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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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The problem with 2 inch receivers is that they aren't type approved so haven't been formally tested. A quirk of law means that they're legal to fit to your DCPU but not to Station Wagons (dependant on age). Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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27th Jun 2017 2:46pm |
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| hank Member Since: 12 Sep 2016 Location: South Wales Posts: 2289  
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Yes I have done the necessary checks and I'm vehicle class N1 so all above board for 2" receiver.
This website suggests over 4.5t on the one drop plate they supply http://www.abp-accessories.co.uk/product.php?cat=78 |
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27th Jun 2017 3:19pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17305
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I have towed my 3.5 ton Ifor Williams for many miles without any problems on my 2" receiver, and it performed perfectly.
In the US 2" receivers with the same dimensions and the same pin size are used for trailers well over 3.5t and there don't seem to be problems, so I think that you should be OK. They may not be type approved, but they still have to be fit-for-purpose! |
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27th Jun 2017 5:18pm |
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| hank Member Since: 12 Sep 2016 Location: South Wales Posts: 2289
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Brilliant cheers
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27th Jun 2017 6:08pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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I wasn't really suggesting that they weren't fit for purpose. Merely that the various offerings in the UK won't have been formally tested so proper capacities won't be available. They're obviously fairly standard in the States but without more detail, who knows what the provenance are of the ones on sale here? Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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27th Jun 2017 6:24pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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Regarding the receiver pin strength.
The L322 factory towbar is 2" receiver. Most you see have the detachable swan neck which has an adaptor in the receiver with a single bolt to hold it in. But they also do a "Farmers hitch" A drop plate basically. Which slots into the 2" receiver and is retained by a pin. Both L322 towing kits are rated to 3.5tons. So i would think the pin will be more than strong enough. |
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27th Jun 2017 7:31pm |
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| hank Member Since: 12 Sep 2016 Location: South Wales Posts: 2289
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That's interesting. Thanks
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28th Jun 2017 6:51am |
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| hank Member Since: 12 Sep 2016 Location: South Wales Posts: 2289
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Further to this, I think I have whittled it down to the Terrafirma or Safari Equipment
https://www.firstfour.co.uk/terra-firma-re...98-on.html http://www.4x4overlander.com/product/safar...-receiver/ Does anyone know whether the Safari Equipment one bolts up unto the crossmember from below with the three m10 bolts? I can see holes in the Terrafirma picture to suggest that one does Safari Equipment one is 20% cheaper and the price includes the dropper plate! Any others available that I should consider? |
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28th Jun 2017 8:09am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17305
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I have the Safari Equip one and rate it very highly. It is superbly made, and very "body-hugging". It bolts to the rear cross-member upwards (3 setscrews) and from the rear face (6 setscrews) , and has braces to both chassis legs.
Also, not apparent from the photographs, the part that bolts to the lower surface of the cross-member has provision for securing a breakaway cable, something which I feel is important, since it means that the breakaway cable is not attached to the removable part of the coupling. I also have a front steering guard with 2" receiver from Safari Equip which I rate very highly, and it means of course that any of my attachments can be fitted front or rear. |
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28th Jun 2017 9:45am |
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