Tow Bar In or Tow Bar Out?
Where I'm sitting in this RV park just happens to be the place where everybody connects their toad on the way out. I get to watch 6-12 folks connect up every morning. Blue Ox tow bars seem to be ...
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hohenwald48 wrote:
I suppose the vintage might matter. Mine's probably a 2016/17 vintage. I bought it off Craigslist so not sure.
I guess it really doesn't matter. The reason I started the thread is just out of curiosity based on what I saw one morning. Maybe I didn't even see what I thought I saw. :) It was early and I was just up to my second cup of coffee. :)
My Ready Brute Elite will definitely lock in either position and the instructions even state to unlock the red latches to extend the arms. They also warn to only tow in the extended position.
Yeah,
I just read that too in the online manual. I'd bet dollars to donuts that the primary reason for locking them in the retracted position is maybe to keep them from self extending due to vibration, gravity etc. while you're driving the coach, and no toad is connected. But they definitely state, IN RED, to only tow in the extended position.
Scott
