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15/5/2007 at 2:55pm
 Location: leeds
 Outfit: Abbey GTS 416 & Bongo
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Hi Lee,

just ordered my towbar twin electrics, £128 from towequipe. whould have been £200 approx!! Bargain.

Horsforth Towbars will be fitting it for me on Friday, at a cost of £80 plus vat....

so all in all not too bad really !!!

he said that apparantly there is a small section to cut away near the exhaust if needs be, or you can choose to tie up the exhaust mmmmm will let you know what we do..... any thoughts on this anyone??



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16/5/2007 at 3:21pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Caravan now Sold
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if you dont know,it is possible with a fixed towbar,for the al-ko hitch you need the extended neck ball,as below

<FORM action=http://217.199.167.226/cgi-bin/ca000001.pl method=post>
1385401 - Extended Neck Towball Kit

Designed for use with AL-KO AKS range of Stabilisers. Bolt-on type 50 mm flange towball with extended machined neck to allow correct stabiliser articulation and clearances.
Note: All paint must be removed from the ball BEFORE use - please read operating instructions contained with towball kit. 



  £22.22


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16/5/2007 at 3:24pm
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280like this one

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16/5/2007 at 4:05pm
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Hi Michael....

Thank you so much for all your help with Everything!!!

Im talking about the underneath of the vehicle the actual bar that fits to the car not the towball.

apparantly its too big near the exhaust and a small piece has to be cut out to allow the exhaust to move freely.....was wondering if Lee had the same problem.

I have an alko think its the 3004 (cant remember off top of my head, its the big one anyway) and a normal tow ball, that was supplied and fitted with the bar, and its fine with the Alko and the Omega.

But I was also waondering about the towball. I have seen tow bars on these bongo's in car parks etc....and have had a look walking past and thought then that it looked a bit close to the bumper....

How you getting on Lee??

Thansk so very much again Michael your advice is invaluable as always.

 



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16/5/2007 at 10:35pm
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nicholajayne1,yes the longer towball is for the benefit of the new alko head to have room to turn and not to protect the bumper on the car.you may know that already if so  sorry.

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