We have a roadmaster sterling tow bar that came with our Southwind motorhome.  Just purchased a Subaru Forester to tow...now we have to hook everything up, purchase an aux braking system and something to protect our new Subie!

We tow a 4 door Jeep Wrangler - right around 5k pounds I believe. Before that was a 2 door Wrangler. I used a Brake Buddy for both. IMO, you don't need one all the time, but when you DO need it, a guy is happy he has one :)

I think if I buy another braking system, I will go with the SMI Air Force One. It runs off the coach's air system. They aren't cheap, but super easy, and no bulky braking system to store/move/hook up.

However, been very happy with the Brake Buddy. Keep an eye on Ebay and Craigslist for used ones. They typically go for about $500 used.

As for front end protection, I have a big mud flap on the back of our coach, and don't use anything but that. But, again, I drive a Jeep, and it sits up higher than a normal car, and not as much to chip up on the front.


--kev

We have US Gear Brake as our auxiliary braking system. The nice thing about this system is that it's permanently installed in the car.

Here's some info on it:

http://www.usgear.cc/unified_tow_brake.htm

 

We don't use any kind of protection. Our class A has a huge mud-flap in the back and so far that's been fine.

 

Nina

I know, I'm making Zombie posts but seriously it's only the third topic down, I'm bored at work and I have some recent experience with this.