Northern Wholesale Supply http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog Just another blog Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:28:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Blue Ox Base Plates http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog/featured-products/blue-ox-base-plates/ http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog/featured-products/blue-ox-base-plates/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:20:43 +0000 kh http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog/?p=295 blue-ox2

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• Built like a receiver hitch to absorb towing forces

• Typically single piece design to increase durability

• Custom fit design

• Spreads towing force equally without undue stress

• Keeps weight placed on suspension to a minimum

• Bolts securely to the chassis

• Baseplate safety cables come standard for additional baseplate to frame security

• Convenient location for electrical plug

• Safety cable convenience links come standard for connection of safety cables between motorhome and towed vehicle

• Removable tabs allow for more cosmetically appealing installation

• Provides a clean-looking front bumper

BLUE OX APPLICATION GUIDE

Choosing Blue Ox is having a baseplate custom-made for your vehicle, only faster. Our baseplates are easy on your suspension and even easier on the eye. We’ve designed them with hidden reinforcement. We don’t offer a one-size-fits-all support system, but rather a system that’s shock absorbing and integrated into the individual bumper frame with the bumper design of your vehicle. Our philosophy is to let the baseplate torsion, or flex, similar to receiver hitches allowing the baseplate to absorb the forces of towing rather than rigidly transferring the forces to the frame of the vehicle.

All Blue Ox baseplates have a three year warranty.

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Safe, Worry Free Travel With The Bedsaver
Fifth Wheel Safety System

Blue Ox BedSaver Product Brochure
 PinLock Application Guide
Read Customer Testimonials

Dropping your fifth wheel is more common – and dangerous – than you might think. Just ask some of your RV friends that have experienced it.

You can put that worry to rest with the Bedsaver. This inexpensive, hassle-free safety device is a “must have” for every fifth wheel puller. With Bedsaver™, you can forget about dropping your fifth wheel – and forget about the potential danger, damage, expense, and embarrassment! The Bedsaver is a sound investment with great returns for all fifth wheel pullers.

No moving parts. Bedsaver is always ready and requires little maintenance after installation
Easy to install, requiring no drilling or hitch modification
Hardware and instructions are included
Trailer loads and unloads normally
 Black powder coated finish matches most hitches, blending so well it’s difficult to tell it’s even there
Catches the pin and holds it SAFE AND SECURE

Pin Lock™ Fifth Wheel Safety System
Pin Lock™ adds an extra measure of safety to your fifth wheel. This simple device utilizes a counterweight door that folds down when you’re loading the flips up to lock the pin in place. This prevents the pin from accidentaly disengaging. The only way to remove the pin is to raise it over the pin lock. Pin Lock™ is easy to install. Simply remove the front and back bolts that secure the top plate and replace the top plate with the Pin Lock™. Click here for the PinLock Application Guide.

 

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The Most User Friendly Hitch on the Market!

Available for four tongue weights:
0225.0124   BXW0550 (550 lbs)
0225.0127   BXW0750 (750 lbs)
0225.0130   BXW1000 (1000 lbs)
0225.0134   BXW1500 (1500 lbs)

Features:

• Easy hook up & disconnect
• Built-in sway control
• Snap in spring bar design. Can not fall out.
• Four seperate points of adjustable contact to control trailer sway.
• Easy to operate bracket lock that automatically secures the tongue bracket into place and just as easily releases it with the simple push of a lock pin.
• Simple precise weight distribution adjustment.
• Tongue brackets utilize sway control loops which limit side-to-side trailer sway, but still provide for free movement during turns.

View the SwayPro Product Brochure
View Installation Instructions 
 

SwayPro Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to keep extra pins or clips like I did for my old hitch?
No. SwayPro has self-locking snap up brackets. There are no loose parts to track. There are no pins or clips on the entire weight distribution hitch.

How much maintenance is there?
People familiar with other weight distributing, sway control hitches will appreciate SwayPro’s minimal maintenance. SwayPro has two easily-accessible grease fittings that require a shot of grease about every other long trip. Accidentally over-greasing may result in a clean up task, but it will not damage the SwayPro.

Do I need to grease the spring bars?
Grease is captured inside the spring bar head. Grease is never applied to spring bars. Use a high quality moly-based bearing grease. Do not use a silicon-based grease.
(Example: use ThermaPlex Hi-Load grease (ThermaPlex part no. 70414) or similar. “Moly” = molybdenum disulfide.)

Should I keep some plastic bags to put over the ends of the spring bars when I take them out to keep the grease off my vehicle when I store them?
No. The SwayPro spring bars just snap out with a ¼ turn, and are always clean, and grease-free. No grease is ever applied to the spring bars.

Do I have to add an after-market sway control to the SwayPro?
No, SwayPro has designed-in sway control functionality.

