IF Class A pusher needs to be towed off highway

A couple of things to keep in mind.

If you are waiting for a tow and you have a front generator, most likely the generators exhaust system will need to be removed for proper clearance. So, you may not want to run the generator waiting for the tow as your wait time has just been extended for the system to cool down.

The tow truck driver may have to run electric wires and air lines to the rear of the coach along the side. Keep extra shop towels and/or cut tennis balls to save your expensive paint job. Tie rags to the wires in knots to save the cables from scratching or rubbing the paint.

The drive line and/or the half shafts can be pulled out of the axle housings for towing (the chrome hats have to come off).

The engine would need to be running to lubricate the transmission which could be done for a short towing distance and not disconnect anything (info from our session).

You also need to know how much your coach weighs if asked by the tow company (for proper equipment to be sent), know each axle weight too.

MM.

If the axles do not have tapered locking washers then pulling the axles is fairly simple, but if they do it can be a real pain to get these locking tapers to turn loose. You can make covers from cardboard but you stand a chance of ruining the gaskets on the axles.
You do not have to mark the u joints as long as you do not take the sliding parts apart. A 1/2" or 9/16 wrench is all that's need to take a drive shaft out.

I would still have my Monaco towed with the front wheels lifted, but only high enough to clear the pavement. Raising the front up too high is going to drag the hitch which I do on some driveways. I have not damaged my frame doing that... even getting hung up to where I had to manually raise the back and lower the front to give the tires enough traction to continue. Yes, I go some places most would be smart enough to not go.

Yes, pulling the axles work if they tow rig has the covers.

Question on a DP being towed from the front. I know the need to disconnect the trans from the differential, but why not remove the drive axles and put a cover plate over the hub opening once the axles are removed? Seems a lot easier then crawling under, marking "U" Joints for proper reinstall.

A class A can be towed by a tow truck lifting the front end, disconnecting the drive shaft making sure the U-joint is marked with a chalk or yellow marker so that it will be installed in the same position it originally was. Disconnect the batteries, not sure why, but that is what the manual states.

As to what to do with the dolly? Hope you have a hitch behind your tow vehicle so you can tow it away.

Coach-Net also will load your coach on a flat bed. I have seen even commercial buses loaded on lowboy type flat trailers and carried away.

Then flat bed towing leads to it's own problems with height issues.

Apparently Monaco does not want you to tow a tag axle Roadmaster. Flat bed only. Otherwise you can suffer damage to the rear frame area.

Moisheh

Agree with MM, you need to know the best way to tow your DP... a big wheel lift from the front. I recently added a hitch to my Prius so it could pull my car dolly if necessary BUT then I decided to tow it differently without a dolly.

sch911 wrote:
Put a hitch receiver on your Toad. Then if something like this happens, you can tow your own dolly away...

Agree that a hitch receiver on a toad is a necessity. It can be used for other things also. I use mine for the bike rack as well as pulling the blue tank to the dump station. JMO

Yes, if you're going to use a tow dolly, you really, really should have a hitch receiver installed on your toad, so it can drag the dolly around when need be. There are lots of various situations where you will want/need that option, not just in the event of a tow.