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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 (3019 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.I am very pleased with the service, shipping and product quality of my recent purchase...a "Blue Ox" baseplate for out 2007 Jeep Liberty. The online installation video was instrumental in my self installation...it was much easier than I could have imagined. Final results look great and no doubt saved $$$$ doing it myself. As this will be towed behind our motorhome, I also purchased and installed the tow wiring harness. Again, the installation video made this very easy.
Customer service was very helpful in making sure I ordered the correct products for our Jeep. Everything was shipped out the same day. From order to install took only 4 days. I would highly recommend eTrailer!
Great product and am super happy with the customer service. Steve from etrailer.com emailed me the day my tow bar arrive with additional information on installation and provided a contact number if I needed. Product I received was out standing and the customer service is even better. I will shop here again and recommend anyone to this company.
Installed the Blue Ox baseplate on a 2007 Jeep Liberty. After reading the instructions and watching the etrailer video, it was a simple install. Took about 3 hours - most of which was just being careful taking the bumper off the car and putting it back on. The baseplate itself only took maybe an hour.
Support and quick shipment from etrailer was excellent. Yesterday, I made another purchase with them to receive the wiring kit and tow bar.
We have always received excellent service from etrailer.
Everything was outstanding. I received the base plate on time and everything was there that was suppose to be. You folks are tops in my book. Thank You.
Tried to find someone to install this but no one seemed to have time so did it myself. Removing grill and bumper cover was easy especially since several fasteners we broke or missing from someone else removing them. Used the trick of attaching the base plate to the frame with a clamp them moving it to line up right. Hardest part was drilling the end holes. Had to buy a $16 drill bit to get through the metal. Them had problems lining up the last nut. Everything else went fine with good videos of the install. If a 70 year old (me) can install it by himself, anyone can.
It was eaiser to install than the facia was to remove and replace on my jeep
James P.
5/29/2023
No problems at all
This purchase reflected our second base plate. The first one was on a 2006 Jeep Liberty w/o any problem during its lifetime. Last year, the old Jeep was damaged in an accident. We bought another Jeep Liberty 2007 used model. The initial installation was fine but the base plate became loose after about one month. I found two of the weld nuts on each side became loose and had to order replacements from Blue Ox. The weld nuts quality seemed to deteriorated as compare to our 2011 version. Once I replaced the weld nuts we have not had any problems.
Chi L.
12/21/2020
It has been a bit more than a year since I put the Blue Ox base plate on our second Jeep Liberty. It worked fine since I replaced the weld nuts. I have had no issues with the installation.
If you are mechanically inclined then this should install fairly easy. I Did this myself and I took my time and got it installed in about 3 hours This is on a 2005 Jeep Liberty. Towed to Pigeon Forge Tenn. and back.
Wayne E.
3/19/2023
great
Great quality. Received item so fast it surprised me.
Easy installation, no problems
awasum hard part was the safety cables
order base plate for jeep everything was great including the price
I received the Base plate for the Jeep Liberty, this afternoon, very fast, could not believe the speed, all the way from the USA, I don't know if it will fit because the Jeep is not at my home as of yet, will let you know later.
Cheers.
I used these folks on previous projects and was thoroughly satisfied. Using them again for a project on a tow vehicle. With all of the support they offer I may try to do this one myself. Excellent help previously and am expecting the same this time.
yes i am very happy with this product. fast shipping easy installation and works great thank you
Part fit perfect on my jeep great quality, also my parts lady was very efficient and pollite, I would recommend E Trailer always
As always, the order was shipped out quickly and arrived on the scheduled day.
I have made several orders from etrailer and have never been disappointed.
I did a lot of research on my 05 Jeep Liberty the Blue Ox is the easiest to put on exactly what I wanted exactly what I expected recommended highly to anyone with a Jeep Liberty 02 to 07
All of my experience with etrailer have been positive
thought tow bar was easy to put on with really good instructions
David
2/20/2024
Good fit. Ive had no problems with it.
Hook up was good
Excellent
Hi Noah,the parts we got are great. We took our first big trip to Fla. in February towing our car and everything worked well. Thanks.
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Robert L.
11/3/2017
Base plates performing well. Tows behind our motorhome with ease. Thanks for the follow-up!