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Andy.:
Need advice please on towing a Sankey Trailer with a Discovery.

I know about the electrics and nato hitch, but I more concerned with the actual towing set up?

Ride height, is this a problem with a Discovery and what is the best way to attach the nato hitch, an adjustble tow hitch?

So is there any other members who tow a Sankey with a Disco?

Cheers.

(Looking at buying one this weekend so need to know before committing).

strapping young lad:
andy

what is your current hitch setup?

from memory the hitch needs to be as high as possible on the car so the trailer is as level as possible

nato hitch is easiest to do this with the sankey due to the thickness of the ring hitch on the trailer

i dont think the normal pinbal wizards from dixon are big enough to handle it

there is an alternative i suppose if you are prepared to do some work on the sankey

mount the hitch underneath the drawbar instead of above, and put a domestic ring hitch or even a ball hitch mount on it instead

just a thought

datalas:
The ride height of a sankey trailer is spookily the same as the rear cross member on a 90 or 110 (hmm I wonder why that is)

as has been commented a NATO hitch is the appropriate towing device, again no real suprise since the NATO hitch is called a NATO hitch for a reason and the sankey is an army trailer ...

I would have thought that adding the hitch to the back of a disco is reasonably straight forward, my only hesitation would be that the bumper (where it would ideally be placed) is made out of poorly bent tinfoil (or possibly drainpipe) and won't take the strain.

If you have a dixon-bate arrangement I suppose you could put the drop plate on upside down :|

strapping young lad:
i think the alternative is to have a reinforced plate behind the bumper to take the strain?

this i think constitutes quite a bit of work though

CT vehicles had nato hitches mounted in thie manner though (on discos i mean)

but datalas is right the heigh of the hitch is the same for the 90/110

a sankey is something i have quite fancied for a while but the 3/4 ton one not the 1/2 ton

Wanderer:
Kev Hobbit tows a Sankey with his Disco, He'll no doubt be around later.

Ed

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