Do You Trust Hitch Locks?
I'm buying a tow bar to tow my Jeep behind my motorhome. I went to the auto parts store to buy a bolt to attach it to the receiver on the RV. The clerk showed me a product like this below which lock...
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We towed for the first time over the first week of September, covering about 1100 miles across northern Oregon.
Here's how I tied down the lynch pins:
I left the crossbar in place for our outings with Snowball (the GMC Canyon), and other than a rattle while on rough gravel roads, it did fine:
Another thing that helps stop the rattles and keeps sticky fingers from grabbing things is this hitch clamp:
(Not properly tightened in this image; the bolts usually protrude the tops of the nylocks by a thread or two)
Granted, anyone who is intent on taking the setup can grab an adjustable wrench, but hey, we're talking about keeping honest folks honest...
I have a locking pin for the hitch as well, which stayed in place over the entire trip as the Roadmaster Falcon 2 is a MH mounted drawbar.
Here's how I tied down the lynch pins:
I left the crossbar in place for our outings with Snowball (the GMC Canyon), and other than a rattle while on rough gravel roads, it did fine:
Another thing that helps stop the rattles and keeps sticky fingers from grabbing things is this hitch clamp:
(Not properly tightened in this image; the bolts usually protrude the tops of the nylocks by a thread or two)
Granted, anyone who is intent on taking the setup can grab an adjustable wrench, but hey, we're talking about keeping honest folks honest...
I have a locking pin for the hitch as well, which stayed in place over the entire trip as the Roadmaster Falcon 2 is a MH mounted drawbar.
