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Tow bar type for medium sized van?
daniel mason - 6/3/15 at 07:15 PM

After setting up my own business and going self employed I'm after a towbar for a vw caddy maxi. Any recommendations as to makes or type best suited?
Trailer will be very light and car is 300kg! Cheers


Ben_Copeland - 6/3/15 at 07:41 PM

Plenty of good ones on eBay.


daniel mason - 6/3/15 at 08:21 PM

Yeah. The prices vary massively though? Are there any reason for this?


dubzter - 6/3/15 at 08:30 PM

I'd be looking at a westfalia towbar, in fact I am looking for one for my A4 avant


daniel mason - 6/3/15 at 08:34 PM

They are reasonable too!


JoelP - 6/3/15 at 08:54 PM

When I was getting a bar put on my van, I just went for the cheapest, fitted by a local chap. I figured that they are all constructed to specific standards, so any should do the job.


daniel mason - 6/3/15 at 08:59 PM

I'll be fitting it myself but ideally I'd like a decent unit to avoid any very expensive problems!


Barkalarr - 6/3/15 at 08:59 PM

I just bought one for my car from towbars direct.
I paid £170 for it, the cheapest I found it locally was £500 !!
Swan neck, single electrics + relay.

Watch this space - only going to use for towing Caterham to track days.


daniel mason - 6/3/15 at 09:27 PM

I'm only towing the force which will be less than half the weight of the caterham so let me know how it performs! Cheers


tajgreidotu - 6/3/15 at 09:55 PM

Check TripleBoo shop in ebay, best prices at the moment.

http://stores.ebay.com/Tripleboo


Ben_Copeland - 7/3/15 at 06:21 AM

4 towbars I've had off eBay have fitted perfectly. Usually cost driven, pick one with 7 way relay.


mark chandler - 7/3/15 at 08:09 AM

They are made to standards, the difference seems to be degrees of ugliness, from what I have seen cheaper ones are larger and more boxy, where factory OEM are more discrete and require less butchering of plastic bumpers.

On a van a big ugly bar could be a bonus of course.