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This tough tow bar is engineered to be easy to use and more than up to the task of pulling your heavy vehicle. Extra-long arms help you make tight turns. Cable guides protect your safety cables and power cord, and keep your setup organized.
Features:
Specs:
| Base Plate | Adapter |
|---|---|
| etrailer | Invisible: no adapter needed Classic: RM-034 or DM9523036 |
| Blue Ox | RM-031* or BX88262 |
| Demco | Tabless: no adapter needed Classic: RM-034 or DM9523036 |
*If your tow bar has a serial number below 16,500, use adapter RM-031-5.
The BlackHawk 2 is designed to make hooking up your toad (towed vehicle) a smooth and easy process. The telescoping arms are able to extend to the needed length and angle to reach the base plate without the need for your vehicle to be perfectly level or in the exact right spot behind your RV. The inner arms are stainless steel and will slide in and out smoothly. Supremely corrosion resistant, they'll stay rust-free and functional for the life of the tow bar.
Slide the tow bar into your hitch and pin it in place. Get the arms connected to the base plate one at a time. Once you're all hooked up, slowly pull forward and the self-aligning arms will fully extend and lock into the towing position. Double check that the arms are properly latched and you'll be ready to hit the road!
The BlackHawk's arms are longer than average, giving you an above-average turning radius. You're going to be able to get around obstacles and make sharp turns with no worry of clipping the corner of your RV. Maneuver through gas stations and the campsite no problem.
Uneven ground and sharp angles can put the arms of the tow bar in a bind and make them stiff and immoveable. Once you get to your destination, the last thing you need is to spend several minutes wrestling, yanking, and kicking at them to get your car disconnected.
Instead, get out of a bind in one easy step. Simply flip the latch on the arm of the BlackHawk 2 to disengage the internal latch. This releases the pent-up pressure so you can unhook and get on with your adventure.
The BlackHawk 2 comes with cable guides built into the arms, which offer a great way to keep your setup organized. By threading your safety cables and power cord (both sold separately) through the guides, you'll keep them from dragging on the ground and getting damaged. It's also a great way to keep all your gear together. You won't need to find a separate place to store your cables; you can keep them right there where you need them, ready for the next time you flat tow.
The BlackHawk 2 All-Terrain is engineered to be as tough and durable as possible. Throughout the design process, rigorous physical and computerized testing is done, including Finite Elemental Analysis (FEA). Each of these tests displays a 3-dimensional image of the tow bar while it is put under thousands of pounds of pressure. Areas of stress in the tow bar can then be located and studied so that those areas can be strengthened. This process is repeated until any weak spots, particularly those found in load-bearing components, are completely removed. The result is a product that is durable, strong, and safe.
The BlackHawk 2 folds up to conveniently store on the back of your RV when you're not using it. After disconnecting from your toad, push the arms of the tow bar together so that they are side by side. Push the tow bar up until the holding latch clicks into place. The arms can then swing to the right or to the left, whichever side you want to store it on.
For added protection from the elements, slip the Roadmaster tow bar cover (RM-055-3 - sold separately) over the BlackHawk 2 when you're not using it.
Flat towing can be a much more convenient way to take your car RVing with you than using a trailer or a tow dolly. It'll save you storage space both at home and at the campsite, and it takes less time and hassle to hook up.
To flat tow your vehicle, there are 5 basic components you're going to need: a tow bar, a base plate kit, a safety cable set, tow bar wiring, and a flat tow braking system.
| For the RV | Between the RV and Towed Car | For the Towed Car |
|---|---|---|
| Hitch | Tow bar | Base Plate |
| Wiring plug | Safety cables | Braking system |
| Wiring adapter cord | Wiring kit/diodes |
The custom-fit base plate installs on the frame of your toad so you can connect the car to your RV with a tow bar. Hook up safety cables between the vehicles to ensure that the toad does not separate from the motorhome if the tow bar becomes detached. Tow bar wiring syncs your vehicle's signal lights with your motorhome's tail lights, as required by law in most states. Finally, the flat tow braking system - also required in most states - activates the brakes in the toad when you hit the brakes in the RV, making for smoother, safer braking, and preventing wear on your motorhome.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (175 Customer Reviews)
This tough tow bar is engineered to be easy to use and more than up to the task of pulling your heavy vehicle. Extra-long arms help you make tight turns. Cable guides protect your safety cables and power cord, and keep your setup organized.
This is one of the best, two items I purchased of about 6 or 7 items acquired to rig my 2001 GMC YukonXL for flat towing. The 10,000 lb capacity is valued. the tow bar slides work well. the 3/4inch pins are strong and I have had no problems. The tow bar pulls a YukonXL with some extra stuff, fuel and tools and weighs probably 6,500 lbs (my est--haven't put it on a CAT scale). When I rig my 2020 Chev Silverado Trail Boss to flat tow, I expect to be able to use this.
Perfect bar to tow my 2015 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab. My earlier Falcon is great for my lighter Honda CRV. Thus one is robust and works flawlessly for my Silverado. eTrailer came through again as usual.
