Guest Dojomaster1984 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 (edited) What do you all reckon to putting a tow bar onto the back of the 1.6 XR3i Cabby? A sensible choice or not? More so has anyone else done it already? Edited May 30, 2012 by Dojomaster1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Paul Posted May 30, 2012 Admin Share Posted May 30, 2012 Hi we have seen a few Escort Cabs with tow bars fitted and seem to be ok, one thing i would ask is why? what are you thinking of pulling as the Escort cab is not a great tow car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alanman Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Bigcab had a tow bar on it when it was little cab. Pritty much took it off straight away. A cab would be okay for pulling a little box trailer or something similar I would have thought. Anything bigger it might struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no1birdman Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 had one on mine mk4 for 15 years, pulled everything from caravan 12ft sprite to all kind of trailors, no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dojomaster1984 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I was going to pull a simple and small box trailer tent is all, so maybey in the range of 0.5-1 ton's worth of trailer. in what manor would the tow bar be attached to the Cab, via drilling holes and bolted or by welding it onto the chasis? I am thinking that maybey a visit to the local garage might be in order to put thte tow bar setup on. Price range of an installation of the Cab's that have it done already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lee81 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Aint seen any but they will attach to to rear chassis legs with bolts through the boot floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dojomaster1984 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I think that a trip to the local garage is in order. Thank you all for your help and soon there might be a cabby with a tow WORRYING OR EXCITING IS THE QUESTION lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smiler Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Mine had one fitted when I first got it. From memory it had a large flat plate mounted the bottom of the spare wheel well that curved back round at the rear valance and attached to a spreader bar that was bolted across the width of the rear valance behind the bumper. I never towed anything with it, the car was in no fit state for the road when I bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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