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A tow bar which is connectable to a front wheel drive vehicle for maintaining the front wheels of the vehicle in an elevated position above a roadway while the vehicle is being towed behind another vehicle to minimize wear on the universal joints and transmission of the towed vehicle. The tow bar co

A tow bar which is connectable to a front wheel drive vehicle for maintaining the front wheels of the vehicle in an elevated position above a roadway while the vehicle is being towed behind another vehicle to minimize wear on the universal joints and transmission of the towed vehicle. The tow bar comprises a tongue portion having an upwardly inclined tongue extension connector secured to the front end thereof and a suspension support beam secured to the opposite end thereof. The tongue extension connector is adapted to receive a tongue extension piece having a trailer coupling secured to the outer end thereof which is connectable to a conventional coupling hitch ball on a trailer hitch. The suspension support beam has suspension support pins moveably secured to opposite ends thereof adapted to be actuated to engage the front wheel suspension mechanism of a vehicle for maintaining the front wheels of the vehicle elevated above the roadway while the vehicle is being towed.

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A vehicle tow bar adapted to be secured to the chassis of a towed vehicle and to extend outwardly from the front end of the towed vehicle for connecting the towed vehicle to a hitch on a towing vehicle, the tow bar comprising: a tongue; a suspension support beam; means securing said suspension suppo

A vehicle tow bar adapted to be secured to the chassis of a towed vehicle and to extend outwardly from the front end of the towed vehicle for connecting the towed vehicle to a hitch on a towing vehicle, the tow bar comprising: a tongue; a suspension support beam; means securing said suspension support beam to said tongue; a pair of suspension support pins; means moveably securing one of said suspension support pins to each end of said suspension support beams, said means moveably securing one of said suspension support pins to each end of said suspension support beams comprises a hollow tubular sleeve and means securing said hollow tubular sleeve to said suspension support beam, each of said suspension support ends being slideably disposed in said hollow tubular sleeve; actuating means secured to said suspension support beam and associated with said suspension support pins for moving said suspension support pins between a first position spaced from the wheel suspension mechanism of the towed vehcile and a second position engaging the wheel suspension support mechanism of the towed vehicle; a tongue extension connector on the tongue, said tongue extension connector being upwardly inclined relative to said tongue; a tongue extension; means adjustably and detachably securing said tongue extension to said tongue extension connector; and a hitch coupler secured to said tongue extension, said coupler being adapted to engage the hitch on the towing vehicle.