On Sun, 13 May 2012 22:29:10 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Why does the tow bar need to be removed?

Where are you? You're likely not in Arizona, where things don't rust.

Christopher A. Young
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In some states, it is an equipment violation to leave them in place if
it extends more than a couple of inches beyond the bumper. Pull into
a parting space behind one and it becomes plain why it would not be
there.