Towbar accessories are a crucial purchase if you’re trying to enhance both security and comfort of towing.
Starting from simple towbar covers up to ALKO stabilisers, there is a many accessories for towbars.
For you to make the right choice for your situation To help you make the right purchase, we’ve:
– The possible accessories that are available
– Explains details about how each towbar’s accessories improve
and suggested a particular scenario in which this accessory towbar could be beneficial.
Towballs
Have you ever thought about how various kinds of towballs can assist you tow various things? Now you know.
There are two types of trailer towball in the market. The one can be the 50mm standard model, and the second is the Z11. This towball is created to fulfill all your standard towing needs, such as trailers, horseboxes and boat towing, etc. This towball is standard on all towbars.
If you’re towing a vehicle with ALKO stabilisers, there’s an ALKO compatible towball, called the Z13. It has a larger shaft beneath the ball, so that it can be used with an ALKO hitch will be able to be connected to it in a proper manner.
The best thing about Z11 and Z13 is that they are interchangeable. Z11 as well as the Z13 is that they’re interchangeable. This means that you can swap them at any time you want to.
Let’s take an example. you utilize a towbar to facilitate the regular towing of a trailer, and then in summer, you bring your caravan to Cornwall. In this case you’d make use of the Z11 for towing your trailer. Then, in the summer you’d change to the Z13 to tow your caravan. You would rub the towball’s paint so that the caravan’s hitch from squeaking during driving. Simple.
Note: Towballs can only be interchangeable with a flange-style towbar
Universal Ball and Pin Couplings
This is for all commercial tow’ers.
The law that states the appropriate towball height between 350mm and 420mm.
What can you do when you run an enterprise that has a variety of trailers for transporting equipment?
In this scenario it is recommended to buy an universal coupling. The Ball as well as Pin couplings are specially designed to meet the demands for fleets of mixed trailers.
For those who are more technically adept Our universal couplings have been precisely engineered to allow complete articulation, both in the jaw as well as on the ball. They’re all tested to REG55.
Covers
Did you realize the UK is recognized for its rainfall? Sure, I’m sure you’ve heard about it.
Because it is rainy a lot and your towbar will be exposed to very harsh outdoor weather conditions. In the event that you wish to shield your towball from weather elements when it’s not being used and you don’t have a cover for it, then the towbar covers is a fantastic method to keep it in great condition.
However, as you’ve learned that there aren’t all towbars identical, which is why we’ve designed a range of covers for towbars to satisfy the various requirements.
Let’s look them over each one by one:
Towball Boot
Our towball boot, which is flexible, is designed to fit on the majority of our flanged towbars that have the Z11 towball. It provides protection to the towball, as well as all the other parts of coupling and towball boot, the cover prevents the bolts and nuts of your towbar from getting rusty.
ALKO Cover
Similar to our boot for towball cover Similar to our towball boot cover, the ALKO towball cover is made for any flange-towbar that has Z13 towball attached. Z13 towball that is attached. It can be used to tow any object that has the ALKO stabiliser. This cover also provides protection against rust.
Swan Neck Towball Cover
This Swan Neck Towball cover provides protection for the towball of any towbars with swan necks. The tough polyethene cover will help to shield your towball from weather extremes along with road and dirt.
Detachable Weather Cover
This Detachable Weather cover was made to provide protection to the neck housing of any towbar with a detachable feature. If the neck is removed the cover will be placed inside the housing, shielding it until the next time you utilize the neck.
Stowbar Weather Cover
This Stowbar weather cover is made to work with any Stowbar detachable towbars or gold necks that have a semi-automatic mechanism.
Bumper Shields
We’ve had it… Early in the morning, rain is pouring down, crashing up the caravan, only to crash into the front bumper and leave an unintentional scratch on your brand-new Land Rover.
To stop this catastrophe from occurring, we’ve designed several attractive, durable bumper shields that will protect your vehicle. Simply bolted to your neck of the towbar, this shield functions as a basic layer of protection that prevents any accidents from happening even in the worst of conditions.
Towsteps
This is a tool for towing that we’re sure that all of the window cleaners and builders will appreciate.
Just by connecting it to your towbar coupling, the towstep allows an easy access to the rear or up the roof of your vehicle.
There is no need to jump into and out of the back of your vehicle all day long to retrieve equipment or trying to lift ladders off the roof. The towstep is a must-have item for any large commercial or fleet vehicles.
Winches
Another towbar accessory that is popular for commercial enterprises are either automatic or manual winches.
Attached to an adobe boat trailer or on an empty truck’s flatbed, or in the frame of a vehicle winches are a useful assistance in a variety of situations when you have to move objects that are not able to be towable.
If, for instance, you are employed on a farm or work in the construction industry, purchasing a winch towbar could be a great towbar option for your car.
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