Used this on an "around the country" RV trip to tow our Suburban after I damaged an older model. It works great and the built-in release handles were a welcome upgrade from the previous hitch I used. We certainly put some miles on this tow bar with no issues and I'm sure will get many more miles and years out of it yet!
Jeff
6/23/2024
Super satisfied with this tow bar after a year. Would certainly buy again and recommend to others!!
I can't believe you don't add the cover for this hitch. Free advertising. You make enough on the price of the hitch. Not to mention every additional item that goes with it.
Rick
8/31/2024
Works pretty good. Should the bars be lubricated.
Easy to install in place of an old Falcon towbar. As you can see in the photo it can be rotated to the side and latched in place. I needed this feature as we carry two electric bikes above the towbar. looking foward to not needing a rubber hammer to release the tension on the bars.
Easy to use and install. Might need locks to prevent disconnect by random people
Older Falcon All Terrain tow bar came unlocked and fell to ground causing damage. Leaving on the 19th and needed a new tow bar quickly. etrailer had the Black Hawk 2 All terrain for a good price. They shipped it out on Saturday and received it this morning. Great Job!
Easy to hook up our toad ( Jeep ). I can connect or disconnect in about 2 minutes all while standing. Stays right behind our RV and you only know its back there when you look in the rear view mirror. I would buy this again.
Guy S.
10/19/2023
Im glad I got it. We have towed many thousand miles now and easy hook up.
After using a Falcon 2 All -terrain for over 100k miles, it was time for an upgrade! This blackhawk 2 all-terrain was perfect for my JKU with plenty of safety margin with the 10k rating.
I have been using this to tow my 1997 F250. It tows great and no question, it is beefy enough. I left four stars because you have to spray it with a lubricant almost every time you use it to keep it from binding when you want to disconnect it. It works great as long as it’s lubricated. This is the only tow bar I have used so I am not sure if binding is normal or if this is works better than others. It seems like it it an issue with all tow bars. I am happy with this bar but there is always room for improvement.
I think no that you have a good product. Please teach your people how to package it properly.
As many of these as you sell, shouldn't there be designated packaging rather than taped-together small boxes?
Pulled entire length of route 66 and then some. We had absolutely no issues with all of our etrailer equipment. Thanks for all of your help.
Great tow bar system for towing my Toyota Tundra behind my motor coach. Too bad the baseplate I purchased required me to add a 6 inch drop receiver and causes a rub condition on rising/falling surfaces.
diodes should have more stable connections for the wires
Easy to install and easy to use. Being newbies to the motor coach world, this tow bar is made for ease of hookup. It took less than five minutes to unhook and hook up. Love it! We did not use the base plate that came with it but chose to add the direct connect base plate with removable arms (RM-521424-5) This combination made it excellent to use!
Peggy A.
8/24/2020
WE have only used the tow bar a couple times but have to say it is REALLY easy to hookup! Takes less than five minutes to get our Jeeep attached. Love it!
replaced one with about 100,000 tow mil es
Works great, no issues
Towing a Wrangler 4 door behind my motorhome, have gone 20K miles now and no issues, i am not using the cross bar as my vehicle mount does not require that.
Due to the road dust and everything it gets quite dirty of course. It has been working well along, easy enough to connect.
If you have to disconnect on a hill it gets a bit tricky to unlatch and such, but just takes practice.
Thomas S.
3/25/2022
A year later it is still all good, getting dirty is all. Mechanism and joints still function well.
No problems, tow a 3500 4x4 Chevy with it.
Excellent product, heavy duty and well built. So well built it has a cross-bar system in it that wasn't required for my recommended base plate. Seems to be a lot of extra money for something that can not be used with the products recommended.
Shayne
6/17/2021
Still works great. Excellent, sturdy product.
Fast shipping to be able to make trip after damaging old towbar. Thanks!
Richard
1/16/2024
Its the best, no problems or concerns. Tow both 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2017 Ford F150 crew cab with it.
nice tow bar
Delivered early and everything packaged as purchased
Douglas
1/10/2024
I am completely satisfied. Wanted a Blue ox, but I would buy another roadster and recommend one for anyone
Seems like it is built well. Hopefully it will lasts for a long time for what it cost.
Roadmaster BlackHawk looks like it is very well made. This is a replacement foe a Roadmaster Sterling that I had for over 10 years. I was going to rebuild it, however after reading different comments that the life of the tow bar is 8 to 10 years, I decided to replace the tow bar instead of rebuilding it. The sterling tow bar was rated at 6k while this new tow bar is rated at 10k. I hope this new tow bar will last another 10 years. Etrailer service was great and fast. Receive the new tow bar in just 2 days. Have not used it yet, but real soon I hope. I will be flat towing a Jeep Wranger or a Ford F-150. I am sure this tow bar can handle these toads. Thanks again etrailer for providing great service at the best cost. I did fine the tow bar at a lower price and they provided their 110% match.
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Scott
8/17/2024
I still love this tow bar. Robust. Easy to use. Just finished an 800 mile trip this week. Smooth.