Extra long towbar instead of supertruss mod?
I'm considering towing a Jeep Wrangler, probably 4dr, with my rig listed here (weight 4000-4500 lbs). Is there such a thing as an extended towbar for towing a vehicle that's not real heavy in lieu of ...
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JRscooby wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:
I do have old towing bars with telescopic sleeves on them.
The main advantage is that you can release the locks, adjust the length to couple the ball and then by moving truck forward, they will extend and lock without endless toad moving for fitment.
This is all steel construction, so I see no problem to add 4 feet of tubing to each bar. 1 hr of welding maybe.
Add 4 feet to each leg would be a piece of chicken. But the issue I see is when you unhook the toad, you have 2 choices. Working under the camper, remove coupler from ball (For old fat man like me PITA. YMMV) or you can remove the bar from toad, leave bar on truck. Now that long bar will stick out from under the camper, side or rear.
Unhooking the bar from toad will make heck of the job to hook it back in.
Unfortunately the idea comes with need for crawling under the camper, but I have to crawl for my camera and electrical cord hookups when I drop the camper and it is not such a big deal. Did not have to do it during the rain thought.
