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[JoanneL]

we are on our way to Florida. first time in a mh. we have the blue ox toe bar. there are two things that pop up. they should both be tight but in the five min. we have been on the road and have stopped twice we find one tight the other not then vice versa.I am a wreck.

[BamaBob]

Hi Jo,

Not familiar with your tow system, but I googled Blue Ox and got this customer Service Phone number for you:

Phone800-228-9289(Business Hours) or 402-385-3051800-566-9869(After Hours) or 402-385-3051

Emailinfo@blueox.com

Phone: Immediate through the hours of 6am-6pm CST Monday-Friday
Email: Response within 3 hours

Hope this helps & let us know!

[JoanneL]

thank you. they are probably closed but I will give them a call

[VinceU]

Originally Posted by JoanneL

thank you. they are probably closed but I will give them a call

Any chance these are the attachment pins? Most designs use a small hairclip or similar to keep the pins from moving up or over. Just guessin but my Roadmaster has similar pins with locks.

[F.R.O.G.]

Joanne, try this.

When you hook up the car to the tow bar, one of you should back up the car slightly, with the other observing watching the two little pop-up handles. Probably ONE of them will pop up. (If you're backing perfectly straight and they both pop up, they you're finished.)

If only one popped up, turn the front wheels of the car slightly in the direction of the handle that DID NOT pop up. Then one of you should pull the RV slightly forward, with the other watching to make sure that the second handle pops up. Once the handles have popped up and the bars are locked in position, there's nothing that should caused them to go back down.

[abjb]

I think you’re ok but you might want to tie them down with tie-wraps, electric tape, rope, etc.
We use a Road Master but they are pretty much the same.

Are you talking about the “Release Latch”?

When you stop if the car is trying to roll back or forward the latches (1 or both) may be tight, I’ve had to start the car and drive it forward to get them loose so I could disconnect the car.

Hope this helps
ab&jb

[JoanneL]

Originally Posted by abjb

I think you’re ok but you might want to tie them down with tie-wraps, electric tape, rope, etc.
We use a Road Master but they are pretty much the same.

Are you talking about the “Release Latch”?

When you stop if the car is trying to roll back or forward the latches (1 or both) may be tight, I’ve had to start the car and drive it forward to get them loose so I could disconnect the car.

Hope this helps
ab&jb

Ah hh got it.thank you so much and yes they are the release latches.

[JoanneL]

Originally Posted by F.R.O.G.

Joanne, try this.

When you hook up the car to the tow bar, one of you should back up the car slightly, with the other observing watching the two little pop-up handles. Probably ONE of them will pop up. (If you're backing perfectly straight and they both pop up, they you're finished.)

If only one popped up, turn the front wheels of the car slightly in the direction of the handle that DID NOT pop up. Then one of you should pull the RV slightly forward, with the other watching to make sure that the second handle pops up. Once the handles have popped up and the bars are locked in position, there's nothing that should caused them to go back down.

Thank you so much.we were shown this and a gazillion other things.

[F.R.O.G.]

On your Blux Ox, as long as the pop-up handles are in the "up" position you're fine. If there's no pressure on them, then it's possible to push them down, but there's a spring that holds them in the "up" position. As I mentioned in my earlier post, once they've popped up they'll stay up because of the spring mechanism.

As abjb mentioned above, they'll be hard to push down is there is a bind, such as if you stop with the car not perfectly straight behind the RV, but again, as long as they're in the "up" position the tow bar arms are properly locked and you're ready to go. You DON'T want to tie or tape them down. I don't know about Roadmaster, but the proper position for towing with the Blue Ox is "up."

Enjoy the trip!

[JoanneL]

Originally Posted by F.R.O.G.

On your Blux Ox, as long as the pop-up handles are in the "up" position you're fine. If there's no pressure on them, then it's possible to push them down, but there's a spring that holds them in the "up" position. As I mentioned in my earlier post, once they've popped up they'll stay up because of the spring mechanism.

As abjb mentioned above, they'll be hard to push down is there is a bind, such as if you stop with the car not perfectly straight behind the RV, but again, as long as they're in the "up" position the tow bar arms are properly locked and you're ready to go. You DON'T want to tie or tape them down. I don't know about Roadmaster, but the proper



position for towing with the Blue Ox is "up."

Enjoy the trip!

Again thank you guys.not sure what we'd do without you.

[guizzi]

Hello this is a response I got from Blue ox

Yes at any given time while towing you may experience what we call the soft latch effect.
One Latch will be Hard and the other Soft. The Hard one tells you that the weight of the car
Is pushing into it and the other hasn’t any weight pushing against it.
It could be either or maybe both at any given time.
Please make sure there is spring tension putting the handle back up into the up position.
If it don’t spring up then there is something wrong.
If you have a Camera and its on while towing, The car should always be directly in middle
Of it or in sight.

[JoanneL]

thank you so much!

[jojo bamboo]

another towing lesson learned,
thanks to all

[sherman12]

For your next project class can you fix the healthcare website? LOL!

[Ford Idaho]

Originally Posted by sherman12

For your next project class can you fix the healthcare website? LOL!