Do I have to disable the sway control to back up?
No. You back up normally.

Do I have to buy a complete new system when I trade up to a heaver trailer?
No. You may need two higher-rated spring bars, but everything else is the same for the four different tongue weight ratings.

What size do I need?
The SwayPro hitch is supplied with one of four standard pairs of spring bars. Spring bar selection is based on your trailer’s tongue weight rating. Spring bars are rated for 550, 750, 1000, 1500 lbs tongue weight.
Note: details on part numbers are located in the SwayPro Modification Guide, ie, page 27 of the Sept 2006 Application Guide booklet.

If I have a tongue weight of 500lbs can I use the BXW1000 spring bars?
You need to stay within your tongue rating. You would need to order the BXW0550 spring bars. Overly stiff spring bars yield a rough ride and can overstress a trailer tongue.

How long will a SwayPro last?
With proper lubrication and use, we expect your hitch’s life to exceed that of your trailer. SwayPro hitches are covered by a limited life-time warranty.

How are the tongue brackets attached?
Tongue brackets are clamped to the tongue with clamping bolts or permanently attached with bolts through drilled holes.

How do the Sway bars lock?
The sway bars have a slotted groove on one end that inserts into the hitch head. Insert, twist, and the spring bar locks into place.

How is the head adjusted?
The SwayPro is adjusted with a simple thumb screw. Head mounting bolts are loosened (not removed), the thumbscrew is adjusted, and mounting bolts are retightened. Nothing is disassembled or removed from the hitch in this process.

The SwayPro has 4 points of control?
Yes. The SwayPro controls swaying motion between itself and the trailer tongue with a pair of control links that capture the spring bar tensioning chains and limit their horizontal movement. In addition, the SwayPro has two friction adjusting bolts in the head.

What controls the sway?
The SwayPro’s four points of control exert forces on the trailer tongue and on the tow vehicle that are engineered to nullify sway.

How do I know if I’m using the correct chain link when tensioning spring bars?
Choose the chain link that lifts the spring bar end and aligns the spring bar in a position parallel to the trailer tongue frame.

Is there something I could do if I have to turn extremely short turning situation?
You just take normal precautions when making sharp turning maneuvers to make sure your tow vehicle and trailer do not contact each other.

Can I use SwayPro if I have surge brakes installed on my towed vehicle?
SwayPro’s dual benefits of weight distribution and sway control also work for you when your towed vehicle is equipped with surge brakes. SwayPro’s operation is unchanged when towing with a surge brake actuator in place of a simple hitch coupler. However, the effects of the small compression and return motion (approximately an inch) that occurs in the surge brake actuator effects conventional sway control, and surge brake manufacturers have established varying requirements for using their products with conventional sway control products and weight distributing hitches.

Whatever the limitations placed on other hitch products, SwayPro’s functioning is unchanged when towing with surge brakes. Blue Ox recommends that you check with the manufacturer of your particular surge brake actuator before using their product with any weight distributing hitch.

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0224.8182 - BRK2010

The Patriot® Brake System from Blue Ox gives you the comfort needed when you are braking your tow vehicle. Not only is it convenient and easy to store, but it also proportionally applies the brakes smoothly while you’re slowing down to a stop, instead of suddenly jolting your tow vehicle causing costly damage to your brakes. The Patriot even works with Hybrids! All Blue Ox braking systems come with a one year warranty.

The Patriot works for your motorhome and tow car by safely bringing it to a smooth stop with proportional braking.

View Patriot Product Brochure
View Installation Instructions

No more wires
Monitor all brake functions or manually apply brakes from the comfort of the driver’s seat through a wireless remote control that continuously communicates with the braking system.

No more power concerns
Built in battery ensures power is always available to the brake.

No more mess
By using an electric cylinder there are no air pumps, storage tanks or hoses; therefore there is no chance for leaking and greatly reduces power required.

On the brake itself, there is an easy-to-read LED display, complete with one set up button, a break away plugin, manual adjustment for sensitivity, on/off switch and an auxillary 12-volt connection.

On the brake itself, there is an easy-to-read LED display, complete with one set up button, a break away plugin, manual adjustment for sensitivity, on/off switch and an auxillary 12-volt connection.
In-coach controller complete with a manual brake lever, easy-to-read LED display and gain adjustment.

