Towbar electric socket plate offroad clearance

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Hi all,
Took my XC90 offroading at the weekend in a small way (at a pay-and-play site). All went well except that my towbar electric socket mounting plate got bent, as you'd probably expect.





It's a standard towbar with the socket mounted off to the side of the ball and the bottom of the socket plate is maybe 1cm below the bottom of the ball casting. Do you offroaders have a 'normal' solution for this that moves the socket up and out of the way? I can't find any socket plates online that seem to solve the problem. Some move the socket up slightly but it would still be vulnerable.

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Interesting idea - thinking out of the box. Thanks!

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Hmm. I've seen a variety of mounting plates for the socket including some right-angle ones. Perhaps they'd fit in a different position from the ball mounting plate - I shall investigate. Thanks for that too.