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Custom designed to fit your vehicle so it can be safely towed behind your RV, this base plate has easily removable arms that offer a seamless look when you're not flat towing. Base plate bolts directly to your chassis, so no welding is required.
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This base plate's hidden design creates a clean and seamless look. The bracket arms are easily removable, creating a slick appearance when you're not flat towing. Because the arms can be removed, you also won't have to worry about banging your leg into any protruding arms when you walk by.
Attaching and removing the bracket arms is a breeze. To attach the arms to the base plate, simply insert them into the receivers and rotate them until they lock into place. Once you're finished towing and want to remove the arms, pull the pin to disengage the lock, rotate the arms, and remove them from the receivers. Finally, plug up the now empty receivers with the included receiver covers to help keep dirt and debris out of the base plate and provide a finished look.
Flat towing your vehicle is much more convenient than using a trailer or a tow dolly. These other options take up much more storage space, leaving you less room both at home and at the campsite. In addition, securing your vehicle to a trailer or tow dolly can be a hassle and more time consuming than hooking up with a tow bar.
There are 5 basic components needed when flat towing a vehicle: a tow bar, a base plate kit, a safety cable set, tow bar wiring, and a supplemental braking system.
The tow bar links your towed car to your motorhome. It attaches to the custom-fit base plates that install on the frame of your towed car. Safety cables ensure that your towed car does not separate from your motorhome in the event that your tow bar becomes detached. Tow bar wiring allows your towed vehicle's signal lights to sync up with your motorhome's tail lights, which is required by law in most states. Finally, the supplemental braking system - also required in most states - brakes your towed car when the brakes in your motorhome are activated, preventing wear on the motorhome and decreasing braking distance for your entire setup.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (3254 Customer Reviews)
Custom designed to fit your vehicle so it can be safely towed behind your RV, this base plate has easily removable arms that offer a seamless look when you're not flat towing. Base plate bolts directly to your chassis, so no welding is required.
Easy install and works great. Have towed about 7500 miles without any concerns. I do wish it was a little more out of sight. Also would be nice to have a recovery hook or ring that would snap in there.
This kit fit well, had decent instructions, and performed perfectly every time once installed. If doing the install yourself, you'll need some metal fabrication tools to notch the D-ring plates behind the bumper but it's not complicated, just a little time consuming depending on the tools you're using. The look is also a little weird on the front of a new Bronco since you're losing the burly bumper D-rings, but it's a well engineered setup overall. I only used the tow bar setup a couple times before the vehicle was lost in a wildfire so I can't comment on the longevity, but I have no doubt it would still be working fine today.
I will start with the people that work here at etrailer are great to deal with and very helpful! These baseplates for my 2023 bronco have been great. i bought and installed myself. install pretty straight forward. and these work great for flat towing my bronco behind my motorhome.
The Bx2692 is the better tow bar solution because it is higher up to hopefully keep your tow bar flat. I modified a Base bumper to install this because it is only available for the "Modular" and "Capable" bumpers. The base bumper option from bluox is for lower tow hook delete option. Took about 3hrs with the help of a grinder jigsaw and multi tool.
Blue Ox is an excellent flat-towing product; simple design, easily installed, and totally reliable!
The product works great, but after 10 months of being on my truck and pretty limited use, I am surprised at how quickly the paint has come off and how rusty it has gotten. You expect this over time, but it seems pretty crazy to have this much rust after 10 months.
Product works very well with towing my Bronco; have towed about 10k miles all over country
Super knowledgeable about what I needed to get my bronco set up for flat towing… Had all the part numbers ready to go, sent me a link, and I ordered everything very smooth… Now, if only my install will go as smooth :-)
Installed on Bronco Big Bend. About 6 hours for an experienced non-professional. Lots of cutting and trimming on the bumper - mostly plastic cutting but some metal cutting too.
Very helpful. And very professional and curious
Every time I have dealt with e trailer I have been nothing but completely satisfied, They have always got me whatever I needed to complete my projects.
Extremely good pricing. Fast shipping. Couldn’t be better.
The review may be more against UPS that broke the package open and lost parts. etrailer sent replacement parts but I’m still missing nuts and bolts for the base plate.
etrailer has been great to work with but I’ll need to source some parts to finish.
Everything lined up easy install took only a couple hours
Hard to read instructions
I have installed on my 2023 Bronco Black Diamond yet. But it appears to be very high quality.
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Bill D.
10/21/2024
Still working as expected. Have towed to Florida from Michigan 6 times now and Utah once.