Towbar accessories are a must purchase to enhance both quality and safety of towing.
Starting from simple towbar covers up to ALKO stabilisers, there is a many accessories for towbars.
For you to make the best purchase for your situation To help you make the right purchase, we’ve:
– Lists the various accessories that are available
– Explains details about how each towbar’s accessories improve
and suggested a particular scenario where this towbar accessory could be beneficial.
Towballs
Do you realize that various kinds of trailer towball can assist you tow various things? Now you know.
There are two major towballs. The one is the traditional 50mm model, and the second is the Z11. This towball is made to meet all of your basic 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, you can choose an ALKO compatible towball called the Z13. It has a larger shaft beneath the ball to ensure that it can be used with an ALKO hitch can be used correctly.
The best thing about Z11 and Z13 is that they are interchangeable. Z11 Z11 and Z13 is that they’re interchangeable. So, you can swap them whenever you need to.
Let’s take an example. you utilize a towbar to facilitate the regular towing of a trailer, and in summer, you bring your caravan to Cornwall. In this scenario it would be best to utilize the Z11 for towing your trailer, and 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 while driving. Simple.
Note: Towballs are interchangeable with a flange-style towbar
Universal Ball and Pin Couplings
This is for all the commercial tow’ers.
It is the law which states that the proper towball height between 350mm and 420mm.
What do you do when you run an enterprise that has a assortment of trailers that can be used to transport equipment?
In this instance it is recommended to buy an universal coupling. The Ball or Pin couplings are specially designed to meet the demands for fleets of mixed trailers.
For the more experienced experts Our universal couplings are precisely engineered to allow complete articulation in both the jaw as well as on the ball. They are all tested to REG55.
Covers
Did you have any idea that UK is recognized for its rain? Okay, I bet you’ve heard of that.
Because it is rainy a lot and your towbar will be exposed to extremely harsh weather conditions. In the event that you wish to protect your towball from the elements even when it’s not in use buying an towbar cover is a fantastic option to ensure it is in good condition.
However, as you’ve learned that there aren’t all towbars exactly the same. That’s why we’ve developed a range of covers for towbars to satisfy the various requirements.
Let’s take them one at a time:
Towball Boot
Our towball boot, which is flexible, is designed to fit on all of our regular flanged towbars that have the Z11 towball. Covering the towball as well as other coupling components the towball boot cover protects the bolts and nuts on your towbar from getting rusty.
ALKO Cover
Similar to our boot for towball cover The ALKO towball cover is made for any towbar flange with Z13 towball attached. Z13 towball, which can be used to tow anything that is equipped with and ALKO stabiliser. This cover also provides the ability to resist rust.
Swan Neck Towball Cover
This Swan Neck Towball cover provides protection for the towball on any towbars with swan necks. The tough polyethene cover will help to shield your towball from the harsh weather conditions along with road and dirt.
Detachable Weather Cover
The Detachable Weather cover was designed to protect the neck housing of any towbar that can be detachable. When the neck is detachable the cover will be placed inside the housing, shielding it until you are ready to utilize the neck.
Stowbar Weather Cover
This Stowbar weather cover was designed to work with any Stowbar removable towbars, silver or gold necks, that have a semi-automatic mechanism.
Bumper Shields
We’ve had it… up early in the morning, rain is pouring down, crashing up the caravan only to hit the car’s bumper. This leaves 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. It is easily bolted to your neck of the towbar, this shield serves as a basic layer of protection that prevents any accidents from happening even in the most unpredictable 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, a towed step allows an easy access to the rear or on the roof of your vehicle.
There is no need to jump into and out of the back to access equipment or fighting to remove ladders from the roof. The towstep is an essential accessory for any large commercial or fleet vehicles.
Winches
Another towbar accessory that is popular for commercial companies is 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 can be of practical assistance in a variety of scenarios when you require to move something that can’t be towable.
If, for instance, you are employed on a farm or work in the construction industry, buying a winch for a towbar would be a great towbar option for your car.