Towed Car Comes Loose - A Plus For Auxiliary Braking System

Tvov wrote:
That was a very interesting read (I don't have have a Class A or toad).

I am a little curious about the "auxiliary braking system"... how does that work? I would have thought it would have prevented the toad from "crashing" into the motorhome. Do they have a button / slide on their dashboard to manually apply the toad's brakes?

As to those pins - they describe how they had everything installed at a dealership, and the "combined" hitch and the pins were what the dealership put on. They've now upgraded to heavier duty components.

as stated in the article, only one of the bars disengaged and thus the cable did not pullout the plug and apply the brakes. don't know how to prevent that.
bumpy

I noticed some years back that the 1/2" pins that attach our ReadyBrute Elite tow bar to our Blue Ox base plate always work themselves in the same direction while underway, and some wear could be seen on the retainer clips from the side pressure. I've since marked the bar ends so that I always insert the pins so they'll work themselves towards the handles rather than towards the retainer clips. After many thousands of miles now, there is zero wear on the retainer clips, and watching the pins in the lower rear camera suggests that even if the clips were removed, the pins would still stay in place. If you have similar tow bar and pin setup, I'd suggest checking on that to see if you might add a bit more safety just by inserting the pins in the best direction.

That was a very interesting read (I don't have have a Class A or toad).

I am a little curious about the "auxiliary braking system"... how does that work? I would have thought it would have prevented the toad from "crashing" into the motorhome. Do they have a button / slide on their dashboard to manually apply the toad's brakes?

As to those pins - they describe how they had everything installed at a dealership, and the "combined" hitch and the pins were what the dealership put on. They've now upgraded to heavier duty components.

I do not have a problem with him using parts from two different tow bars. As he says, a $0.50 lynch pin would have solved the problem.

Agree that the flimsy clips he was using on the pins are not the best option.

I don't understand them using two different tow bar systems Blue Ox and Roadmaster together? And the cotter pin he shows? I don't use them (I've never trusted them) I use padlocks in the place of those pins.