Extended drawbar

[Burnsy]

Hi turtle,

If you made one end longer then that would give you a greater mechanical advantage so it would take less effort to push/pull so wouldn't that mean that there was less weight on the end?

Cheers
Burnsy

 

[Pieter]

When we bought our van Nov last year we paid $200 for the 300mm extension onb the draw bar.
This was my dealers response to me at the time.
"You are looking at $200.00 for the draw bar extension."

 

[seanparky]

I know this is an old thread. I was wondering with the extended draw bar option and have noticed people putting on tool boxes how do you go with the added weight on the bar and ball. Also does it effect your reversing.

 

[achjimmy]

I know this is an old thread. I was wondering with the extended draw bar option and have noticed people putting on tool boxes how do you go with the added weight on the bar and ball. Also does it effect your reversing.

Yes it ads weight but if you relocate spare to the rear it helps offset it a bit. Reversing it is much slower to come around but also less likley to get into a jack knife postion.

 

[seanparky]

Thanks Jim.

 

[Gaz70]

Looks great. Did they reposition the bottles at the factory? If so, was there any extra cost?

thats where jayco positioned the gas bottles....i did ask to allow enough room for a 600mm wide toolbox..no cost, however i think the dealer just included it in our deal!!

 

[Gaz70]

I am ordering a non outback and they are doing the extended draw bar no problems.

They do it on either outback or non outback.



I love this idea but still wondering how you get to the spare in case of emergency?

spare was relocated to a folding wheel carrier and rear bumper..

 

[MolongMick]

Hi turtle,

If you made one end longer then that would give you a greater mechanical advantage so it would take less effort to push/pull so wouldn't that mean that there was less weight on the end?

Cheers
Burnsy

HI there Burnsy, you are right about the mechanical advantage of the extension, but that is negated by the fact that there is an extra 30cm of steel added to the front, plus they, being Jayco, also move the spare wheel further forward, hence adding extra weight to the down ball, in my case it was about 30kg extra.

 

[wellsfamily]

We were quoted $300 for the extended drawbar on a 18-57-09 at the Brissie Van Show.