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RedJeep
Explorer
Jan 15, 2016

Ready Brute. What do you do with the tow bar when not towing

Hi. I'm looking to buy a Ready Brute tow bar. For those with same setup when you are not towing (like running around in the toad on errands) do you leave the tow bar on the toad or on motorhome.

I have a Land Rover Discovery (confirmed ok to four down tow). To me, it looks like it would be easiest to attach/detach the toad by leaving the tow bar attached to the toad and just flipping the whole contraption up like I did with my old CJ Jeep long ago. Is there any benefit to detaching the tow bar from the toad and leaving it hanging off of the hitch on the back of the motorhome when we need to run errands?
  • RedJeep's avatar
    RedJeep
    Explorer
    Jan 15, 2016
    I still don't understand why the consensus is that the tow bar stays attached to the motorhome. It seems to me that it might be easiest (fewer connections to mess with) if one were to disconnect the safety chains, pull the receiver pin, slide the whole thing out of the receiver and just fold it up. I could understand the aesthetics given that you would have a big tow bar to view through the toad windshield when driving around, but that still seems easier than leaving it on the motorhome.
  • Dutch_12078's avatar
    Dutch_12078
    Explorer II
    Jan 15, 2016
    Stays on the motorhome locked to the hitch receiver and folded to the side. For stays of more than a day or two, it gets covered with the optional NSA cover.
  • ronfisherman's avatar
    ronfisherman
    Moderator
    Jan 15, 2016
    I leave it on MH. It has a bracket that allows tow bar to be folded to one side or other when hot hooked to toad.

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