blueox pins

enblethen wrote:
You must be getting the tow bar in a bind. It is much easier to get pins out when the rig and toad are straight.
Which Blue Ox bar do you have and what brackets on toad?

Model Number BX7365 Alpha Tow Bar

I have read that if you put the MH into reverse and give it a little bump, it will loosen the pins. I always seem to forget to do this until I am trying to remove the pins.

If you can unlock the arms first that usually helps. If there's too much tension they won't unlock easily and you can bend the handle if you push to hard. When mine are tight I have the wife start the car and put into drive or reverse with foot on brake. That usually is enough to release the tension.

The toad has to be straight so the pins don't bind.

I found if you are caught where the toad is not straight turning the wheel will unbind them.

After I was directed into the wrong CG site during the night that left me with a concrete parking bumper in front of my MH and my toad at a sharp 45 degree angle I had to find a way to get those now really jammed pins out to get the toad off so I could get the MH out. :R

A small hammer and a small socket extension fits just right to tap the pins out in a situation when all else will not work. That combo sits under the seat of the toad at all times.

What the mod said, you learn pretty fast, towed for 11 yrs.

It may help to put the emergency brake on the towed vehicle before releasing the lock levers on the Blue Ox arms. If you are on a slope and haven't put the emergency brake on, after releasing the lock levers, the car may roll forward or backward a bit and put tension on the pins making them difficult to remove. When done properly, there should be no tension on the pins and they should pull out easily.

Moved to Dinghy Towing forum from Towing.

Secret is to turn the wheels as necessary on the toad to free up the pins

Took be 3-4 years before I read about this on here

You must be getting the tow bar in a bind. It is much easier to get pins out when the rig and toad are straight.
Which Blue Ox bar do you have and what brackets on toad?