This absolute monster of a tow bar can handle towing your heaviest vehicle behind your RV, heavy-duty truck, or dump truck. Non-binding levers make for an easy disconnect on uneven terrain. Extra-long arms help you make tight turns.
Features:
Specs:
| Base Plate | Adapter |
|---|---|
| etrailer | Invisible: e98986 Classic: None available |
| Roadmaster | Standard: None available Crossbar-Style: None available Direct-Connect: RO64FR |
| Demco | Tabless: DM9523127 Classic: None available |
The arms on the Apollo are designed to make hooking up super easy. It gives you a lot of flexibility for getting your toad (towed vehicle) connected to your RV, without the need for your vehicle to be perfectly level or in the exact right spot.
Just slide the tow bar into your hitch and pin it in place, then extend the telescoping arms out until they reach the base plate tabs on your car. Then the swivel head joint allows the whole tow bar to twist left and right as you work to get the arms into place.
Once you're all hooked up, slowly pull forward and the self-aligning arms will fully extend and lock into the towing position. Double check that the arms are properly latched and you'll be ready to hit the road!
The Apollo's arms are longer than average, giving you an above-average turning radius. You're going to be able to get around obstacles and make sharp turns with no worry of clipping the corner of your RV. Maneuver through gas stations and the campsite no problem.
Uneven ground and sharp angles can put the arms of the tow bar in a bind and make them stiff and immoveable. Once you get to your destination, the last thing you need is to spend several minutes wrestling, yanking, and kicking at them to get your car disconnected.
Instead, get out of a bind in one easy step. Simply press down on the Apollo's non-binding levers to disengage the internal latches in the arms. This releases the pent-up pressure so you can unhook and get on with your adventure.
Blue Ox tow bars have triple-lug brackets to create an extra-secure connection to the base plate. It's a small detail with big benefits, as this crucial component of your flat tow setup is guaranteed to be tight and sturdy.
The Apollo folds up to conveniently store on the back of your RV when you're not using it. After disconnecting the tow bar from your toad, push the arms of the tow bar together so that they are side by side. Fold the tow bar up toward your RV and the brackets on either side of the shank will hold it in place. The arms can store to the right or to the left, whichever side there's clearance for it.
For added protection from the elements, slip the Blue Ox tow bar cover (BLU74TR - sold separately) over the Apollo when you're not using it.
Included with this tow bar are 2 coiled safety cables rated at 15,000 lbs. These cables, required by law, will keep your toad behind your RV if there's ever an accidental disconnect while towing. The steel hooks on each end of the cables connect to the toad's base plate and the RV's trailer hitch. The spring-loaded latches ensure that the hooks stay connected.
The coiled design of these cables prevents them from dragging on the ground and getting damaged, and the vinyl coating keeps them safe from the elements so that they last you the life of the tow bar.
Flat towing can be a much more convenient way to take your car RVing with you than using a trailer or a tow dolly. It'll save you storage space both at home and at the campsite, and it takes less time and hassle to hook up.
To flat tow your vehicle, there are 5 basic components you're going to need: a tow bar, a base plate kit, a safety cable set, tow bar wiring, and a flat tow braking system.
| For the RV | Between the RV and Towed Car | For the Towed Car |
|---|---|---|
| Hitch | Tow bar | Base plate |
| Wiring plug | Safety cables | Braking system |
| Wiring adapter cord | Wiring kit/diodes |
The custom-fit base plate installs on the frame of your toad so you can connect the car to your RV with a tow bar. Hook up safety cables between the vehicles to ensure that the toad does not separate from the motorhome if the tow bar becomes detached. Tow bar wiring syncs your vehicle's signal lights with your motorhome's tail lights, as required by law in most states. Finally, the flat tow braking system - also required in most states - activates the brakes in the toad when you hit the brakes in the RV, making for smoother, safer braking, and preventing wear on your motorhome.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (21 Customer Reviews)
This absolute monster of a tow bar can handle towing your heaviest vehicle behind your RV, heavy-duty truck, or dump truck. Non-binding levers make for an easy disconnect on uneven terrain. Extra-long arms help you make tight turns.
Very happy with our blue ox system Great service from etrailer tow Bar was sitting on my porch 3 days after I made call and ordered it
Great service and crazy quick delivery. Will definitely be using dtrailer again
Blue Ox products are best in class. Went with the Apollo to tow my F250, but the LOA between coach, dinghy and Blue Ox keeps me out of some states, so I have been towing a Grand Cherokee with no problems at all. Wouldn't consider any other tow bar.
Great tow bar no problems and works gre at.
Again Etrailer comes through with great customer service! Great place and people to deal with!
The follow through was excellent and the knowledge that Ashley E had was very helpful.
Thank you
Arrived within 3 days of purchase.
EXELLENT
Everyone at etrailer is excellent to deal with and they get right back to you with questions.
There service is excellent.
Bought this to pull 2009 Dodge 2500 truck. Very solid! Goes right onto Demco mounts that replace tow hooks.
Very helpful worked to get the items needed for my order fast shipping followed up to make sure they arrived safely and I will be dealing with them in the future Thank You for everything that you’ve done to make my order go smoothly
Awesome customer service. Went above and beyond to correct my mistake. Very thankful.
Ordered with 1Day ship, perfect service on phone
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