Help! New Dinghy Set Up Confusion...
Hello all, I am new to the forum and have purchased a 2016 Jeep Wrangler. We bought the Jeep with the specific purpose of towing it behind our class C rv. The problem is I am getting blown away with...
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Check with Blue Ox and see if they have a local installer.
I have a Roadmaster hitch on my motorhome (with arms that fold down to attach to my towed car). I installed the Roadmaster baseplate on a 1999 Honda CRV and on my Ford Edge.
For braking, I used a cruise control motor from a junkyard car, and ran a vacuum line from my gas engine motorhome to run it. So I have power brakes, and when the RV brake light comes on, the CC motor gets vacuum and pull's it's cable, so the brake pedal is pulled toward the floor. The cruise control motor is about 3" diameter, so it can pull with about 25 pounds of force, just about right to pull the brake pedal arm toward the floor. Total cost was only about $35. But it takes a huge page to write about how to install the system, and the required vacuum check valves so that it all works right.
Enjoy your new motorhome and happy camping!
Fred.
I have a Roadmaster hitch on my motorhome (with arms that fold down to attach to my towed car). I installed the Roadmaster baseplate on a 1999 Honda CRV and on my Ford Edge.
For braking, I used a cruise control motor from a junkyard car, and ran a vacuum line from my gas engine motorhome to run it. So I have power brakes, and when the RV brake light comes on, the CC motor gets vacuum and pull's it's cable, so the brake pedal is pulled toward the floor. The cruise control motor is about 3" diameter, so it can pull with about 25 pounds of force, just about right to pull the brake pedal arm toward the floor. Total cost was only about $35. But it takes a huge page to write about how to install the system, and the required vacuum check valves so that it all works right.
Enjoy your new motorhome and happy camping!
Fred.
