Watching someone backup with a toad attached
Relevant to the recent (closed) post on backing up with a toad attached: clicky We observed someone doing just that today, and it was rather horrifying! The fellow was leaving the campground and ...
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viajante wrote:
Won't backing with the tow attached damage the tow bar ? When my tow bar was first installed, I was told that backing would damage the tow bar.
No, tow bars are a triangular rigid connection between the MH and the towed.
When towing, the MH exerts primarily pull on the towed, guiding it. When braking, or on downhill grades the towed exerts push on the coach, when the towed's brakes are not engaged or equal to the braking power of the coach.
How is the little pressure of backing slowly, for short distances, going to exceed even the smallest % of the forces that tow bar absorbs and transfers at highway speeds to both units in extreme hills and even panic stops?
As I have posted before, backing is doable, without damage, to the educated.
