Help identifying this tow bar set-up
I got this tow bar set up off craigslist. I can not find any information on it and hoping folks here will recognize it. Looks like a Blue Ox based on the locking arm mechanism. However, the way the...
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Reddog1 wrote:j-d wrote:It is really nice to see a constructive post. Thanks.
It's a DUNCAN. We have one and it's been trouble free. I might still have the instruction sheet. Duncan was the (or very close to) originator of the folding towbar. They were made by Automatic Equipment, who also makes Blue Ox. Blue Ox bought Duncan and then shut it down. I believe they did it to get a competitor off the stage.
Essentially same idea as a Roadmaster Stowmaster, and I'm sure Blue Ox has an equivalent. We're now using a Roadmaster Falcon RV mounted towbar because the only storage I had for the Duncan was inside the RV, under the Dinette.
The left end of the bar, the notchy part, is called the "claw" and it's held down in the bracket by a pin with a locking spring clip. We often used a long-hasp padlock.
The black bar is an adapter bar that lets the Duncan mate up to other brand baseplates. If anybody needs the Duncan bar, adapter bar, or extra brackets that I have, let me know.
Wayne
X2 Just because a piece has some paint missing doesn't mean it's structurally unsafe. Keep in mind of how many items we use today were probably made off shore. Bright and shiny doesn't always rule.
