On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:14:46 +0100, T i m > wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm trying to help my potential son_in_law sort out a tow bar on his
>new_to_him 1983 2L petrol Toyota HiLux pickup but not sure if this is
>the right place. If it isn't could someone kindly suggest a more
>suitable n/g please.
>
>Anyway, in case it is ... there is a fairly substantial tubular steel
>bumper style bar going across the back that happens to have two 16mm
>diameter and tow ball bolt spaced tubes going through it.
>
>The problem is even with the truck fairly well loaded (a bed full of
>red cedar and other gear) this bar is a good 500mm off the road and I
>understand the optimum height for the ball mounting holes should be
>more like 300mm? (to allow a ball to bring it back up to a nominal
>380mm 'laden').
>
>I've also compared what is there already against a scaleable diagram
>of another towbar and it seems the two are pretty close re the key
>dimensions. However, the drawing was for a Toyota HiLux 4x4 and I
>think the crucial but missing info may be 'pickup'?
>
>So, can anyone confirm a 1983 HiLux 4x4 Pickup would look like it had
>been 'lifted' from std (large gaps over the wheels to the
>wheel-arches) or has this one actually been lifted somehow (we can't
>see where and don't believe it was done by the po who had it from
>nearly new) please?
>
>All the best.
>
>T i m


You are towing it backwards?

I doubt 150 MM will make much difference, but what about a drop/raise
hitch assembly?