Towing Noises
Whilst towing my boat last week across the Essex Alps, I noticed there is always a loud sharp “clonking” noise when going over bumps or undulations in the road. I have had this noise since I have been towing the boat with the same car (Land Rover Freelander2 with detachable tow-bar).
I spoke to a tow-bar specialist who said that the noise was probably due to the brakes needing adjustment but after carefully adjusting them, the noise was just the same!
As I do not do much towing (usually a couple of 60mile/96km trips a year) I’m not sure if this is normal. It sounds as if either tow ball is under size for the trailer socket (it is not) or the removable tow bar fitted to the car is loose!
Does anyone have any experience of this and is it normal? I would be particularly interested if any of you Freelander 2ers have experienced it, or not! I accept this is probably dificult to quantify!
I would like to get it resolved as I hope to tow the boat to France early this year.
Regards
David Peck
CC94 Whistling Rufus