In-coach controller complete with a manual brake lever, easy-to-read LED display and gain adjustment.
  • Compatible with Hybrids!
  • All electric! No pump, tank, or air hoses to leak
  • No slamming of the brake, moves smoothly and proportionally
  • Adjust the amount of braking from coach
  • Manually apply brakes from coach with wireless remote
  • Break away comes standard
  • Electric actuator instead of air cylinder
  • Built-in battery
  • 15 lbs! Half the weight of similar braking systems
  • LED display on both the brake and remote control
  • Convenient carrying handle
  • Comes standard with on/off switch
  • Easy self-calibration with the push of one button
  • Unique, easy to use brake pedal clamp
  • Larger surface push pad on back of unit to seat
  • Wrap around cleat on side for safe storage of plug wiring
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]]> http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog/message-board/2010-rv-aprilmay-flyer/feed/ 0 Cequent Towing Seminar http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog/events/cequent-towing-seminar/ http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog/events/cequent-towing-seminar/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:30:20 +0000 admin http://www.northernwholesale.com/blog/?p=163 ATTEND THE CEQUENT PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
FACTORY AUTHORIZED TRAINING AT
Northern Wholesale Supply

Technical Training Seminar
March 17th, 2010

at Northern Wholesale Supply

Gooseneck installation training
• Installation video of under bed gooseneck
Fifth Wheel Installation Training
• Pro Series 4 bolt 5th wheel rail system install presentation
• 5th Wheel custom install brackets installation presentation
Sidewinder Training
• Installation video
• How to measure out for correct pin box
Jacks and Couplers Installation and Repair
• Presentation video training of jack/coupler installs and repairs
• Fold-Away™ Hinge Kits
Electronics Station – “Hands On” Installation
• Brake controls, breakaway kits
• Powered Modulites, 7 & 4 ways
• Incandescent and LED lights
Weight Distribution Kits Training
• Installation presentation and video

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For technicians , Service , Parts & Sales Staff

$39.95 A PERSON, FEES INCLUDE:

  • • 8 hours of product training (Qualifies for RVIA rectification)
  •  A copy of the training presentation
  •  Complimentary package (Prodigy (90185), Hat, Pen & Tote Bag)
  •  Door prize offering – SportWing, Current Monitor, Prodigy RF, F2 Jack and Bulldog Power Jack
  •  Specialized Business Cards
  •  Certificate of completion
  •  Lunch
    NOTE: PAYMENT WITH CREDIT CARD, OR CHARGE TO YOUR NORTHERN WHOLESALE SUPPLY ACCOUNT.
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 this seminar is APPROVED fro RVIA – RVDA RV Service Technician Rectification Program

For more information contact your Northern Wholesale Sales Representative

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It’s Time again for The Best RV Parts & Accessories Buying Show in the U.S.A.!

You are invited to attend – The Northern Wholesale Supply 2010 RV Super Show at Treasure Island Resort & Casino January 11th and 12th, 2010

Super Show 2010 begins on Monday January 11th with our ongoing effort to bring you the very best in Advanced Dealer Education and Sales Training. Northern Wholesale Supply is very proud to present our 2010 Sales & Product Training Seminar. Learn the latest in new products, sales techniques, product presentation and merchandising.

BRING YOUR DEALERSHIP TO A NEW LEVEL! – Featuring Winegard, Demco Mfg., Valterra, MaxxAir, Stromberg Carlson, AP Products, Pullrite and Bio Kleen. The seminar sessions start at 9:00 a.m. sharp and will wrap up at 4:00 p.m., lunch included. Please see enclosed registration card for Advanced Dealer Education & Sales Training. This is a can’t miss opportunity!

NEW FOR 2010! This year we will have a Vendor Booth Preview in conjunction with our two hour Cocktail Reception Monday evening January 11, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Cocktails and hors’dourves will be served right in the Treasure Island Event Center. This will give you a chance to preview all of the vendor’s new and exciting products and programs in a relaxed atmosphere. (No orders will be taken during this preview).

On Tuesday January 12th from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Super Show 2010 will be in full swing back in the 30,000 sq ft Convention and Event Center of Treasure Island Resort & Casino. This will be a one day buying show so come prepared to see the latest new products and get the best pricing on the products you need and use everyday!! Also, attending manufacturers will be offering special Day of Show Only Cash-Back & amp; Rebate Specials! As our guest at Super Show 2010, on show day you will also enjoy a hot buffet breakfast, lunch and Cocktail Party with buffet dinner. Entertainment is built right in at Treasure Island Casino with world class gaming including Black Jack, Roulette, Poker, Slots, Bingo and Northern Wholesale’s own Texas Hold’em Tournament on Tuesday night, plus the New Extreme Bowl – 24 lane state of the art bowling alley!

Convention and Event Center • 30,000 square-foot show display area

Hotel • Two hotel wings, seven stories, 480 rooms • Separate entrance for Hotel/Event Center

Family Fun Center • 30,000 square-foot Family Fun Center • 24-lane Brunswick® Bowling Alley

“Club Mondo” • Northern Wholesale’s popular hospitality room

The address for Treasure Island is: Treasure Island Resort & Casino 5734 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089

Or checkout www.treasureislandcasino.com for more information.

We look forward to seeing you at the Super Show 2010 It promises to be our best yet!

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