We continue learning the lessons of life on the road. This lesson: don't do
things out of order, or at a forced pace. Of course we already know this,
we just learned it again.
This time, after three days at the RV repair shop, we were anxious to leave.
They knew we were anxious to leave and were trying to help. They drove the
motorhome out front, with the tow car right behind. The guy in the tow car
was trying to line it up so he could hook it up. He was unfamiliar with the
gear, so it wasn't going all that well. In fact, his efforts to help were
hindering, so I got him to just shut everything off and go away. I didn't
notice that when he got out of the Jeep, he pulled on the emergency brake.
We were parked on a level parking lot and one side of the tow gear was
already hooked up. The Jeep wasn't going to go anywhere. We never pull the
emergency brake on, so I didn't even think to look.
I methodically went through the remainder of the hookup ritual and off we
went. Our discovery? With the Bounder, you can tow a Jeep, even if the
emergency brake is on. In fact, you can tow it at seventy-five miles an
hour down the freeway for forty miles without knowing that the emergency
brake is on. Judy drove behind me in the Honda. Apparently the emergency
brake wasn't all the way on. The wheels were turning. There was no smoke.
There was an awful sound when we stopped, however.
Now the rear brakes of the Jeep need some work. Oh well.
Life on the road. Don't tow with the emergency brake on.
