You Actually CAN Back-Up With Blue Ox Towing System!
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My name is Eric and I travel with my cat, “Jax” in a 2012 Coachmen Mirada 32BH Class A Motorhome on a Ford Super Duty truck chassis. (V10 Triton) We travel about 35 miles a day chasing 70 degrees year-round since 2010. I travel with a 2009 Honda CMX 250 on the back of my RV on a Titan Ramp 600lb carrier. Bike goes 78mph and gets 70mpg. Here is my gear & some popular questions answered:
Gear: (UPDATED 2019)*
*Video: Panasonic Lumix G95
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*GoPro Hero 4 Black for driving shots out the front window.
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Greetings Eric,
Even though you can get away with backing up your car, if you must back up with the car, it is best to only back up straight and not attempt to turn. The reality is, the base plates and the frame on your car is not designed to take the push and side load stresses. On your first turn, you can actually see your front tires scuff the pavement a bit, as the car was being forced to turn. This puts very hard stresses on where your frame and base plates are attached. This eventually will fatigue that area and the base plates can dis-attach from from your car frame while you're tootling down the road. There have been many situations of base plate dis-attachment, just from normal towing stresses and it is not a pleasant situation when that happens. These systems are already under a lot of stress under normal use, so please consider avoiding any turns while you are backing up with the toad. As the saying goes, we often mistaken the difference between luck and safety.
All the best, and safe travels!
A rare commentor here. Want to acknowledge taking your video quality a step up, going from super to what ever is above that. Certainly is top of the line. Setting a really good, high bar for the TH-cam industry. Picture quality, videography, sound, content and presentation - all whatever is above super, in my opinion. Thank you.
i also seen tow drivers use the seat belt to do the same thing
@Alejandro Francis yea, I've been using flixzone for years myself :D
Love your "disclaimers". The wife burst out laughing. Hey when you pass by ho-us-ton or maybe Sanant-on-io you could give the "corrected" pronunciations. Poke the picky people.
I will tell you as a 67 year old that's your taste will change with everything as you get older, in reference to your change for the movie you watched.
Wow now I have a new understanding of under thinking THANK YOU ERIC I have a OX for my antique car
We tow a 2013 Smart Car behind our 2011 Winnebago View. We always tow with a bungee through the steering wheel to the seat below. We Velcro a strip of fluorescent green tape to the top of the steering wheel, which also has a strip of white reflective tape on it. It makes it very easy to view the steering wheel position day or night through our rear view camera.
Good morning from Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Have a fantastic day, you two!
Eric you always have wonderful ideas!!!
Backing up looked like it will be fine for those tight spots! Boycott Coke now Eric 😉😎✌
It took me awhile to realize you were saying baton rouge weird. lol. I know you did it on purpose. Thanks eric!
Thanks Eric. I have been RV'ing for 40 years. You can teach an old dog new tricks. There has been many times I only needed 10 feet but was afraid. THANKS
In trucking we call it GOAL or Get Out and Look and you have a drone to do a quickie !
You DO know how to make a video Eric. Informative and entertaining. Keep 'em coming 👍 - Hal
Most rvers just use their seatbelt through the wheel Eric 😂😂😂
That sounds like a tow truck driver trick.
If you have another person, they can steer the car same as the RV and backup at a pretty astonishing angle like those fire trucks that steer from the rear.
That’s a great point!!!
Nice trick. I have similar setup with Jeep Cherokee & class C MH.
Jax makes me smile and your Disney trip made me want to take a trip
It was nice to see Jax showing the love.
Hey! Just caught your latest, the takin a chance thing, backing up the car? Ain't it great when it works..
I just hit the road yesterday. Left Concho. Az. For Quartzsite. At dusk I almost got run off the road by a careless Simi truck& trailer. Crusin along in my 1/2 ton chev. stepside with a 30 ft. Trailer RV..,I look in my rear view. and his trailer and mine were about to have a very HOT kiss.
