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Before Buying A Towbar Check Out Our Tow Bar Guide Choosing the right towbar for your vehicle is often a simple decision made by deciding on the cheapest option available, in many cases this is not the best decision, keep reading to find out what the right tow bar for you is. The tow bar…
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Before we get started, this guide if only for people towing with an ALKO stabiliser equipped caravan.  Which is most (but not all) modern caravans. (Check with your caravan dealer if unsure.) Firstly, before you connect your caravan to the tow ball, make sure the tow ball is clean from rust, oil, grease, paint and…
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The Motability Scheme enables people to get mobile by exchanging their mobility allowance to lease a new car. Over the past few weeks we have had several calls from people asking about having a towbar fitted to their Mobility car. Before having a tow bar fitted to a Mobility vehicle there are a few important…
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When buying towing equipment your primary buying preferences should be that of safety. Your secondary preference should be reliability and your third should be price.  With towing electrics you have two main choices to make… Universal or Dedicated towing electrics: Universal towing electrics are the old style of electrical towing connections.  They use a set…
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If you need a tow bar fitting before your holiday, please don’t leave it to the last minute. There’s currently a massive stock shortage in the tow bar industry.  Several manufacturers are still not open for business and this is causing suppliers to run very low on some stock. Luckily we have some great contacts…
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Every day we receive calls from customers requesting a quote for cheap towbar fitting. …and every so often we get people telling us how they can get the same towbar and electrics fitted at a cheaper price.  When I say cheaper we are talking about seriously cheap, like so cheap that even we can’t buy…
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Fitting a second hand towbar might seem like a cheap way of getting your vehicle hitched to your trailer or caravan, the reality is that it might be more costly than you think… Firstly, the towbar would need to have been removed from an identical vehicle, same make, model, year and chasis. Even vehicles manufactured…
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We’ve had a busy week here at Ultimate Towbars and have ended the week on a high note. We had a call from Mrs Hepworth, who wanted a good quality towbar and electrics fitting to her Nissan Qashqai in preperation of picking up her new caravan after the Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. When we found…
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We are pleased to announce we will soon be adding the Aragon and TowCar brands to our product range. Aragon, a well known brand in Europe, but are pretty much unknown in the UK. Based in Northern Spain the company have been producing high quality towing products since the early 90s and exporting throughout Europe.…
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“How much to have a tow bar fitted?”…the most asked question that we get here at Ultimate Towbars. The answer is often more complex than people think and can vary quite a bit depending on the following: THE VEHICLE Different vehicles require different towbars, there is no ‘one size fits all.’ Most vehicle chasis are…
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