Where to get toad set up to tow

[dnbgould]

Originally Posted by Robmat

I did my own and I am far from mechanically inclined. My mounts were Roadmaster and the manual was on line. I asked a neighbor friend to assist me basically to run things by him and have someone to hand me tools while I was on the ground. Download the instructions read them over and make a judgement call. Mostly it is a bolt on with sometimes a trimming of the plastic under the bumper. The wiring was the Roadmaster kit with Diodes and it was just as simple. The biggest thing to do and probably the hardest for most of us is to read and follow the instructions FIRST . . . something that I usually do after I find nothing works.

Bwahahaha...love the last line. I'm more concerned with maintaining my man card so no reading of instructions will take place here! No patience for such nonsense.... 🤣

[dtoste77]

Originally Posted by dnbg

Roger...second recommendation for Roadmaster. Any particular reason for that brand?

I've heard that the latches on the BlueOx can be quite a pain to unlock when the RV is at an angle, incline etc. The Roadmaster seem to unlatch much easier.

After talking to my local hitch center they were bigger fans of the Roadmaster and so I went with their recommendation.

The brackets are a little more involved due to the crossbar but it's really not that big a deal to hook them up when we tow.

It sounds like BlueOx is also a very good product and their brackets seem simpler to hookup to the bar but at the end of the day they are both good products.

[walt2137]

Originally Posted by dtoste77

I've heard that the latches on the BlueOx can be quite a pain to unlock when the RV is at an angle, incline etc. The Roadmaster seem to unlatch much easier.

After talking to my local hitch center they were bigger fans of the Roadmaster and so I went with their recommendation.

The brackets are a little more involved due to the crossbar but it's really not that big a deal to hook them up when we tow.

It sounds like BlueOx is also a very good product and their brackets seem simpler to hookup to the bar but at the end of the day they are both good products.

You can get a arm that the Roadmaster tow bar will hook up to without the X arm, check out the EZ5 arm , the X brace just makes it stronger.
I am also a fan of Roadmaster Brackets and have been for over 20 yrs, they are a more robust built and haven't had the problems that some of the other brackets has had.

[dtoste77]

Originally Posted by walt2137

You can get a arm that the Roadmaster tow bar will hook up to without the X arm, check out the EZ5 arm , the X brace just makes it stronger.

I am also a fan of Roadmaster Brackets and have been for over 20 yrs, they are a more robust built and haven't had the problems that some of the other brackets has had.

I did see those but after installing the EZ4 it was pretty easy and doesn't take to much time to hook back up so I'm happy The latches do release pretty easy when disconnecting.