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[buzzy bee]

Hi

my job this week is to fit a tow bar, well make a tow bar too! I don't actually want it for towning trailers, just mounting a bike rack on, and for pulling the old car out of the shed, so it will have a pickup hitch attachment.

I am fitting it onto a Peugeot 306 Hatchback, anyone got any tips, before I get it up on the ramps, and start fabricating the bracketry. I take it I am to mount it to the boot floor with spreader plates inside, and maybe to any rails underneath, that look suitable?

Cheers

Dave

[ukdave2002]

Hi Dave, most modern cars have mounting points for tow bars,normally for the side plates, which should make things a bit easier.

[47p2]

Might be worth popping into your local towbar dealer and having a look at some schematic diagrams
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[Brian M]

Dave

I would definitely get to see where a genuine tow bar is attached to the car. Either talk to a tow bar supplier to see if you can get a look at the design, or find a car that has one fitted - for a 306, breakers yards may be a good place.

I once saw a tow bar that had ripped the rails off the back of a Datsun/Toyota type of car as the rails were designed only to collapse in a rear end shunt and not to pull anything and a home made tow bar was not transferring the loads correctly.
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[buzzy bee]

Hi

I have a diagram from the net, that shows roughly where it has to go, but I am not going to have time to go to a yard, could perhaps ring a company up and have a chat, but they will probably just give me a diagram like I have if I am lucky.

I need the mounting plate for my bike rack next weekend, so it is something that will be done each night after work. I supose the other thing is to ask some of the mechanics at work, what they think.

Cheers

Dave

[Penman]

hi
I hope you are going to use a trailer board for lights and number plate.
It is amazing how many cyclists think that glimpsing the lights a reg through two or three wheels/frames is sufficient.

[buzzy bee]

Hi

I will indeed, I have lots of trailer boards that I am able to use.

Cheers

Dave

[buzzy bee]

Hi

What are the regulations for having bicycles on racks that stick out eitherside of your car, is this ok?

Cheers

Dave

[Penman]

Hi
I think they come under the standard abnormal loads regs.

[buzzy bee]

Hi

And I supose that is past the widest point, my wing mirrors?

I will have to widen a tail board or build some lights into my rack perhaps, could turn into quite a fancy rack this! hehe

Cheers

Dave

[buzzy bee]

Hi

Well the towbar is on, took all of 50 mins, handy having a ramp.

Cheers

Dave