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Old 06-27-2011, 06:48 PM   #1
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i am shopping for a new tow system for my 08 saturn,and am wondering it anyonehas had any experiance with the ready brute,tow bars and surge brake system again thanks for any info...pk42

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Old 06-27-2011, 06:59 PM   #2
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I can't say anything about it yet, but after much research I decided on the ReadyBrute to tow my Suzuki XL-7. It is scheduled to arrive in two days so soon I should know if I made a good choice.

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Old 07-22-2011, 09:31 AM   #3
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I have the ReadyBrute with built in readybrake and have had no problems. I have a 2011 Daybreak, 6in drop bar and a 06 Jeep Wrangler. Have about 3K miles on it so far and everything has been fine. No problems, easy to install. The drop bar and integrated readybrake add about a foot to the Coach to Car length, but its no big deal....
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Like Robot9000 I have the ReadyBrute with built in brake and tow an 08 Vue. Has worked fine. Getting the brake adjustment right is a bit tedious but not really a proble. What else have you got to do (retired).
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Old 07-22-2011, 02:01 PM   #5
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We enjoy ours. Check out this website where we purchased ours.

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We also have ours installed now. As mentioned it was easy to install and have not had any problems with it yet. It did take a couple of adjustments to get the braking right. At first it was too tight and the brakes were coming on way too easily. A two minute adjustment and all was well.

We also purchased ours through towbarsunlimited.com. The price could not be beat and the service was great.
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Old 07-22-2011, 06:18 PM   #7
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I went with a used Blue Ox tow bar and then bought a Ready Brake. Works awesome, and I was able to do it at a reasonable price.
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I went with a used Blue Ox tow bar and then bought a Ready Brake. Works awesome, and I was able to do it at a reasonable price.

Ditto!!
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Old 07-31-2011, 10:53 PM   #9
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I also bought a Readybrute Elite combined towbar / brake. Just waiting for the Blue Ox baseplate to arrive to finally get everything hooked up and underway. I got mine from hitchsource.com, it appears they have towbarsunlimited beat by about $70 on price.

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