Thread: Tow Bar Question

QUOTE (Barbaraok @ Nov 9 2009, 06:31 PM) It would be just like me to forget that there wasn't a person there and slam on the brakes seeing a hand waving! Never had that problem. But I did get pulled over once by a cop trying to figure out why I had a glove tied to the steering wheel. My impeccable logic and good sense astounded him. -------------------- Rae '97 Glendale Royal Classic pulling a '08...

Like several others here, we back the towd to latch the tow-bar's arms, but since we hook up as a team with Pam behind the wheel, once the arms are attached, I signal her and she eases back until I indicate that they have latched. Rarely, one will latch enough before the other that it won't latch both and then I pull forward with the motorhome to do so. QUOTE Am I correct in towing with the steering wheel unlocked? You absolutely...

Man! You couples are always coming up with a good way to do things. But they aren't always are possible to be used by us Single travelers. Not that anything is wrong with that. I found that being single, the backing up the car works best. If both arms don't lock that way, and sometimes only one side does. When pulling out of the site I check for wheel turning with the back up camera. And when I get near the campground exit....

QUOTE (Rae @ Nov 9 2009, 10:49 AM) That's what I do, too. I tie a white glove to the top of the (black) steering wheel. This way, I can easy see if the wheels are turning, as indicated by a hand waving at me through the camera! It would be just like me to forget that there wasn't a person there and slam on the brakes seeing a hand waving! Barb -------------------- Barb & Dave O'Keeffe...

QUOTE (R.J.(Bob) Evans @ Nov 6 2009, 07:33 PM) FWIW I always latch mine in by backing the towed up. Its dead simple & I have to get into the truck anyway to put it in neutral so its easy to latch the arms at the same time. There is no logical reason why doing it this way would impose any more or less stress on the arms than pulling the moho ahead so I have no intention of checking it with Blue Ox or of...

QUOTE instructions clearly state that I am to pull forward with the MH until the legs lock As do mine, but in most circumstances for me it is much more convenient to ease the car backward until the locks pop up rather than going to the front of the MH, starting it up etc, pulling forward (perhaps now partially blocking a road?), then getting out and going back to check to see if the locks have popped up. When I ease the car backward, I can...

I do it a little different -both methods work equally well. Once hooked up and checked over I pull forward and let Danielle watch the hitch and Jeep while standing next to them. Why this way? To make sure that the steering wheel is unlocked properly, to triple check the hookups and connections (we have each, independently, already checked things), and to make sure the toad is tracking without issues or "noises". Since we...

Yeah, that waving stuff is hard on a person. I got tired (and tennis elbow) waving back at all those saguaro cacti Our Chevy Trailblazer steering wheel does not lock when you take the key out, so no problem there. I just back until the hitch arms lock, or if the motorhome is at too much of an angle, drive it foreward a few feet until the arms lock while we are doing the light inspection. Steve -------------------- 2005 Tiffin Allegro Bus...

QUOTE (Steved44 @ Nov 9 2009, 05:09 PM) Yeah, that waving stuff is hard on a person. I got tired (and tennis elbow) waving back at all those saguaro cacti Our Chevy Trailblazer steering wheel does not lock when you take the key out, so no problem there. I just back until the hitch arms lock, or if the motorhome is at too much of an angle, drive it foreward a few feet until the arms lock while we are doing the light...

Please do not pull your mh with your towd. When I had my new tow bar installed, the installer towed mine back at least a foot. 2 days later I was driving down the road and my Jeep Liberty was on top of my tow bar and hitting the back of my mh. It may or may not have been the cause but it just doesn't make sense to pull 15000 #s with something that weighs 2000 #s. (and no making fun of my numbers) Safety first.