Adding a towbar

[tanglewood7x]

Hi all

So, anyone explored the possibilities of fitting a towbar to a coach?

The problem seems to be the lack of any substantial metalwork once the chassis rails finish to attach anything to. Short of producing a towbar that hangs on 2' deep legs from the chassis rails and then travels (unsupported) 6' under the boot floor what else could you bolt/weld it to??

Anyone designed something for their bus/coach? I'd be really interested to hear.

Cheers

Adam

[Jonathan Smith]

There are a few coaches which have tow bars as standard, although the ball fitting is not always fitted.

Scania's for example tend to have such fittings.



They tend to be rear engined and have substantial strengthening all the way aft.

[fredwhitworth]

tanglewood7x said:

Hi all
So, anyone explored the possibilities of fitting a towbar to a coach? (snip)

__. Yeah, I did that on my bus. On the Daimler Fleetline, there's a chassis frame extension on each chassis rail and these two extensions are tied together by a sturdy steel crossrail. All this is frame for the engine fixing and the engine bonnet as well. This cross rail is welded and gussetted. I had a tow socket fabricated with the socket bar onto a backing plate. To provide clearance, I cut a 2 1/2" inch square in the crossrail and bolted the socket backing plate onto the crossrail. I'm not sure how strong this will be but it appears plenty stout for my purposes.
Bruce, North Carolina USA