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Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:41 am
by Lisajk (deleted)
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Hi, could someone give me advice on which tow bar to get for a Puck. Should we get a stabiliser?
We have a Honda FRV but wasn't sure which one to get. We've found a company that can hit them but don't want to be given the hard sell.
Should we get a lock too?


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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:54 am
by hob (deleted)
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Electric connections between caravan and car are either 2 x 7 pin plugs or 1 x 13 pin plug so maybe best to wait until you find a van and see what type it has, stabilisers are sometimes built into the caravan hitch, also a Puck is so light you probably won't need one anyway.


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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:27 am
by Ribski | 1.467 Posts

As Hob has said - I've a Puck L, not much bigger or heavier than a Puck and have not found a need for a stabiliser - a lot is down to how you load the van, I think !

I'd recommend a Hitch lock and Wheel Lock 'cause most Insurance Companies advise them !


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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:47 am
by Pepé Le Pew | 2.743 Posts

I would go for 13 pin electrics on the car every time. 13 pin is backwards compatible with the potentially less reliable twin socket set-up used on older caravans by using an adaptor, and if the van you get is already 13 pin everything will work straight away.

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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:38 pm
by Lisajk (deleted)
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Thanks for the reply... So the company I've contacted have offered standard tow ball or an alko towball - however the alko is an extra 35.00 more.
What's the difference?


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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:15 pm
by Pepé Le Pew | 2.743 Posts

This is an AL-KO towball.

Towsure do an AL-KO type ball which is cheaper, and since they all have to meet stringent standards there's no reason to think it wouldn't be just as good as the kosher AL-KO job.

If it were me I think I might ask them how much the standard ball is, and enquire politely as to whether they might consider knocking that off the 35 notes extra they say the AL-KO one costs. You can get an AL-KO elsewhere for less than £35, and it's not as if they'd chuck the standard one in the bin, after all...

If you got an AL-KO (or an AL-KO type) you could use it for any kind of 50mm hitch, stabilised or not. You're covering all the bases for what should be a minimal outlay.

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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:30 pm
by Randa france | 13.168 Posts

I think this is a useful pic for comparing balls :-

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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:38 pm
by Pepé Le Pew | 2.743 Posts

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #7
I think this is a useful pic for comparing balls :-




An excellent picture. Cracking balls

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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:50 pm
by Wordspace (deleted)
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Quote: Randa france wrote in post #7
I think this is a useful pic for comparing balls :-




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RE: Tow Bar

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:18 pm
by Poptop320 | 2.629 Posts

I had a Puck with no stabiliser, I never had any big issues with it even when we hit a diesel spillage on the motorway. It just did a little wiggle and straightened up again when I took my foot of the accelerator. Been devils advocate maybe if it had been fitted with a stabiliser would it have wiggled so much?
I have had ALKO stabilisers since on my Familia 320s and I like the extra safety that they give especially with it been a larger heavier van, I have never had any issues even with high winds or when the dreaded white van mans flies past at 80mph with the sideways drag........
I use a Witter detachable swan neck tow ball which is also compatible with the ALKO stabiliser.


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