Potential TOAD Setup THOR ARIA 40'and 2021 JEEP Wrangler High Altitude

["EZ"]

I've read 3 more stories about failed Blue Ox two bars. All 3 were the same. The poster comes on swearing that Blue Ox is junk and it caused all this damage when it failed. Then people start asking questions and the original poster goes away and never clarifies or answers any questions. I'm thinking that a lot of these people may have caused the failure of the tow bars themselves due to misuse. There were twice as many stories in the threads about watching idiots backing up with the TOAD still attached while "pushing" it into the camp site and stuff like that. lol. It's hard to know who to believe, right?

One thing about it. I will be inspecting my Blue Ox aluminum tow bar very carefully before and after each use from now on. I'd suggest you do the same regardless of which brand you own.

 

[MapNerd]

I'm thinking that a lot of these people may have caused the failure of the tow bars themselves due to misuse.

“User Error. Please replace user” is always a possible, and sometimes regularly occurring failure code!

 

[Cardiff RV]

Okay, things did not go as planned. Hitch Tube bent down.

We are way under tongue weight but maybe the rear positioning of the bikes and bounce compounded with the extensions caused the problem.

Going to need to have the hitch replaced.

The question is how can I safely accomplish this setup?

Can try to eliminate the hitch extension to the tow bar. Get a bike rack that does not extend as much (This one was long so it can also be used on the Jeep and extend past the Jeep's spare) Can also swap the Gen-Y with something else? Open to all ideas at this point.

Thanks

 

["EZ"]

OMG!!!! That first pic tells the whole story there. You basically have a 3 foot long lever that you used to bend the hitch down. I can't believe you had a tow bar attached to that contraption. It just LOOKS dangerous.

BTW.............did you read the part where the manufacturer of the hitch extension says that the towing capacity is cut in HALF when using their hitch extender? This is for a 12' extension I believe. It would be reduced even more for the extremely long hitch extension that you have. Get them bicycles off there before you really cost yourself some serious money when that mess fails completely. Put the bikes on the back of the TOAD.