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Base Plates Installation And Review Videos


Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Aftermarket Bumper Adapters - BX88358- Video

Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Aftermarket Bumper Adapters - BX88358

Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today I'm gonna take a look at the Blue Ox Off-Road Bumper Adapters for your Blue Ox motor home mounted tow bar. These have a 15,000 pound tow rating. Now these parts here will let you use your motor home mounted Blue Ox Tow bar to tow your vehicle that has an off-road bumper with the welded on or bolted on D-rings and is rated for flat towing. This will work with the Blue Ox Aladdin, the Alpha, the Ascent, the Avail, and the Aventa LX tow bars. Now if the vehicle you wanna flat tow has an off-road bumper on it, there's usually no place to install base plates for your tow board to connect to. more


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2/10/2023 11:05:02 AM



Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Off Road Bumper Adapter For Blue Ox Tow Bars - BX88357- Video

Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Off Road Bumper Adapter For Blue Ox Tow Bars - BX88357

Hi everybody. Andy here with etrailer.com. And today, we're gonna take a quick look at this Blue Ox off-road bumper adapters for Blue Ox motorhome mounted tow bars. These adapters are going to let you use your motorhome mounted Blue Ox tow bar with your off-road bumper. These are going to fit flat tow rated off-road bumpers with D-rings with 7/8 of an inch openings. And these will work with the Aladdin, Alpha, Ascent, Avail, and Aventa LX tow bars. more


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3/22/2022 5:16:14 PM



Review of CURT Custom Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - C59JR- Video

Review of CURT Custom Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - C59JR

Hello, everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna take a look at the Curt custom base plate kit for the Ford Bronco vehicles. This is a custom fit part. It is designed to fit the 2021 Ford Bronco vehicles and on a custom fit part like this I do like to recommend for you to go to our website, use the fit guide, put in your year and model vehicle. That'll show you if this will work for your application. Now these are custom fit base plates which will provide attaching points for your Curt Rambler tow bar. more


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2/25/2022 8:36:41 AM



Roadmaster Motor Home Mount Tow Bars Extended D-Ring Bumper Mounts Adapter Review- Video

Roadmaster Motor Home Mount Tow Bars Extended D-Ring Bumper Mounts Adapter Review

Hey guys, how's it going Today we're gonna be going over the adaptor for extended D-ring bumper mounts to Roadmaster tow bars. So here's what our adapter looks like, and what this is gonna do is, it's gonna allow you to attach a Roadmaster Motorhome-Mounted Tow Bar, a motorhome-mounted tow bar is one that installs into the hit receiver on the motorhome and it gets stored there while not in use. A couple example of those motorhome-mounted tow bars is the falcon 2s, which is what we have here. The black Hawk, the Sterling, and there's several others. And this is gonna allow us to attach to D-ring bumper mounts, welded onto our off-road Jeep bumpers. So a lot of Jeep owners like to install aftermarket bumpers on their Jeep, for one reason or another. more


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2/23/2022 8:10:31 AM



Blue Ox Aftermarket Off-Road Bumper Adapter Review- Video

Blue Ox Aftermarket Off-Road Bumper Adapter Review

Hey everybody, how's it going Today, we're gonna be going over and showing you how to install, The Blue Ox aftermarket off-road bumper adapters. So these adapters are gonna be an important part of our flat tow setup. If we plan on flat towing a vehicle with an aftermarket bumper. Now this isn't gonna be specific to Jeeps, but I know a lot of you Jeep guys like to have these aftermarket bumpers on there, which is great. They really add to the aggressive off-road look of our vehicle. But they do pose a problem if we plan on flat towing. more


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6/15/2021 1:21:42 PM



Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - BLU33FR- Video

Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - BLU33FR

Hello, everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna take a look at the Blue Ox base plate kit with the removable arms. Now, this is a custom-fit part. It is designed to fit the 2021 Ford F-150 trucks. And on a custom-fit part like this, I do like to recommend for you to go to our website. more


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5/4/2021 12:19:14 PM



Review of Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - RM-035- Video

Review of Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - RM-035

Jeff: Hello everybody, this is Jeff at eTrailer.com. Today we're going to take a look at these adapters for the Jeep D-Ring Bumper Mounts to Roadmaster motorhome mount tow bars.Now this is a custom fit part, it is designed to fit the 1987 to current Jeep Wrangler YJ, TJ, JK, and JL models that have the off-road bumpers with the 3/4" D-ring bumper mounts. Now because it fits so many different models of the Jeep Wrangler I do recommend for you to go to our website, use the fit guide, put in your year model vehicle, and it'll show if this will work for your application.Now these adapter brackets will attach to the shackle mounts on your Jeep and allows you to use the Roadmaster tow bar to tow your off-road vehicle. The brackets will attach to the 3/4" thick shackle mounts on your off-road bumpers, that are approved for flat towing.It's a very fast, simple installation. All you'll do, for this one right here, is you'll replace the quick disconnects on your tow bar arms with these adaptive brackets right here. And then on this end you'll remove the D-rings, that are on your Jeep bumper, from the shackle mounts and then attach this to the shackle mounts on your bumper. more


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12/7/2020 2:32:11 PM



Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - BX1710- Video

Review of Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - BX1710

Jeff: Hello, everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to take a look at this Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with the Removable Arms. Now, this kit is a custom fit part. It is designed to fit the 2014 to 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 trucks. And on a custom fit part like this, I always recommend for you to go to our website, use the fit guide, put in your year and model vehicle, and it'll show if this'll work for your application.Now, these are custom fit base plates. more


