Above is a picture without the Falcon interface bar installed normally leave the lower interface bar's installed during the camping season and remove them each winter. The Falcon interface part I remove after each trip and stand it up in corner of garage.
This is a close-up of the driver's side interface showing my 6 wire connector's.
Since I remove the interface bars, I am using two connector's here. One on the
upper part which accepts the harness from the motorhome and a second on underneath
which is a duplicate so I don't have to mess with wiring when I remove them.
I have found that galvanized nailing plates, available from any building supply
source make great mounting plates for these connectors and they don't rust.
That's why there are a lot of little holes in the one above.
I you use these, you will have to have some means of cutting a hole large enough
to accept the connector though.
You can see more details on fabrication of my truss-plate connector mount here.
Note the extra safety cable that is necessary since there is another removable interface.
This is a close-up of the passenger side interface that shows the pin that holds the interface bar in the lower receiver.
This is a full view of the passenger side interface showing the total assembly
including the safety cable.
This is the Towmaster Falcon towbar on the rear of our motorhome. One nice
feature is the rod that is provided to store the coiled electrical cable. This
is mounted parallel with the interface on driver's side and stored cable is
simply plugged in immediately after this side is attached to car. In the past,
I had one devil of a time figuring out what to do with this cable since it is
about twice as long as necessary. Now it ALL stores on the provided rod. I replaced
the safety cables shown here with set of the coiled cables which allows them
to be stored on the tow bar and I no longer have to wrap them around my ladder.
I can hook or unhook this setup in less than 5 minutes and that includes installation of the Brake Buddy in floorboard of the car.
September 1999
Just an additional warning re the use of this or any tow system. If you are unhooking the car by yourself, UNHOOK THE SAFETY CABLES LAST.
Or even better, do it with your mate in the car....
I almost lost my car recently which I had inadvertently left in neutral. After I had stored the tow bar on back of my motor I looked back at the car and it was about ten foot down the road drifting backwards & gaining speed. Talk about heart failure...
Apparently, I it was just enough incline for it to slowly drift backwards after I removed the tow bar.