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ELD70
Member Since: 28 Jan 2008
Location: Romford.
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Can anyone who tows (horseboxes mainly) tell me what height they have their tow ball set at? My dealer fitted one is set at 350mm which is way too low, 450mm looks to be the height I need.
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 Sat Nov 15 2008 3:47pm |
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generally they're 400 or 450 ISTR 450 being more the std.
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| Sat Nov 15 2008 4:19pm |
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741hcr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2007
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The answer may be within this thread http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic27141.html but to summarise, 400-450 appears to be the correct height for an Ifor horse box.
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| Sat Nov 15 2008 4:20pm |
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ELD70
Member Since: 28 Jan 2008
Location: Romford.
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Just set it to 450mm which seems to be correct. Thanks guys.
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| Sat Nov 15 2008 8:11pm |
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Apny
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Norfolk
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Could a sticky be made from questions relating to Tow ball heights, as there seems to be a lot of questions and answers weekly now on setting heights?
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| Sun Nov 16 2008 9:42am |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
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Post your heights here. Club 18 - 30 (I wish !!)
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| Sun Nov 16 2008 9:56am |
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The Irish Rover
Member Since: 18 Mar 2009
Location: Dublin
Posts: 3
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450 is the proper height especially for ifor williams trailers.Any lower then this height and the trailer will "snake".
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| Thu Mar 19 2009 8:51pm |
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rzuluaga
Member Since: 05 Mar 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 14
 
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The Irish Rover wrote:450 is the proper height especially for ifor williams trailers.Any lower then this height and the trailer will "snake".
Hope this helps...
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| Wed Mar 25 2009 2:31am |
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mattdaniels
Member Since: 23 May 2010
Location: Northampton
Posts: 80
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You're not towing an Equitrek by any chance are you?
Ours seems to sit a bit nose low on the Disco (removable tow hitch). The ball height is about 16 inches. On our old Isuzu it was just over 18 inches and the trailer was level on that.
There are no shims on the Equitrek hitch so we can't adjust it to make it any lower.
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| Fri Jul 16 2010 8:44pm |
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Tufty
Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 61
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Hi all,
I have just fitted a multiplate towbar on the D3, it seems by the symbol on the plate that the ball can only be attached to the bottom two holes (with the top 4 for fixing it to the rear section) or turned upside down and the ball attached to the top two (with the bottom 4 for fixing it to the rear section).
So I thought I'd be clever and remove the plate and fix the ball to the bottom row of the rear section but again found a symbol that says the ball can only be attached to the top pair??
Does anyone know why this is??
Has anyone just ignored this and stuck the ball to the height they wanted anyway??
Cheers
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| Tue Jul 27 2010 10:38pm |
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hensoni
Member Since: 01 Oct 2007
Location: Sleepy Somerset
Posts: 534
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The "do not do this" symbol is for a pin/eye connection - not a 50mm ball. You can attach your ball in any combination and keep the full 3500kg capacity Club ATR
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| Thu Aug 05 2010 2:39pm |
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Tufty
Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: UK
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Cheers 
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| Thu Aug 05 2010 2:57pm |
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sbrown
Member Since: 30 Apr 2010
Location: S. Yorkshire
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Admittedly I haven't seen this at all as I'm yet to get my D4 but hypothetically which level would be correct for a ball and pin type hitch.
I assume (without looking) that the ball is higher on the ball and pin than on a ball only hitch? If this is the case I would guess at wanting the middle bolt holes, am I right in thinking that this isn't possible withe the multi-height hitch? Or have I got this completely wrong?
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