Stupid question regarding hitch/towbar?

junction12

I grew up in rural Ireland and most people I know who are putting a trailer onto a car/jeep always refer to it as the hitch. On here there are often threads about towbars.
What I'm basically asking is are they the same thing?

O.A.P

junction12 wrote: »

I grew up in rural Ireland and most people I know who are putting a trailer onto a car/jeep always refer to it as the hitch. On here there are often threads about towbars.
What I'm basically asking is are they the same thing?

Yes same thing and lot of other names when people bang their shins off them.

Special Circumstances

Toe bar/hich is a donedeal favourite spelling.

Ball hitch (chrome or no chrome hehehe)

Draw bar.

Manual parking sensor....

Take your pick!

JBokeh

They are used interchangeably , but if you're wanting to get the particulars right the tow bar is the bit of box iron that is bolted to the chassis or the subframe of the car, the hitch is then the bit that has the tow ball on it, either the swan neck type or the two bolt type, some also have a pin and jaw type with the ball hitch too. The hitch bolts to the bar

Some 4x4s don't have the bar, just the swan neck that bolts straight to the rear.

This is the bar