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Range Rover Blues:
Standard height is about 17/17 1/2 inches off the floor, so 18 inches on a new car unloaded is about right.  Some manufacturers (Brian James trailers) are lower, like our car trailer which look about 15 inches.

It's safer to tow nose down than nose up too :wink:

Guardian.:
i perhaps wasnt very clear!, i did mean distance from towball to ground, sorry.
this is the only measurement that really matters, as trailer and caravan companies all built to the same basic specs, spose i should have just got up out me chair with a ruler and gon and measured a trailer.
as for recovery eyes, you want them nice and high out the muc, good.
see what i can do.
ta.

laser_jock99:

--- Quote from: "guardian off road product" --- trailer and caravan companies all built to the same basic specs,
ta.
--- End quote ---


That's something I wouldn't assume. The three things I have to tow are all different heights. Hence the need for adjustment. What you don't want if your tow car is also your offroad car is one of those towbars with a bank of pre-drilled holes stretching down to the tarmac!



Offroading with one of these fitted would be a real hinderance (reversing out bomb holes!!). I'd put the mounting holes as high as possible then use removable drop plates for when I'm towing.

http://www.autow.co.uk/trailer_parts/drop_plates_prices_212.html

Guardian.:
It doesnt really matter how low these hang as they are detachable! so once you pull of the tarmac, unhitch your caravan, you will pull out the 2 pins and the whole towbar arrangement comes off, just leaving the tank guard.

jjsaul:
all the things ive towed are different

rrc - no lift, 235/70R16 tyres

my small trailer- near bottom of drop plates
car trailer - near top of drop plate
other car trailer - somewhere in the middle
overall difference of about maybe 8 inches

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