Ambitious towbars

[sierraman]

I saw a 106 a while back with a big towbar on it. Again, ideal for pulling twin axle caravans through muddy fields. 

[Ian_Fearn]

11 hours ago, eifion said:

I own a 2CV with a towbar. I've not yet tried towing anything with it yet, though.

Nice 2cv....... but wait..... is that a Chrysler LeBaron? Is it yours?

[eifion]

23 minutes ago, Ian_Fearn said:

Nice 2cv....... but wait..... is that a Chrysler LeBaron? Is it yours?

Sadly not. That photo was taken at the house of the previous owner when I boughy my 2CV. If I remember correctly it was also up for sale at the time.

[Isopon]

On 08/05/2021 at 07:55, eifion said:

I own a 2CV with a towbar. I've not yet tried towing anything with it yet, though.

That Chrysler Lebaron used to be a local car to me. Here's one of @bunglebus photos of it. The owner had/ replaced it with a beige Cortina.

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Mate towed a 5x3 box trailer with his fiat 126 (supplied a towbar for TUV too). The freedom microlite caravan uses 126 wheels & is towable by one esp in its homeland.

[Timewaster]

I once moved a pile of soil and ruble in a very old livestock trailer towed with a borrowed 1.0 Nova. 

It pulled it the mile or so down the road fairly well. 

Stopping at the other end was not fun though. 

[Landy Mann]

Used at lake Annecy in France

[somewhatfoolish]

9 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

Seemingly it was law for all cars in the DDR to have a towbar in case they needed to be commandeered in an invasion.. 

More like commandeered for an invasion; of western europe, trailing behind the 3rd Shock Army.

[somewhatfoolish]

9 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

Seemingly it was law for all cars in the DDR to have a towbar in case they needed to be commandeered in an invasion.. 

More like commandeered for an invasion; of western europe, trailing behind the 3rd Shock Army.

[Soundwave]

 

[warch]

The most incongruous tow car I've seen was a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI towing a caravan. Not underpowered as such, but you wouldn't want to forget the caravan was there and go into full rally attack mode on a nice twisty B road. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Sadly I have no picture but I spotted a Perodua Kelisa wih a towbar last weekend and laughed all the way home.

[eifion]

I've just remembered that I found this picture of my 2CV from a few years before I owned it apparently being used to tow a baked potato trailer in Nuneaton town centre.

[Jikovron]

2 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Sadly I have no picture but I spotted a Perodua Kelisa wih a towbar last weekend and laughed all the way 

I've been searching high and low for a daihatsu 1.0 L251 towbar as it means a possible 940kg payload carrying capacity over and above me sat in the car, where for example a ford transit custom starts at 600kg ! (Admitted they tow a great deal more) 

[Richard_FM]

I remember there was a fad of putting tow bars on cars for extra protection in case of a rear end shunt, though I've heard the can cause more harm than good in a high speed collision.

[DSdriver]

3 hours ago, eifion said:

I've just remembered that I found this picture of my 2CV from a few years before I owned it apparently being used to tow a baked potato trailer in Nuneaton town centre.

Have you checked to see if the wheelbase is longer than normal?

[dave j]

My vw camper had a towbar fitted when I bought it. Its slow enough up hills without dragging something else behind it! 

[sutty2006]

As seen in the caravanshite thread. Citroen xsara Picasso with a 1700kg twin axle caravan on the back. Two grand kids and a dog. Completely oblivious to the dangers 

[Supernaut]

Even worse, it's a C3 Picasso! They're noticeably smaller than a Xsara Picasso.

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

Even worse, it's a C3 Picasso! They're noticeably smaller than a Xsara Picasso.

Sorry I’m not clued up on french chod. 1.6 diesel too. Said it tows fine. HOW? 

[Ben_O]

No pictures I'm afraid but a customer of ours wanted a tow bar fitted to his Morris traveller.

Your not going to use it to tow your 4 berth caravan are you? Asked us.

No, just a small trailer said he.

2 weeks later, we had word that he had pulled the back tyres off the traveller whilst towing said caravan. Funny he didn't bring it to us for that to be fixed!

 

[Mad Cyril]

They need to work for a living.
I do sometimes wonder which end is doing the pulling though.

[rmjbn1]

11 hours ago, eifion said:

I've just remembered that I found this picture of my 2CV from a few years before I owned it apparently being used to tow a baked potato trailer in Nuneaton town centre.

That's excellent! And from before they were fashionable.

Potatoes, I mean, obvs. Nuneatoners have always been fashionable

On 5/7/2021 at 11:25 PM, Richard_FM said:

I've seen a Citroen 2CV with a towbar.

I've also had a couple of 2CVs with a towbar, mostly used for carrying bicycles about (for those occasions when you don't feel like poking the bicycle out through the roof), and a small trailer for collecting firewood. Twigs mostly.

Also functions as an ideal rear parking sensor, and for hitting shins against at night when you forget it's there. 9/10. Would recommend.

[mat_the_cat]

[CreepingJesus]

I had one that, quite literally, worked (or didn't) the other way round. BFO NATO-spec multi level job, mounted on the back of an 8x4 grab tipper: full air and electrics, and 370bhp pulling it. Tow anything, right? Absolutely. Motor was plated for 41t GCW. Reversing, however...

The only two occasions I ever used it involved a hefty gen set, and a mini digger, both on twin axle trailers. Could I see either of them in the mirrors? Nope. And when they did put in an appearance during reversing, that only indicated they'd come too far round and I'd need to try again. Pretty sure I don't have a pic, as it was pre potato cam.

Don't have pics of the morning I spent hauling static caravans into the SECC with a LWB Frontera either. It coped admirably outside on tarmac, but inside on painted concrete, it needed three guys standing on the bullbar to achieve any marginal amount of steering! 

[St.Jude]

19 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

Sorry I’m not clued up on french chod. 1.6 diesel too. Said it tows fine. HOW? 

Everything is relative.

He may have towed that same caravan with a Trabant. You just never know. 

[barefoot]

I have a towbar on the back of my T2. Obviously I used it to tow a really, really cool* trailer until a wheel fell off on the M1.

Once again I'm so scene it's practically obscene.

[Blake's Den]

I used my Turner Ranger to move our 35x10 foot caravan. The size difference was hilarious! In this pic I'm using the front towball:

It is actually rated to tow 10 tons (imperial) but I don't know how you stop that with for drum brakes off a mini.....

[Supernaut]

I found this in the archives...

I'm fairly certain it's a friend's i10 automatic.

[goosey]

I remember when I was a kid my Dad fabricated and fitted a towbar to my moms B reg 796cc 3 cylinder Suzuki Alto FX.

He used it to tow a Brockhouse Trailer for tip runs.