Hi All,
Ive just accepted a new job which comes with a company car. This is quite ideal from my point of view as I need to change our current car anyway, and although more than capable, a newer, longer and slightly wider car is probably going to be a better tug! I digress!
We currenlty own a Swift Challenger 490/5SE 1990 van, and have ordered a VW Passat SE BlueMotion Technology Estate with the 2ltr 140bhp diesel engine. Although it would be nice to have the 170 engine, the relevant BiK tax 'focused' my mind so to speak!
I have orderd the optional extra tow bar, which is stated as "Swivelling (Retractable) tow bar with 13-pin connection and 10 electified poles providing functionality of vehicle lighting plus an additional power supply for an interior lamp. Fully Fitted." It looks like this on the website:
/sites/practicalcaravan.com/files/images/towbarpassat.JPG
(hoping that the picture is uploaded properly!)
Does anyone have this towbar fitted to their car?
I currenlty use a Bulldog 200q stabiliser on the Octavia, and obviously wont be able to with this as I dont think the plate that can be bought is compatible as if it does look like this, then I think the plate requires quite a length of 'straight down' on the neck of the tow bar to bolt to.
Therefore I would like to swap to a hitch based stabiliser. Alko would seem to be the obvious choice given the alko chassis, and indeed it seems a little cheaper than a Winterhoff, but im concerned that again, if the tow bar does look like this, there may not be enough clearance from the ball to the section leading to the car.
So, does anyone own the car/tow bar combination, and is it compatible with the Alko stabiliser?
The van has a MTPLM of 1175kg's is there any reason for be to choose the AKS3000 over the AKS1300? The 1300 seems good given the max weight of the van?
This is of course if the hitch stabilisers can be fitted to the van, im presuming that they can?
Ill need an adaptor/splitter lead to convert my 12N/S leads to 13-pin, however, is it better to simply convert the van to 13pin? That way I can ensure that I dont need to be worried about overlength cables dragging etc?
Thanks in advance.
Rob
Ive just accepted a new job which comes with a company car. This is quite ideal from my point of view as I need to change our current car anyway, and although more than capable, a newer, longer and slightly wider car is probably going to be a better tug! I digress!
We currenlty own a Swift Challenger 490/5SE 1990 van, and have ordered a VW Passat SE BlueMotion Technology Estate with the 2ltr 140bhp diesel engine. Although it would be nice to have the 170 engine, the relevant BiK tax 'focused' my mind so to speak!
I have orderd the optional extra tow bar, which is stated as "Swivelling (Retractable) tow bar with 13-pin connection and 10 electified poles providing functionality of vehicle lighting plus an additional power supply for an interior lamp. Fully Fitted." It looks like this on the website:
/sites/practicalcaravan.com/files/images/towbarpassat.JPG
(hoping that the picture is uploaded properly!)
Does anyone have this towbar fitted to their car?
I currenlty use a Bulldog 200q stabiliser on the Octavia, and obviously wont be able to with this as I dont think the plate that can be bought is compatible as if it does look like this, then I think the plate requires quite a length of 'straight down' on the neck of the tow bar to bolt to.
Therefore I would like to swap to a hitch based stabiliser. Alko would seem to be the obvious choice given the alko chassis, and indeed it seems a little cheaper than a Winterhoff, but im concerned that again, if the tow bar does look like this, there may not be enough clearance from the ball to the section leading to the car.
So, does anyone own the car/tow bar combination, and is it compatible with the Alko stabiliser?
The van has a MTPLM of 1175kg's is there any reason for be to choose the AKS3000 over the AKS1300? The 1300 seems good given the max weight of the van?
This is of course if the hitch stabilisers can be fitted to the van, im presuming that they can?
Ill need an adaptor/splitter lead to convert my 12N/S leads to 13-pin, however, is it better to simply convert the van to 13pin? That way I can ensure that I dont need to be worried about overlength cables dragging etc?
Thanks in advance.
Rob