Towbar

[empeebee]

Hi all!

Anyone know where I can get a towbar, new or secondhand, for a C15 Romahome?

[Derek]

Nov 21, 2007 8:15:34 GMT ant said:

Hi Ruairidh.
The whole towing thing with any Romahome has two problems as far as I'm concerned, firstly for you as the fitting owner, a C15 1769 cc diesel makes about 60bhp and should tow about 900kg so it will plod about with a trailer behind, but more importantly the max nose wt of the trailer ( loaded) is 45 Kg any more than that you risk pulling the tow bar out from the floor of the Romahome when braking hard. Also the C15 construction does not share the rust proofing standards of the Berlingo so any holes drilled in the chassis are a potential problem for the future. The practicalities of getting places with a reasonably heavy trailer aren't good, any damp field may prove to be interesting for traction.
The second piont and to me the more worrying bit of tow bar fitting is whoever buys it next may not realise the limitation and happily put a caravan behind it and set off down the motorway. Sounds unlikely but has actually happened and the unit arrived on my doorstep with a funny noise coming from the back somewhere. - That funny noise was part of the towbar hitting the road!
So my advise is if you can live without one do so, if you can't PWS nudge bars make one to fit but remove it when you sell it on.
Ant

Info about C15 towbar from Ant, PWS web site that he mentions is here

pwsacc.co.uk/

Derek