There was about 3-4 inches, and I did a no no, knee-jerked the wheel just slightly enough to get me started going "Fishy". Out of the gas, and down from 60, to 48 mph and saved it. I found the next place to pull over for the nite a got stoned.
Today is a new day. Anyway thanks for the ride along, never been east of Oklahoma, always good to see some new ground. Safe Travels, RT.
I love AMC theaters too. Those chairs are so comfortable. Hi Jax!!
Love the security idea. As full time RVers, we know full well the need for personal security while on the road. Fortunately, while visiting Texas, we've been able to enjoy the State parks with the Park Pass and save a lot of cash while enjoying some security and the world around us. Stay safe and Squeeze the Day.
He's such a sweet boy! Truly one of the best cats! You can tell he loves you!
You are so right!! We are blessed in life when we have a pet buddy we really connect with!! 🐶😻💕
I wouldn't want to go through New Orleans either, no thanks. ⚠️☣️
@@goofusmaximusII New Orleans and Baton Rouge are complete and utter crap holes compared to the real Cajun Country, like Lafayette and the surrounding area -- let's call it Acadiana. Unfortunately, Eric always bypasses and runs through the area every single time he's in Louisiana.
@fred McMurray
I didn't like New Orleans way back in 2003, this doesn't surprise me at all. ☣️
@@davehebert3403
Arcadiana, what an interesting name. 🧐🤔🙋
@fred McMurray Basically, the Cajuns are French Canadians, thrown out of Nova Scotia by the British after they stole our entire fishing industry, land, and ports from from us. My relatives boarded ships, with some of us being dropped off at port towns along the eastern seaboard of the US.
The VAST majority of us wound up going to New Orleans -- pronounced NAWLINS :D -- mainly to be around other Frenchmen and their culture, but the folks there said we weren't French and threw us out of the area.
We then moved along the coast to continue with our fishing heritage, and we moved further north to higher lands and coexisted with all the Native Americans; that is, until we all intermingled and married. Same thing pretty much happened in the North East US.
Anywho, the people of New Orleans HATED the Cajuns, and most still do, yet when our food became very popular, they all of a sudden had a "change of heart" and became Cajun. It is also important to note that New Orleans can be a very, very dangerous town. Many tourists are mugged and killed there on a yearly basis. I lived there, and it is (overall) a complete craphole.
Baton Rouge is no better. Basically, it's South Mississippi come to town to work in the factories that line the Mississippi River. They speak with the Southern Drawl of Mississippi there (and in North Louisiana), and they do NOT share our culture -- nor does New Orleans.
Basically, Acadiana is the area that the Cajuns settled, and Eric blasts straight through it down I-10 every single time. He really needs somebody to show him around Lafayette and the REAL Cajun culture and food, one of these days. Let me know next time ur passing through, Eric, and I can make sure that happens in style.
LOL!!! Pour? is that not Fill??? Playing with!! Just wanted to leave a funny!!! Hugs!!!
Hi Eric! Another great video, glad you got some "waffle house in ur murf" hehe. Smashed that like button :)
Yeah, Jax wants the treats. You ate them not too long ago...😺💯⚠️
Hey Eric, I found your channel a couple months ago and have been loving your channel.
Last year I started converting a bus for travel, but got worried that it would be too big for serious travel, however watching you in your rv has given me renewed hope.
Thanks!
My husband and I enjoy watching your video’s.
We used to tow a chevette and we bunji corded the steering wheel also. Works great.
Hey man. I really like your videos. Been watching for over two years. Stay safe. Tell Jax hey.
Hey Eric! Enjoyed the "Baton Rogue" jabs! 😄 Totally with you on not living a life of fear. Also, I didn't know Walmart carried RV lights with two brightness settings. Thanks for sharing!
Always like traveling along with you and Jax.
Melbourne FL
Your pronunciation of Baton Rouge cracks me up!
I was looking for this comment lol
Insulation dust gets into the switch, Take the lens off and vacuum!
