Motorhome Towbars - Scooter Racks and Motorbike Racks

We have almost 20 years experience of designing and fabricated towbars for virtually every kind of motorhome on the road. Feedback from our customers tells us that the addition of a towbar really has given their motorhome a new dimension. Many use the towbar to pull small trailers, a sizeable proportion use the towbar as a platform for our very popular scooter rack but an ever growing number of motorhomers find that an Armitage towbar is ideal to take along a car or motorbike.

And it's not always just a mini-sized runabout. Among our recent towbar customers are those taking two-seater sports cars to help them explore France and Spain, speed enthusiasts towing racing cars in comfort and born-again bikers taking their Harley-Davidsons and Honda Goldwings along to where the real riding begins.

Most of our customers ask for towbars with a full-width underrun bar, made of galvanised 80mm x 40mm box steel. They like the protection our bar gives to their motorhomes against low-speed car park shunts or bollards that leap out of nowhere! This is a no-cost option and can be specified as an alternative to the flush-fitting bar.

Designing and fabricating a towbar for your motor home usually means we need to have your vehicle here at Ferrybridge for 4 - 8 hours. In very rare circumstances there may be an overnight stay to complete the towbar the next morning.

Basic Alko chassis motorhome towbars ( Not underrun style as shown & not suitable for motorbike racks. For towing use only ) £ 195.00 + vat + delivery if required to fit yourself or £ 250.00 + vat fitted in 2 hours. 3 or 5 measurments required CLICK HERE for measurment sheet to fill in and E mail or fax back

Our Heavy duty motorhome towbars are priced between £ 350.00 - £500.00 + vat

Pricing structure as follows :

Motorhomes built on Alko chassis's, most Hymer's and chassis's that come right to the rear of the vehicle ( will take Scooter racks if required ) are charged at £ 350.00 + vat.

A towbar for a motorhome built on the donor vehicle's original ladder chassis, but with a strong chassis extension at the rear costs 400.00 + vat

Fabricating a motorhome towbar for a vehilce with a weak chassis extension, perhaps made of 1" box section or angle iron structures that require re - inforcing = £ 450.00 + vat

In very rare circumstances when there is a large overhang and either no chassis extension or just a pressed steel wedge screwed to the motorhome floor it would be necessary to build a chassis extension first. Only then can we fabricate the towbar. This version costs £500.00 + vat

All step versions, Detachable & stepped up or out under-runs add £ 50.00 + vat to the above relevant price category.

Full length step versions add £100.00 + vat

New 2006 onwards Mercedes, Fiat, Citreon & Peugeot based motorhomes have Multiplexed Cambus electrics and under no circumstances should the towbar electrics be soldered or Scotchlocked into the vehicle's wiring harness underneath as this will damage the on board computer. There are cheap ways of bypassing this system with a relay but we have found that its life expectancy is very short. The only successful way is to use a factory style plug-in, purpose-made wiring extension kit that complements the original wiring loom of the vehicle. This kit costs £90.00 + vat on top of the relevant price catagory listed above when bought as part of our package the retail price of this kit is £180.00.

Other unusual designs & requests P.O.A.

A towbar shaped to hug the rear of the

motorhome and colour coded.

Under-run stepped out to shape the rear end of  this Compass Calypso

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A towbar stepped out to suit light pods

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A chamfered bar with chequerplate infil

Full width Step

It is simplicity itself to further increase the versatility of your motorhome by adding one of our scooter/motorbike racks. The aluminium chequer plate rack & ramp will carry most Scooters, motorcycle & enduro-style bikes safely up to 170 kg. The standard version comes with plastic lighting board and costs £ 300.00 + vat as shown below. PLEASE NOTE. All scooter racks need to be mounted on a towbar that has sufficient download capability to cope with the weight of the rack AND the scooter.

     170kg Scooter on Standard Scooter rack

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   250cc Aprilla on standard Scooter Rack

By far the most popular is the deluxe scooter rack which has commercial-grade, rubber backed lights set in a alluminium chequer plate protective channel (see Mr Armitage's own motorhome R951 CEX, below). It costs £400.00 + vat.

A fully restored Vespa Scooter on our         Deluxe lighting Rack

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Whatever your motorhome, please call for a quote.

Bessacar c/w deluxe Motorcycle / Scooter  Rack fitted

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Standard Slot in Aluminium Mobility Scooter Platform £250.00 + vat using your excisting ramp ?  or £ 350.00 + vat with 5ft long loading ramp as shown below.

The picture to the left shows our motorbike / scooter rack attachment. This includes a loading ramp that clips easily to the rack.

The seat clamp system makes it easy for one person to load and fasten the scooter / Motorcycle and means you are not relying on front wheel straps alone to secure your motorbike.

Low angle loading with our 5ft ramp

Aluminium Scooter / Motorbike Rack

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