Sharp Tugging on Towed
Just bought a new RV and am pulling the same Miata towed. Because my new 30 ft. RV has about 3 ft. more overhang than my previous 22 ft. RV, while going over a series of bumps or especially RR trac...
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imgoin4it wrote:
I do not think it will solve all the problem as you describe, but I would get a "hitch tightner". Blue ox as well as others sell them and they take all the "play" out of the tow bar / receiver connection. I have a drop receiver so I have 2 connections and the two tighteners make a world of difference.
In looking at half a dozen "Hitch Tighteners" it appears as if they are made to eliminate the see-saw up & down rocking, on the hitch pin, of the tow-bar tongue within the hitch receiver tube.
I am using two hitch pins through my receiver tube so that there already is no up-down movement.
I don't see how a hitch tightener will remove the violent Pull-Push of the tow bar on the towed car.
It seems to me that only a front-back motion snubber will do that and it appears as if no one has ever built one.
I guess that I'll be the first....
Tim
