Tow car hookup by single person
I will be towing a vehicle and need to be able to easily (relatively) hook up the towed vehicle by myself. 1) Any recommendations for a particular tow bar brand? 2) Any hookup procedure recommenda...
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I just glanced through everything so far and didn't see this mentioned. I did see a lot of comments about type of tow bar not mattering. That isn't really true. There are different types of tow bar. For example you could get a rigid tow bar. I saw those mentioned on here and those are very difficult to hook up alone. There is zero play in them and you have to get the ball perfectly lined up under the hitch or it won't connect. But you probably aren't getting one of those.
Of the other types, you have the ones that hang off the back of the motorhome and the ones that hang off the toad. Once you have them mounted they basically work the same way and have play in the bars so you just have to get the toad within the envelope and you can hook it up. The biggest difference being if you get the type that hangs off the back of the motorhome, you can just leave it on the motorhome and never take it off if you don't want to. The tow bar can be heavy and you have to have a place to store and then have to lug it out to put it on the vehicle. If it's on the motorhome you never have to do that if you don't want to. Just put a cover on it if you store it outside. If you get the tow bar that mounts on the toad, you probably won't be leaving it there all the time. So you'll be doing what I do and that's carrying it from it's storage spot on the side of the garage to put it on the toad. I don't know how much the thing weighs, but it isn't light, and I can see that getting harder and harder to do as I get older. But if I ever replace it I'll get one that hangs on the motorhome and since I store the motorhome inside I'll just leave it on all the time.
Of the other types, you have the ones that hang off the back of the motorhome and the ones that hang off the toad. Once you have them mounted they basically work the same way and have play in the bars so you just have to get the toad within the envelope and you can hook it up. The biggest difference being if you get the type that hangs off the back of the motorhome, you can just leave it on the motorhome and never take it off if you don't want to. The tow bar can be heavy and you have to have a place to store and then have to lug it out to put it on the vehicle. If it's on the motorhome you never have to do that if you don't want to. Just put a cover on it if you store it outside. If you get the tow bar that mounts on the toad, you probably won't be leaving it there all the time. So you'll be doing what I do and that's carrying it from it's storage spot on the side of the garage to put it on the toad. I don't know how much the thing weighs, but it isn't light, and I can see that getting harder and harder to do as I get older. But if I ever replace it I'll get one that hangs on the motorhome and since I store the motorhome inside I'll just leave it on all the time.
