Dingy Towing Equipment
We have purchased a 2015 Winnebago Itasca 27N and a 2016 Ford Focus and are ready to outfit the Focus to be towed. Rightly or wrongly I've been steered towards Blue Ox equipment. I'm looking into the ...
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Dutch_12078 wrote:. That's the Demco that I have.Gjac wrote:
The only thing that I would add to this thread is to choose a steel tow bar over the Al tow bar it will have a higher tow capacity. The Al will be lighter but I only remove mine once a year for the winter. Also when you install the tow plate make sure the bolts are grade 8 bolts and use the Loctite(blue stuff)or Thredlock to keep the nuts from backing off. I know personally two people who have lost their tow cars one was a Blue Ox Al bar that failed, another where the base plate came off. Occasionally you read on here of the same kind of failure. Some people install a safety chain around the the base plates for added insurance. I check mine every season. My tow care weights 2500 lbs and my steel Demco tow bar is rated for 10,000 lbs. I have dissembled and cleaned it twice in 12 years and 80,000 miles of towing to keep it locking.
The aluminum ReadyBrute tow bars are rated at 8,000 lbs. Blue Ox supplies safety cables with their base plates that connect the plate to the vehicle frame. Only the Demco Excalibar tow bar is rated at 10,500 lbs. The others are rated lower than the ReadyBrute.
