Towing mirrors

We have used the ORA and are happy with them. You may ned to buy extension arms, or have them made, in our case we did not.

Whilst some people mount the bracket upside down, this is not really a good idea.

We found that in the ML270, if we were already batling a head wind, then when be passed by trucks coming the other way, then the mirror would fold back onto the drivers window. Did not happen if there was no wind or it was a tailwind.

If we had mounted the mirror upside down, the the mirror body would hit the paint work instead of the drivers door glass.

We found that a strip of duct tape, changed daily, strapping the front of the mirror, to the mirror hinge would stop in folding back.

The guy who made the suggestion, indicated to change it daily, before the heat set the glue, so that it did not damage the finish.

Regards

Col Tigwell

Hi Greg,
I tow an eight ft wide caravan with an 80 series Landcruiser and have not found any of the commercially made towing mirrors and good so I decided to make my own.
For each morror I used one piece of 20mm rhs and one piece of 25mm rhs. With a little bit of work the 20mm will slide in and out of the 25mm quite easy. You may have to lap these in a bit. You will now have a piece of telescopic rhs.
Welded on the 25mm rhs are two muffler type clamps. These are used to clamp it to my bull bar. I have also installed a thumb screw to lock the 20mm rhs.
On the end of the 20rhs is a convex mirror. By using a convex mirror most of the viabration created is elimenated and they don't need constant adjustment.
When not towing the mirror and 20mmrhs is pushed into the 25mm to bring the mirrors back into gauge.
When I have finsished towing my van. i.e. after I get home I just unbolt the whole mirror assembly.
Gee I wished that I had patented the idea

Greg,

I tow a 20ft van behind a LC 100 Series. I purchased Aussie Truck Mirrors. They have a strap which hooks between the window jamb and the bottom of the door. When tensioned, it provides a vibration free platform for the mirror. You can then adjust the width.

The most important benefits for me were lack of vibration and easy adjustment.




Motley

Sorry, that should read an 8ft wide Jayco!

Sorry again - my previous correction related to my follow-up to Motley's reply. I hit the wrong button!

Raybates
thank heaps 200mm sounds good i have been going to make a set of mirrors like yours for a while now ,I saw same on a victorian vehicle at Forster( east coast nsw) c/van park recently and was impressed so will check out Repco tomorrow.
Geoff-2