Four Down Fail
Saw this in a campground today. The campground owner told me the RV pulled the front end off a car. I didn't believe it until I saw it.
Forum Discussion
Dutch_12078 wrote:
I don't see the safety cables that Blue Ox has supplied for the last several years for securing the base plate to the sub-frame in the event of a failure such as this one. Perhaps it was an older installation, or the installer chose not to use them.
That would be specific to a particular installation. Many of the vehicles now being towed do not have a subframe for front suspension components, everything attaches to locally reinforced sheet metal. Designing a good baseplate or bracket installation becomes more of a problem, more of a risk.
When we get into questions of "is that towable" we get hung up on transmission durability when not normally lubricated. When a manufacturer says "this car is not approved for recreational towing" the issues are deeper. Could be because the when the caster is right for front wheels driving, it will mean the car is unstable or may eat up tires, when front wheels are in trail. It could also mean "we don't think there is any place to safely fasten towing equipment."
