Bobinet Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) b Edited March 26, 2010 by Bobinet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbilly Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hi AllJust seen the website for front towbar and contacted the local garage. They said that Watling do the front tows for Mondeos saloon and hatchbacks so I guess my TDCi Estate would be ok. Price quoted is £160 inc plus extra for the al ko ball. I have a wide driveway and about 14ft depth so basically pushing the van up at 45 degrees for a few feet then move to the right into the parking place. Not sure if a small hole in the grill is needed. what do you think? Front towbar v Shifta v Mover ? Thanks Bobby Really difficult to say not seeing the exact location. I have quite a big area in front of my house but narrow access. Now we are getting on a bit we had a motor mover fitted to our last 2 vans and have never looked back. When I am not caravanning I fish from a 14' boat on the Broads and in Ireland and I find the front tow bar invaluable for some of the tricky slipways but I have never needed it, yet, on the caravan. . Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerL Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 A mover is far more practical, in that it can be used wherever the space for the caravan - the downside of a front towball is that you can only use it where there's room for both car and caravan, you can only use it where the car can grip - and even then you can't use it to rotate the caravan on it's own axle. I can see the benefit of a front towball, compared to nothing, but it would be a mover every time for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elm6 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I had a front tow bracket made for my Frontera, it made reversing the caravan off the road, up the drive and round the side of the house a dream. I then changed the car to an Xtrail and bought a smaller caravan so I never got round to having one made for the Xtrail. Now that I'm changing back to a bigger caravan I'm having a motor mover fitted as I've got the money to spend on one, if I hadn't I'd have had a front tow bar fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONTYSA Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 If you can afford the extra money, to fit a fixed mover, do it. A front tow ball may be a bit easier if you have problems reversing, but can be a bother droping of and picking back up. with mover drop caravan press buttons no problems. Happy Caravaning Monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassneck Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 If you can afford the extra money, to fit a fixed mover, do it. A front tow ball may be a bit easier if you have problems reversing, but can be a bother droping of and picking back up. with mover drop caravan press buttons no problems. Happy Caravaning Monty Woohaaaa Mister, not so quick on the "problems reversing" quote. I dont have any problems reversing my caravan, but its easier with some other help such as a mover or similar. But movers dont work due to my driveway/road/access. Like ive said before they are brilliant if they fit into certain parameters, but not everyone does. So a front towball is bang on the button for me and works far better than a mover ever did, any of the ones i tried. Quote In Consilio Sapienta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad210358 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) Bobinet, A neighbour of mine with a Mondeo got hold of a spare towing eye that screwed into the point on his front bumper and had a towball fixed onto that so all he had to do was screw the towing eye in and hitch up and cost a lot less that the £160 you have been quoted. You will probably pick up a towing eye off fleabay for under £20 with postage. Just a thought. Edited March 26, 2009 by ad210358 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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