The French are cringing Eric LOL ... for pronunciation, If you want, check out the song by Mary Chapin Carpenter ... 'Down at the Twist and Shout' ... and I have backed 4 wheels on the ground towed vehicles also, had to go slow enough to follow a 'double hinged' trailer ...i.e. hitch and the front steering of the towed vehicle ... started as followed front wheels around and had to reverse the rig at a point once the direction of the car in tow went my direction, in a snaking motion. Learned from a trucker who backed 'doubles' and had to make a few adjustments since he had 3 hinge points not 2... had the 5the wheel, the 1st trailer, a 'truck' for the second 5th wheel (dolly) and then the second trailer. Thereby he actually had a third pivot point ... have to work back from the front to get the back trailer to pivot the direction desired then follow it around from the rear back to the front, forward through each successive hinge point till you get the correct curve ... having said that your answer of the bungie, is fantastic ... makes it much easier, applying to a towed vehicle anyway ... awesome Eric! Thanks ... I can and will use that! Love your work; hope my teasing you occasionally doesn't bother you ... it's just for laughs you know ... again ... awesome video stile you have! I guess "it's Mickey Mouse" wouldn't really apply here ... LOL (again)
The front end of the car has "caster" that makes the wheels center when it's moving forward. It doesn't work that way when you move backwards. The bungee might work, but I wouldn't want to try it at more than a crawl. I think the light just needed a new rocker switch, but it looks like the new unit has some features the old one didn't.
The seat belt is much stronger. That's what tow truck drivers do it.
$3.59+ per gallon for regular at the discounts in Southern California. Thanks for the video. Jon
Damn Gas Prices here in CA is $3.71 😱
Eric, take my advice. Do not back up unless you REALLY need to. Just in case.
Couldn’t agree more. You never, never want to unless…..USMC/USAF Ret.
In Illinois we sneaking up to $3 a gallon, 1st time in over 4 yrs....... hmmmm wonder why🤔
When it comes to gas prices I don't worry about how high it is because we cant do much about it sadly.
I love all the travel you do. I have been watching for a long time and our gas is 2.86 a gallon
Hi Eric 😀 just us 2 Saying hi and thanks for sharing this video update 👍 keep safe and say well and safe travels 🚌 sue and den 👍 oh the end of lockdown is in site stage one start on Monday 😃 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
The reason you shouldn't back up a four wheels flat car when toed behind your RV is because the front end steering has caster that makes the front wheels turn with your RV when you turn while going forward. However, because of caster settings, that does not work when you back up, the front wheels turn the wrong direction. Backing too far can mess up the caster on your towed vehicle and create a problem when you go back forward as the caster may be messed up.
Hey Eric! Travel safe..waiting for your next adventure!🤩🤩
Dude you crack me up!
Gas pice are are over $3 a gallon in AZ and going up every day it seems.
Nice. Miss pronunciation. Were? Lol
Eric you should think about putting some flap brushes on the back of your bumper so rocks don't get kicked up and Chip your car's paint
I've towed many cars over the years with all sorts of tow bars and I always used a bungee to limit the steering wheel, you should use it ALL the time when towing.
You would love Old Man's Caves in Ohio. There are a lot of gorgeous waterfalls
Ohio is filled with wonders.
Ur right Eric, Waffle House has great food and I don't feel ripped off when I'm leaving.
Enjoyed the video! Thanks!
Eric. Next time you back Taylor put a gopro on the front fender filming the front tires so you can see how it responds. Great video!
Some people used the seat belt to hold the steering wheel.
My area of the world! Welcome to Luzian!! Bat-Ton Ruche
good info on towing today.......very helpfull.......
Chin scratches for Jax,and give him some treats please😺
Safe travels. Love you Jax. 💜
Hi enjoying your trips. Pet Jax
I haven't been to Lousy Anna for quite a few years. I assume the bungee cord comes off when going forward? I have saved a power window switch and taking the whole door apart with some contact cleaner, worked on a household 3 way switch too. Might turn off the power first, then flick it a bunch of times.
Gas in Coeur d alene is 2.55 and Spokane is 3.00.
my dad used to love to mispronounce names just to be funny and now I do it too.
