Just like you, I was very skeptical of this bar due to the price. Still, after reading several credible reviews I decided to give it a try. Like anything else for an RV you can spend as much money as you want and in the end you feel like you made a bad choice.I pull a 2000 Chevy Tracker behind my 40 foot Class A and just did not like the idea of spending over a thousand dollars on a blue ox tow bar and tow plate. I decided that I would give this bar a change and if it did not work for me I would be out the hundred dollars but if it did work for me I would save several hundred.The bar works perfectly and the free magnetic lights work very well also. My Towed weighs just under 3000 pounds and is a 2000 Chevy Tracker 4X4. This bar needs to be removed when you have reached a destination before driving the Towed. If you cannot manage 50 pounds you will need to have someone with you to help hook up and detach. If you want a tow bar that stays attached to your towed at all times, its a 900 dollar option from Blue Ox. :-)