Looking at the big wraparound bumper on the back of the car while hitching the van last year I thought it would be very expensive to replace if I damaged it (it also has parking sensors)

With that in mind I purchased a protector which I happened to spot on a stall at the steam rally I went to last September which was on sale for about a fiver.

Today being a nice day and now I have the torque wrench to do the bolts up properly I decided to fit it.

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With me reversing to hitch with no-one to guide me most times it should make damaging the car a little less likely (hopefully)

Another thought has come to me (they come slowly these days)

If I mark a piece of wood just above ball top height and set the hitch cup base to that level I should be somewhere near the right height before I reverse.
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Bloody hell, hob. We've just had 3 pages worth of discussion over whether we should be carrying torque wrenches around with us or not. Have we now got to add a piece of 4 x 2 to the inventory?

it is no good for mine as the berlingo tailgate won't open if fitted

Back when I had a Toyota, imported from Japan, as a campervan, it had a great mirror, on an arm, on the back of the rear door, which could be adjusted to show the back bumper and space behind, so the driver could see behind, at the rear for reversing into a space. It could also be trained on the tow ball.
I have also seen them on the Mazda Bongo campervans. Could be worth looking at, Ian

My wife uses hand signals that would even confuse racing pundit John McCririck when I'm trying to hitch up.....l

The Al-Ko Soft Dock is designed to provide some protection to the towcar whatever type of towbar is fitted.

I haven't used one so I don't know how effective it is.

Quote: logburner wrote in post #6

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Back when I had a Toyota, imported from Japan, as a campervan, it had a great mirror, on an arm, on the back of the rear door, which could be adjusted to show the back bumper and space behind, so the driver could see behind, at the rear for reversing into a space. It could also be trained on the tow ball.
I have also seen them on the Mazda Bongo campervans. Could be worth looking at, Ian

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Now your talking........Camera........But that sounds expensive !! Ian.

Thanks some more things to think about