Anybody use a Reese Towbar?
They are inexpensive and rated for a 5000 lb load. Any experiences?
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Similar to this one from Harbor Fright:
I'd bet on the Reese brand before the HF one, about same price. The problem isn't on the right hand end of the photo, it's on the left. Unless you're bolting it to a Jeep or one of the very few vehicles with a "ladder frame" chassis where the steel bumper mounts right into "frame horns" then you need a base plate. And if you need a base plate, it has to interface to the bar. BlueOx, DEMCO and Roadmaster all have brackets so each can play nice with the others. I don't remember seeing "REESE" or "Haul Master" on any of those lists.
Negative remark on REESE that probably almost certainly applies to HF was cheap bolts. You could likely have to swap out all the fasteners in either brand.
I'd bet on the Reese brand before the HF one, about same price. The problem isn't on the right hand end of the photo, it's on the left. Unless you're bolting it to a Jeep or one of the very few vehicles with a "ladder frame" chassis where the steel bumper mounts right into "frame horns" then you need a base plate. And if you need a base plate, it has to interface to the bar. BlueOx, DEMCO and Roadmaster all have brackets so each can play nice with the others. I don't remember seeing "REESE" or "Haul Master" on any of those lists.
Negative remark on REESE that probably almost certainly applies to HF was cheap bolts. You could likely have to swap out all the fasteners in either brand.
