Tow Tower

Here's a video that addresses a lot of questions/concerns. I use that term loosely because after watching the video the guy that built the thing still has great deal of difficulty hooking it up. You have to crawl on the ground under your car to insert a 2" steel bar with considerable length and I am assuming also considerable weight, then the hitch to that bar seems like it requires a little wrestling with. In the very beginning he admits that the biggest constraint is hitch weight capacity, He guesses his 4k# Caddy puts 1500# of tongue weight. He didn't mention what the unit itself weighs so add that to the mix. Of course that's not moving or bouncing etc. He's got it hooked to a Foretravel so my guess is unless you do some serious reinforcement, his target market is the Prevost set. It also renders your hitch useless when not towing as I would guess this is fairly difficult to remove and store somewhere. I don't think I heard price but I would guess more than a dolly - especially when factoring that you still need a base plate and hitch work unless yours is heavy duty enough. If you read the comments, a lot of questions and concerns are addressed there. I like new and creative ideas but personally this looks like an expensive way to solve a problem that has already been solved with a dolly or get a new car and flat tow. If I were a betting man I would say this is developed so people with Foretravels and Prevosts can tow their Cadillacs without having to slum it with a dolly.

On edit: Looks like at 12:23 he starts talking cost - Approx $3-4k total depending on how much work you do yourself. that does not include any work to reinforce your hitch. I bought my first dolly for about $1200 and required no mods whatsoever. Of course if you are spending $1-3MM on a coach a few grand is negligible.

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