From: ganthony@gmail.net   
      
   sticks  wrote:   
   > On 8/20/2024 6:18 PM, George Anthony wrote:   
   >> On 8/20/2024 5:09 PM, sticks wrote:   
   >>> I decided to go with the Blue Ox TOAD setup and got it ordered today.   
   >>> The tow bar, Patriot Brake, and wiring/accessory kit will all be here   
   >>> Sunday.  Unfortunately, the Base Plate for the Bronco is gonna take   
   >>> time.  I'm hoping it won't be as long as their page said, which was   
   >>> 9-11 weeks for delivery.  I called to ask if this was true, and they   
   >>> said they are really backed up trying to get them out.  So, I guess   
   >>> all I can do is wait until it arrives.   
   >>>   
   >>> Some of it I was able to get off a dealer on Amazon and saved quite a   
   >>> bit of money.  The base plate I had to order from Blue Ox.   
   >>>   
   >>> Total for everything came to $3256.  This is about half of what the   
   >>> local RV dealer wanted to do it.  I wouldn't mind having them do it,   
   >>> but there is a little trimming and drilling necessary, and I don't   
   >>> know how many of these Broncos they've done and I just wasn't   
   >>> comfortable letting them hack up my new vehicle.  So I'll do it myself   
   >>> I guess.  Gotta get it all on before winter hits.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I have installed base plates on a Nissan Frontier and a GMC pickup,   
   >> which is what I'm towing now. They both took some time but if you are   
   >> half way mechanically inclined it's not that difficult. The hardest part   
   >> way laying on my back while drilling half inch holes. Of course yours   
   >> may be a straight bolt-on application. I even had my seven year old (at   
   >> the time)grandson helping me with the second one.   
   >   
   > I believe there is only one 1/2" hole on each side that needs to be   
   > drilled.  You do have to trim a little bit where the tow hooks are now.   
   > I think that is all the cutting and drilling.  I'm not worried about the   
   > base plate install at all.  What I am not looking forward to is all the   
   > electrical stuff.  You have to take the tail lights off to install the   
   > wiring system, and I always manage to break the tangs off those pieces   
   > somehow.  I also read the diodes don't fit very well in the housing and   
   > you might be better off doing them outside somehow.  I"ll have to wait   
   > until I get the stuff.  On the brake system you have to wire it from the   
   > back all the way up into the cab on the drivers side for the controller   
   > setup.  I'm just gonna take my time and double check everything before I   
   > do anything.  I'm guessing it will take 1 day for the base plates, 1 day   
   > for the wiring harness, and 1 day for the brake controller.  I used to   
   > enjoy doing this kind of stuff.  Now I'm just glad when I get it done.   
   >   
   > Going a little off topic, I was trying to figure out why it seems to me   
   > things have gotten so complicated.  I'm retired now, but when I worked I   
   > was under enormous pressure running huge construction projects with many   
   > employees.  I loved it and had no problem making decisions and getting   
   > things done.  Now, everything always seems so complicated.  It finally   
   > dawned on me that it was easier because I was always spending somebody   
   > else's money.  If I'd screw something up, the boss paid to fix it.  Now   
   > it's all on me, and only me.  I'm glad I finally figured that out.  It   
   > doesn't change anything, but now when I get stressed out I know why and   
   > have to just take a breather and get back at it.   
   >   
   >   
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   Hey, you could qualify as a democrat with that much experience spending   
   other people’s money.   
      
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