Fortuner Towbar

[tp007]

Started doing my homework on new towbar. I need something strong enough to recover/tow from, and to protect vunerable back bits. I also want to keep the option open to later fit a long range tank.

Options so far:

1) Toyota fitted - Around R3 000, most fitted but have seen some skew ones.

2) Frontrunner - Around R2 700 fitted, but have not seen one fitted (pics anyone??)

3) Megaworld (EIF??) - Around R3 800 fitted, but have not seen one fitted either.



Any comments/pics



PS I know you cannot recover from the ball, but you can remove the ball section and recover from there...

[WildWill]

Started doing my homework on new towbar. I need something strong enough to recover/tow from, and to protect vunerable back bits. I also want to keep the option open to later fit a long range tank.

Options so far:

1) Toyota fitted - Around R3 000, most fitted but have seen some skew ones.

2) Frontrunner - Around R2 700 fitted, but have not seen one fitted (pics anyone??)

3) Megaworld (EIF??) - Around R3 800 fitted, but have not seen one fitted either.



Any comments/pics



PS I know you cannot recover from the ball, but you can remove the ball section and recover from there...

Not my area of speciality - but if your comment about the "skewness" of the standard Toyota Fortuner towbar is related to the gap between the towbar cover plate and the bumper (when looking from the top) - I have also picked that up and reported it to Toyota - as it turns out, it is not the actual mounted towbar that is skew, but rather the off-centre manner in which the towbar cover plate has been riveted.

[OOOOMS]

Are you referring to the standard 'half round' towbar or the heavy duty one?

[tp007]

The one you see fitted to most of the fortuners, looks like a halfrounded step behind bumper.
If you look at the back of the vehicle, in relation to the tupper bumper, the "step" seems skew.

Don't know, but the towbar seems flimsy...

OOOMS, what does the heavy duty one looks like, and doe you know the price on it?

[OOOOMS]

Like so, was so R3500.00(from the RV centre) but worth it as you can have recovery points on and not on the flimsy half round one.

[tp007]

Thanks OOOOMS, that looks nicely riged.

As far as I can understand, the Frontrunner looks simmilar, also have the highlift points welded, but R1000 cheaper...

[OOOOMS]

Not exactly sure of the price, I could be wrong. But surely woul'nt fit the half moon one

[warthog]

Hi, I'm new here, but wanted to respond. I've just returned from a tour through the Kaokoveld towing a very heavy off-road trailer (2 tons +) with a Toyota fited ("skew-halfround") towbar over some very rough roads, including down Van Zyl's Pass, with no problems whatsoever. I would however also like to see waht the frontrunner one looks like...

[Uys]

Tinus.

As jy belang stel, myne is te koop - met 'n spaar wiel carrier op. Ek wil 'n replacement bumper opsit.

Uys

[OOOOMS]

Can u please post a pic?

[tp007]

Warthog, have a look on www.frontrunner.co.za and look under towbars/assecories. I think it will look the same as the RV on (thanks OOOOMS) see http://www.fourwd.co.za/default.aspx?pageID=5380

Uys, ek dink ek het al 'n pic gesien van joune, maar kan jy ons in die regte rigting wys.
PM my asb oor hoeveel jy soek vir hom...

[warthog]

Dankie Newbie, het hom gaan kyk. Interessant dat Frontrunner s'n, nes die Toyota fitted een, ook die "detachable head met pin" het wat 'n klomp ouens senuweeagtig maak...
Ander ding wat ek nie gese het nie, is dat ek 'n flexi-hitch ook opgesit het. Een van die oens saam met my op die trip het 'n Echo Kavango gesleep agter 70-series, en hy kon nie uitgepraat raak oor die verskil wat die flexi-hitch gemaak het nie. Ek sal nie weet nie, het nog nie sonder die flexi gesleep nie... Ek weet net ek het nie die swaar wa gevoel nie.

[tp007]

Ek het nie regtig swaar wa wat ek wil sleep nie, net 6FT Venter...

Ek oorweeg nog om Oryx te koop, maar sal maar sien. Help nie as ek net 2 keer per jaar kan weggaan nie...

So wil maar pro-aktief optree en ordentlike towbar opsit, veral as selfde prys as Toy s'n is...

[warthog]

Omdat jy nie op Toyota s'n plek het vir recovery points nie, moet 'n ou dalk mooi dink dan oor Frontrunner s'n

[Blackadder]

Dis wat ek gedoen het vir recovery punte agter op my Fortuner. Ek het die Toyota sleepstang soos by die handelaar geinstalleer. Ek het hom na Safari Centre geneem en hulle het vir my twee punte aan gesweis. Ek was effens onseker oor die sweiswerk alhoewel verskeie bronne nou na die tyd vir my laat weet het dat dit eintlik goed lyk, maar om seker te maak het ek toe maar besluit om gate ook te boor en en vas te sit met 12mm HT boute.

Die recovery punte is mooi in lyn met die vier boute wat dan weer die sleepstang aan die onderstel vas bout.

So. Ons sit met agt 13mm HT boute wat die sleepstang aan die onderstel vas hou en dan die recovery punte wat aan die sleepstang vas gesweis is en met 12mm HT boute wasgemaak is. Alles mooi in lyn met die onderstel. Sal julle na die eerste recovery laat weet of dit voldoende was...

[tp007]

So vinnige feedback.

Het toe by Gerbers 4x4 laat installeer die frontrunner towbar en 'n Gerbers 50l LR tank.

Enigste "klagte" wat ek het, is dat hulle die tupper-bumper gesny het, maar dis mooi afgewerk en netjies gedoen.(nou al gewoont daaraan)

Die recovery punte (twee lusse aan beide kante) werk heel goed. Het buurman se kombi al twee keer teen bult uitgesleep vir runstart en ook die delivery bakkie wat nie die bult kon uitkom nie. Met die v6 auto en 1ste low range idle jy sommer uit.