Tow Bar or not to Tow Bar

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I spoke with a mobile fitter and essentially explained the above, the difference between electrics and no electrics was £30 for him although a few people have now mentioned the electrics are the expensive part.

[Davie]

The screw in tow eye is a shout but it's not designed to take a vertical load, so you may find you bend the tow eye or damage the threads etc.

I did move an old horsebox using the screw in towing eye on an old V70 along with a bit chain through it and the drawbar... granted there were a few tow hitch meets bumper moments but I didn't care

Guess it depends on how "correct" you want the methods to be or if it's a slope to the water in which case, in and out the trailer will be pulling away from the car so damage will be minimised.