What do you tow behind your Motorhome?

1994 Toyota pickup, 4wd, 5 sp manual. Owner manual says tow only with rear wheels off the ground, but have asked two dealer service managers and both said, put it in neutral, leave transfer case in 4 Hi, leave the ignition on to keep the wheel from locking, and flat tow it. Been doing this for last two years and never had a problem.

Bob,

I sent you an Email with my phone numbers.

Let's voice chat about this.

Tim

twainharteartist wrote:

Healeyman wrote:

Travlr41 wrote:
Anything wrong with the red 2010 Miata?

Yes... It got butt-smacked and totaled while being driven, not towed.

Bought a silver 2012 6-speed PRHT. I removed the towing baseplate and my LOUD horn from the 2010 and installed them on the 2012.

ONLY MANUAL transmission Miatas can be flat towed.

We just got back from towing the 2012 about 6,000 miles.

To add to the fun, just before we left, I installed an Electric Super Charger = +50HP and 55+ '/# tq.

Sounds like your having fun.




And away we go.......

Tim

Losing the pretty red one sucks and the electric blower looks like something to consider.

I sold the Jeep yesterday, so I'm hot to get my 3rd Miata too. If I get a 2009 to 2012, I know the Roadmaster base plate will work; you proved that. I'm also looking at some 2013 models, on those Mazda has done their 3rd tweak of the fascia panel and grill. In place of the blocked upper hexagonal grill is a solid plastic bumper; the open hexagonal grill is now recessed about 1" inwards.

Looking at photos of my old '09, your '10 build and photos of the '13 models, overlaying them and scaling them the same size, I think this if what they did: The real bumper is under the the most forward extent of the fascia panel (closed hex before and solid plastic on new). The fascia panel doesn't seem to extend any further than before (based on headlight location. The open grill seems to be recessed about 1" compared to the solid bumper in the new 13's. With respect to the bottom lip of the "mouth" opening it looks like 2" but that is because the lower lip sticks out further on the 13's vs the 12's.

The "mouth" opening itself looks to be the same size on all models since '09. So, I think the baseplate receptacles will stick out an inch from the front of the grill in the 13's where they were flush on the 12's. From you '10 buildout, it looks like the receptacles are long enough to do this w/o clearance problems.

Bob in Houston

Travlr41 wrote:
Anything wrong with the red 2010 Miata?

Yes... It got butt-smacked and totaled while being driven, not towed.

Bought a silver 2012 6-speed PRHT. I removed the towing baseplate and my LOUD horn from the 2010 and installed them on the 2012.

ONLY MANUAL transmission Miatas can be flat towed.

We just got back from towing the 2012 about 6,000 miles.

To add to the fun, just before we left, I installed an Electric Super Charger = +50HP and 55+ '/# tq.

And away we go.......

Tim

Jeep Liberty (with automatic transmission) plus Readybrake/readybrute. Planning on getting a Wranger 6 speed manual shortly.

2003 Jeep TJ or a 1997 Jeep XJ both manual transmission, easy set up.

We pull a 2005 toyota matrix on a tow dolly

A 08 LT2 HHR
Put a Roadmaster base plate on it.
Use Roadmaster Falcon 2 tow bar
Roadmaster diode light kit
Roadmaster BrakeMaster air brake system
Made a switch kit to shut off a 2 AMP fuse

Hook it to MH
Put in "N" turn key to ACC & turn 2 AMP switch to off.
Add BrakeMaster to brake pedal
Now start pulling for as many miles and days you want without any battery running down.

bshpilot:

Healyman has a red 2010 Miata on his webpage that shows how to install a Roadmaster baseplate. That must have been a manual transmission I'm sure.

Bob in Houston