Problem with that is it cuts down your mph.
$2.80 something in IL
Always enjoy your travels
I was thinking you would use one of those steering wheel lock bars
Is Jax polydactyl? He seems to share some of the same traits and mannerisms as my cat.
Eric, you need a full length RV mud flaps to protect tater tot from the road garbage coming off your rear tires.
Problem with that is it cuts down your mph.
@@tombair9597 he doesn't care about gas mileage anyway
Funny to see that sign (Hammond) I used to live for about 3 months little north of there...Got out of there, Went to West TX,Lubbock for 9 years...
nice to see you found a way to back up, thats convienent when needed
On a level lot only, IMO.
Hi love all of your videos 👍 have a wonderful day 😎🙂🏝️
I've used bungee on steering wheels even going forward with some of the old school wreckers. We never hook to a car an not put bungees on steering forward are backwards.
Thanks for letting us travel vicariously thru your videos.
I grew up off of I12. I miss St Tammany.
That's fine,you think you can back up with a tow bar think again,take a good look at your video footage when you are backing up the front end of your car is skidding ,you better pray that you did not bend your tow bar.take a look at your video,if you did not bend the tow bar arm you may have tweaked the frame on your car,DO NOT BACK UP A CAR THAT IS BEING FLAT TOWED .
Totally Agree!!
Hi Eric, thanks for helping us pronounce the name of that one place, but how about this one, Atchafalaya.
My area of Oklahoma its $2.59
Hi!
$4 a gallon San Diego...very clever on the tow!
You need to take notice. Your tow bar NEEDS to be level between the RV and your car. You can get a drop-down bar adaptor for the RV. What you are doing is unsafe.
$2.79 Martinsburg WV. Backing up was interesting. Thanks for doing the research and sharing. Safe travels.
Is your backup camera video reversed in that little monitor?
Proverbial comment of support.🐱👍
Thanks for sharing
Comments help? Ok....my token comment. Great video. lol
I watched the backing up section a couple times... there is a fare amount of front tire scrub on the car. Doable in a pinch...but I think to keep wear down on front end bushings, I'd avoid if possible. JMO. :)
I just drove down Brownswitch Road (where you ate at Waffle House) a few minutes ago. I live in Slidell, and we love you stopping here.
Good thing about the smart car is it is RWD.. so no broken shafts.. but yes, steering components are vulnerable.
Just wondering if you changed from halogen bulbs to led in the kitchen light. I had so much trouble when I changed from halogen to led with flickering and tv inference.
I love watching your video's because I had to sell my RV because they doctor's don't want me driving long distance's any longer by myself. I traveled with my little dog. We had a great time. So thank you for your video's. I love the beach so I try to go there in my car when I can even by myself.
I'm glad you kept on the backup issue to the point of finding that convenience to your travels! Cool!
I love your travelling and "fixing" videos the best.....thanks Eric
I'm glad you are able to back up now. I'm sure it was a pain in the arse not "able" to do so. As always I love your videos. 👍
Hey Eric good work on these vids. Thank you
Eric, if you happen to pass through Houston, would love to hang out. Glad things are going well for you. It's been over a year since I've had Waffle House. I miss it. Maybe it's time.
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One time I realized I didn't thumbs up your videos and so I went back and thumbs uped your last 100 videos.
Thumbs up
Lol that’s dedication. 👊
Eric & Jax. Gday from Australia, :)
Awesome 👏🏿
Gas is $2.69 in Marion, Ohio at 1:45 PM. March 6, 2021 " Never forget the bungie is on the steering wheel."
I saw a gas station in Central Florida at $2.89 a gallon and I was yelling, cussing while driving. Time to go on a gas strike and park the car for a while or just plan all in one trips.
Hey Eric
Love the video-super informative! Would you happen to have the link for the towing system you’re using? I have a 2016 smart car and just bought my first class C, and I plan on living in it full time. Trying to figure out the whole towing thing!
You could just use the seatbelt through the steering wheel when it is locked out.