Tow bar alterations

[dazandcaz]

After the recent trip to avalanche i have decided i need to do something with my tow bar. I was planning to make the drop down bit in the middle detatchable and leave and leave the rest in place to protect the rear bumper. From a legal and safety point of view would this be ok? The work would be done by a local fabricator as my pigeon sh*t welding isn't up to much. I Know removing it totally would be preferable but i do use it quite often.
Dazza

[Rustinho]

After the recent trip to avalanche i have decided i need to do something with my tow bar. I was planning to make the drop down bit in the middle detatchable and leave and leave the rest in place to protect the rear bumper. From a legal and safety point of view would this be ok? The work would be done by a local fabricator as my pigeon sh*t welding isn't up to much. I Know removing it totally would be preferable but i do use it quite often.
Dazza

This any use to you?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Adjustable...item56427d0b8f

This will give you an idea of what it looks like.

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/showthread.php?t=69008

For simplicity, the best place to locate the electric sockets is probably through the bumper rather than wiring up extra sockets as per the above thread.

[Maverick]

Something like this

[dazandcaz]

Thanks for the links and pics but i was thinking more along the lines of cutting the drop down bracket from the box section that runs just under the bumper, then having it re-welded to some heavy gauge angle or channel section that can be bolted back to the box section under the bumper. This should give me about 4-5" extra clearance at the rear as my surf is standard height at the min, hopefully this would give retain some protection to the bottom of the bumper.

[Wolfracer]

Daz, step away from the tow bar, order some nylon blocks from expajun, plus 2 springs from rough trax and swap your tyres for some big uns. There's your 4 inches plus of clearance! only a day to fit all that with a bit of help from the boys...

[dazandcaz]

Daz, step away from the tow bar, order some nylon blocks from expajun, plus 2 springs from rough trax and swap your tyres for some big uns. There's your 4 inches plus of clearance! only a day to fit all that with a bit of help from the boys...

Funnily enough, i am going to get some roughtrax +2 springs and probably bj spacers as soon as i have sorted out my cv's. The rest is just pipe dreams, at least for a while