 at 9:39pm
 Location: NW of Glasgow
 Outfit: Sterling Searcher 2008 Volvo XC90
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Surely the steel that the underneath of a car is made of would be far too thin to have the strength to weld a towbar to?   This sounds very odd.

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03/8/2006 at 10:29pm
 Location: Lancashire
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hi as a motor mechanical engineer,i think you are NOT safe to use this for towing on the towbar.welding is not strong enough to hold the stresses of a caravan on tow.have it removed and fitted with a fresh tow bar,bolted on. [8D][8D]

Post last edited on 03/08/2006 23:31:56

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the only silly question is the one you do not ask.


05/8/2006 at 10:34pm
 Location: glasgow
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 just received documents from dvla the chap that sold us the caravan  & car only had the both of them since april 06


06/8/2006 at 6:39pm
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