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Monday, July 27, 2009

Tow Bars For Your Vehicle

By Byron Jonas

For making the most of any holiday and adding greater flexibility to your life in general, make use of the art of towing. If visiting relatives for a long vacation, you and your family can feel free to bring along all of your personal items. Children can enjoy their toys and bikes, while the option to take fishing equipment or extra suitcases makes it ideal for everyone.

Likewise, the family vacations in the outdoors become even better when towing along a small car with your mobile home. Quick day trips to the city or out to a nice restaurant can break up the monotony of a national park vacation. To tow a car, trailer or truck you will need to hook it up to your towing vehicle. This process will involve the use of a trailer, a tow dolly or a tow bar. Tow bars are the easiest, safest and least expensive option on the market.

While on the road, you've undoubtedly noticed the practice of towing cars on trailers. Car dealerships use these multiple car trailers to transport vehicles towed by a truck. An industrial workload such as this is unreasonable for private use, while trailers and dollies are also more expensive than tow bars.

Storing the tow bar will never be an issue, as each end of the connection remains attached to your vehicles. There will be no extra space required, unlike using trailers.

When deciding on a specific kind of tow bar, consider the self-aligning model, which is the most commonly used tow bar, due to the ease of its handling. Also available is the A-frame tow bar, which will require two people to set up the connection.

While you are on the road, you should keep in mind that you have a good deal of extra weight being towed. You will have to estimate the amount of weight you tow and choose the appropriate Class of tow bar. Compact cars are very light and the easiest to tow.

Once the basic equipment is installed on your towing vehicle as well as your trailer or car, you will want to try connecting the two before the date of your trip. Though not difficult to master, using the tow bar just takes a little practice.

While pulling a car or trailer connected with your tow bar, remember to leave extra space between yourself and the cars in front of you. You are piloting heavier cargo. Making turns and winding around curves will require slight adjustments to your driving style. Work out the kinks beforehand. Never back up when your towing vehicle is connected. Backing up could lead to damage for your tow bar as well as the attached car or trailer.

Tow bars can be useful if a friend or loved one has car trouble and no way to get back home. Since you are towing on four wheels with a tow bar, it's very important to keep the connection parallel. With this system almost any vehicle can be towed using a tow bar. - 21392

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