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01-11-2015, 09:39 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: FTer Class of 2015 Origin: Evergreen, Colorado
Posts: 1,565
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After hooking-up, I don't back the MH up, either. I pull forward [gently] and turn the steering wheel of the MH side-to-side a bit. The tail swing of the MH is enough to get the towbar to latch.
I agree ... to unhook, I turn the steering wheel of the toad side-to-side a bit to get the levers to unlock. Unless on perfectly level ground, we almost always need to do this.
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07-04-2017, 12:16 PM
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#16
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 5
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Set Screws
For those that can't get the adjusters to turn, there is a set screw on the side of the square tube that has to be loosened first. Don't forget to re-tighten when finished!
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07-04-2017, 12:36 PM
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#17
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by smlranger
If you have the car perfectly aligned behind the coach, the arms will lock when you gently back up the car. Most times, only one will lock and when you start pulling the car with the coach, the other will lock, especially when you make a turn in the direction that fully extends the unlocked arm.
If only one of mine locks after hook up and backing up toad, I just watch the bar in my rear view camera as I start to move the coach forward and I always see the unlocked arm engage (lever flips up).
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Exactly.
However in practice I usually don't back the toad to lock. I just watch and feel when I first move the coach, both lock right away if straight, if not straight one locks right away and then the other.
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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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07-04-2017, 01:02 PM
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#18
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 871
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I've been towing for years, and have always just slowly driven the coach forward and away. When I arrived at my destination and was ready to unhook, both bars were always locked.
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Morgan Hill, CA 2007 Newmar Kountry Star 3910 towing a 1998 Ford Explorer. RVing since gas was 58 cents a gallon. Amateur Radio Operator (W6ADV) since 1962.
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07-06-2017, 11:21 AM
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#19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,125
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I always back up gently until at least one of the arms on the Aventa LX locks. I do this before I put the transfer case in neutral. When unhooking, I put the transfer case in gear before trying to unhook the tow bar. I have this vision of being between the motorhome and the toad as I unhook and the toad starts rolling one way or the other.
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Bill & Denise
2014 Bay Star 3103 - 5 Star Tune, CHF, Magne Shade
2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara
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07-09-2017, 09:15 AM
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#20
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Senior Member
Thor Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Delaware
Posts: 614
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I have found that when unhooking, if either side is "bound up" (won't release), I can usually push the car back slightly by leaning on the bumper, and that's enough to get the pin out. Easier than getting in the car to turn the steering wheel.
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2024 Renegade Veracruz 30VRM
towing 2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara
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