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03-19-2016, 08:31 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clearwater
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Need to purchase new tow bar setup
Last bar is over 10 years old and was recently damaged. Looking for info on what your thoughts are on more current setups and cost range. Going on a 2010 acadia. Thanks
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03-19-2016, 09:21 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 15,749
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What base plate is on the toad?
Got brake?
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Vince and Susan
2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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03-19-2016, 09:30 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Warren, Oregon
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I just replace my 10 year old Roadmaster 6k tow bar with the Roadmaster BlackHawk 10k
https://www.rvupgradestore.com/Black...-p/14-6289.htm
2 stroker
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03-19-2016, 09:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Newmar 14
Last bar is over 10 years old and was recently damaged. Looking for info on what your thoughts are on more current setups and cost range. Going on a 2010 acadia. Thanks
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I am going to switch to roadmaster when it is time because of the excellent rock guards they have.
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2007 Fleetwood Bounder 38V
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03-19-2016, 09:36 AM
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Senior Member
Thor Owners Club Forest River Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner Georgie Boy Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Utah
Posts: 658
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got mine on Ebay
Quote:
Originally Posted by Newmar 14
Last bar is over 10 years old and was recently damaged. Looking for info on what your thoughts are on more current setups and cost range. Going on a 2010 acadia. Thanks
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I bought my Blue Ox Aladin Aluminum Tow bar (37 Lbs) off of Ebay along with a brake buddy and remote, all for under $600 Bought a Blue Ox Base plate for Jeep Liberty for under $300 and installed it myself. Bought wiring harness for $65 Have the complete setup for under $1000 You can get adapters for different Tow bars to match the base plate no matter what brand. If you buy everything new Tow Bar, Aux Brake for toad, Wiring harness for tail and stop lightes, and have to have it installed you could be looking at several thousand dollars. Depending on type make and brands.
Mel
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03-19-2016, 10:00 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clearwater
Posts: 442
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Tow bar
Base plate,wiring And SMI brake ard already on car. Just need new tow bar .looking for recommendations and why
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03-19-2016, 10:31 AM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
Posts: 24,125
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I did the same as "2 Stroker" and traded in my Roadmaster Sterling 6K tow bar for a 10K Falcon tow bar. I was towing a 4500 pound truck and went to a 5500 pound truck with a RZR occasionally in the bed.
I'm a Roadmaster fan and have had good luck with the two I've owned.
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Don & Mary
2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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03-19-2016, 10:46 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: AB
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I use a BlueOx Aventa, 10,000 Lb tow bar and find it excellent. If I were in the market to replace it, I would go with the same one unless I were going to change to a larger toad, in which case I'd go with the Avail which is a longer bar allowing for a shorter turning radius.
Blue Ox Tow Bars | HitchSource.com
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03-19-2016, 10:49 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
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I currently have/use a Falcon II, my next one will be something different. JH
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03-19-2016, 12:46 PM
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Community Administrator
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 21,568
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Newmar 14
Base plate,wiring And SMI brake ard already on car. Just need new tow bar .looking for recommendations and why
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You decision may depend on what base plate you have and what's compatible with it without having to buy extra adapters. I have a Demco base plate and a Blue Ox Alpha (6,500lb) tow bar and have had great luck with both. The Blue Ox mates with the Demco perfectly.
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 2017 Phaeton 40IH XSH Maroon Coral - Power Glide Chassis with IFS
Previous '15 Tiffin Allegro RED 38QRA and '06 Itasca Sunrise 35A
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03-19-2016, 02:07 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,794
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I highly recommend the NSA ReadyBrute towbars with built-in ReadyBrake!  
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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03-20-2016, 12:22 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 369
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers
I highly recommend the NSA ReadyBrute towbars with built-in ReadyBrake! |
X2.....!!!
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03-20-2016, 06:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Washington Court House, Ohio
Posts: 155
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Oil Guy
X2.....!!!
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=x3
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03-20-2016, 12:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Star Don
I did the same as "2 Stroker" and traded in my Roadmaster Sterling 6K tow bar for a 10K Falcon tow bar. I was towing a 4500 pound truck and went to a 5500 pound truck with a RZR occasionally in the bed.
I'm a Roadmaster fan and have had good luck with the two I've owned.
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We used a (now obsolete) Roadmaster Sterling 6K towbar to tow our 2004 Jeep Wrangler over 115,000 miles before it was destroyed in an accident. In the 13+ years we had it the only thing we did to it was replace some plastic bushings at the 10 year mark and clean it regularly.
We replaced it with the Sterling All Terrain 8k towbar in 2014 and have about 10,000 miles on the new system.
As a side note the Sterling and Sterling All Terrain were both capable of 8K from the start. They were derated to 6K for several years because the safety cables that came with them were only rated for 6K.
We've had excellent performance from both Roadmaster towbars and will buy another if and when it's needed.
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