Can someone with a towbar on their van do me a favour?

[Zebedee]

I'm in the process of building a small utility trailer and am trying to work out the height of the drawbar (trailer coupling).
As it is going to be used behind all 3 of my vehicles (stock height T3 caravelle, bay camper and 1970 beetle) i'm going to try and make its drawbar so it fits all 3 without being at extreme angles.
If i build it the correct height for my bug it'll point skywards on my bay (and probably my caravelle too) but if i build it somewhere between the two it should be OK.

The problem is, at the moment my caravelle doesn't have a towbar fitted so i'm unsure what height the top of the towball will be at when fitted.

Can someone with a towbar on their van please do me a favour and measure from the ground to the top of the towball?
Thanks in advance.

[Steve T]

Z

The height of mine is 17.5 inches445 mm, standard tyres and setup (not lowered or modified)

Hope that is of help

[Zebedee]

Cheers.
Thats great. The one on my bay is at 18". Think i'll need to make it with a reversable hitch to get the 2 heights though as the bug is at 10".

[Steve T]

Z

I think you can get bolt on plates with holes at different heights to mount the towball to get the towed trailer at a level deemed ok, just a matter of 2 bolts to adjust ride height of drawbar, thus future proof for any towed article

[weimarbus]

Hi, mine is also 17.5, factory fit towbar with swan neck, with standard springs.

[Zebedee]

I've wanted one of these westfalia wolfsburg trailers for years, so am going to try and make something similar but using 10" wheels and indespension units.

[RobClu]

Standard suspension and tyres on Westy. Height halfway up towball is 17.5 inches.

[bigherb]

Standard suspension and tyres, Witter towbar with bolt on ball 15"