Member Since: 23 Jul 2021
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Disco 3 towing height
Morning all, my wife is struggling to get a horse trailer low enough to hitch in standard height. If she pops car up into off road she can hitch no problem. Question is, are there any issues with her leaving it in off road height to tow or should she set it back to standard when hitched up and on the move? Thanks in advance. Chris.
8th Aug 2021 10:59 am
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
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It will drop back to normal height if you exceed 20-30mph I believe, will also be more unstable if towing in offroad height.
Is it more an issue with the height of the tow hitch on the car than the trailer ? there were several threads on this earlier this year..
You might also want to consider if the nose weight of the trailer is sufficient!I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
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8th Aug 2021 11:15 am
skullofamangeymonkey
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Thanks for the quick response Nige. I've only been there once when she hitched it and it was fine. It's on gravel so probably a slightly different height each time! Have gone over the hitch height thread and will measure it today. She's driving it now in standard height and it did readjust itself slightly higher apparently, likely to accommodate the rear weight, so at least one of them knows what's happening! Cheers, Chris.
8th Aug 2021 11:31 am
aja4x4
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Do you have a fixed towbar or deatchable?
The fixed towbars often have alternative towball mounting holes and if you need a lower towball hieght you can fit a drop plate but you must never raise the hieght of a towball.Andrew
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8th Aug 2021 11:44 am
skullofamangeymonkey
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Fixed tow bar. I’ll have a further explore today as it being too low seems to be the issue. Cheers, Chris.
8th Aug 2021 11:55 am
nigethecat
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For towing single axle trailers/caravans I find it better to use the lower fixing on the towbar and for double axle trailers (and I suspect horse boxes) like Ifor Williams I find it better to use the upper fixing. Just my experience but it seems to work well...
Lower
Upper
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8th Aug 2021 2:28 pm
carbore
Member Since: 06 Apr 2016
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Question, is the chassis of the horse box level when you hitch up? As said it could be that its tipping back. Also is the jockey wheel or any jacks correctly set/installed.
Could it be that the jockey wheel is preventing they trailer nose going as low as it needs. I had a trailer where they jockey needed to go into a grove to full drop, or could be too high on the "slip clamp" so ran out of wind down on the handle (if you get what I mean)Disco 3: Lotus Elise S1: Ferguson T20: Audi A2
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