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8/15/2020 9:37:07 AM



Roadmaster Motor Home Mount Tow Bars Adapter Review- Video

Roadmaster Motor Home Mount Tow Bars Adapter Review

How's it going Ryan here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster tow bar adapters for Jeeps with D-ring bumper mounts. As we all know, when it comes to Jeeps, there's more or less an endless amount of accessories to choose from to make it your own and these front bumpers are a really common upgrade. Since these aftermarket bumpers kind of change the front end of your Jeep, and you're wanting to flat tow it, you might be asking yourself is the traditional style base plate kit going to work with this bumper to provide us with the connection point to hook up our tow bar. So instead of having to worry about that, there's actually a more simple and better solution. And that's what these adapters are going to be for. more


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1/30/2020 12:27:06 PM



Review of Demco Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - DM9519318- Video

Review of Demco Base Plates - Removable Drawbars - DM9519318

Randy: Hey guys, Randy here at etrailer.com. We just wanted to go over quickly the Demco tabless base plate. This is designed to work with the 18 and 19 Ford expedition, 15 to 19 F150s and 17 to 19 Raptors. Of course, use our fit guide anytime you're getting a custom fit part like this, just to ensure it's going to work for your application. But, what this does is, essentially, it provides us a connection point for our tow bar. This is for a flat tow set up, so you're going to be hauling your F150 or Expedition behind your motor home, and we need a good solid connection point on that F-150 or Expedition so we can haul it safely. more


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12/23/2019 3:47:05 PM



Review of Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - RM-035-1- Video

Review of Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - RM-035-1

Today we're going to take a look at the adapters for the 1" thick Jeep D-ring bumper mounts to Roadmaster motor home mount tow bars. This is a custom fit part. These are designed to fit the 1987 to 1995 Jeep YJ Off-Road bumpers, 1997 to 2006 Jeep TJ Off-Road bumpers and the 2007 and newer Jeep JK Wrangler and Wrangler unlimited Off-Road bumpers. And again these are designed to fit all these Jeeps with the 1" D-ring bumper mounts.And on a custom fit part like this I always like to recommend for you to go to our website, use the fit guide, put in your year and model vehicle and it'll show if this will work for your application. Now these adapters allow you to use your Roadmaster tow bar to tow your Jeep behind your motor home. They basically will attach to the 1" thick shackle mounts on your bumper or the D-rings are usually attached. more


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6/6/2019 2:03:05 PM



Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - RM-523195-5 Review- Video

Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - RM-523195-5 Review

Speaker 1: Today we're going to take a look at the Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate kit with the removal arms. This is a custom fit part. It is designed to fit the 2016 and newer Chevrolet Suburban 1500 and Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles. On a custom fit part I always like to recommend for you to go to our web site, use our fit guide. Put in your year and model vehicle and it'll show you if this will work for your application. Now, these EZ5 brackets provide attachment points for your motorhome-mounted tow bar. more


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3/5/2018 3:26:03 PM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1136 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1136 Review

Speaker 1: Today we're taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with removable arms. Now to ensure that this is a fit for your vehicle you can always use the vehicle fit guide at etrailer.com but I did check and this product fits certain years of the Jeep Cherokee Trail Hawk. The custom fit base plate is provided attachment points for your tow bar system. This unit features a hidden reinforcement design so once it's installed that means that less of the brackets are visible so less of the brackets show. And as you can tell they're two different components here, so there's no cross bar support beam or additional protruding brackets that'll be visible once the units fully installed.Another neat feature is that these base plate tabs right here, these remove easily for a completely hidden look, when you don't have your two bar connected to your base plates. You just pull on this spring loaded pin, rotate it and you'll feel it disengage and then you can pull it straight out. more


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12/6/2017 11:14:02 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1986 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1986 Review

Speaker 1: Today we're taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with removable arms. This product fits certain years and models of the Dodge Ram and Ram 1500 trucks. To ensure that this is a fit for your vehicle, you can always use the vehicle fit guide, which is located at etrailer.com.This is a custom fit kit, so the custom fit base plates provide attachment points for your tow bar. It does feature hidden reinforcement design. So you'll notice that there's two separate pieces here. So there's no crossbar, support beam, or large protruding brackets visible once the unit is installed. more


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10/31/2017 11:08:03 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1315 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1315 Review

Speaker 1: Today, we're taking a look at the Blue Ox baseplate kit with removable arms. This product fits certain years and models of the Mini Cooper Clubman. To assure that this is a fit for your vehicle, you can always use the vehicle fit guide, located at etrader.com.This custom fit baseplate provides the attachment points for your tow bar. It does feature a hidden reinforcement design, which means that less of the bracket shows. So, there's no crossbar support beam or large protruding brackets visible once the unit is installed. The baseplate tabs easily remove for a completely hidden look. more


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10/31/2017 9:53:38 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Fixed Draw Bars - BX1120 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Fixed Draw Bars - BX1120 Review

Speaker 1: Today, we're taking a look at a Blue Ox base plate kit. This product fits certain years and models of the Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler TJ. To ensure that it is a fit for your vehicle, you could always use the vehicle guide, located at etrailer.com.This is a custom-fit base plate that provides attachment points for your tow bar. That way, you can easily tow your vehicle behind your motor home. The unit does feature a hidden reinforcement design, so that means that less of the bracket actually shows, once it's installed. You won't have that crossbar support beam or large, protruding brackets.It's a sturdy, dependable design. more


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10/12/2017 12:44:02 PM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1656 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1656 Review

Speaker 1: Today, we're taking a look at the Blue Ox base plate kit. This product fits certain years and models of the GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado. To ensure or double check that this is a fit for your vehicle, you can use the vehicle fit guide at etrailer.com. Now, this custom fit base plate provides attachment points for your tow bar. This allows you to easily tow your vehicle or flat tow your vehicle behind your motor home. That way, you can easily get your vehicle out on your trip with you.Now, once installed, this does feature a hidden reinforcement design. more


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10/12/2017 11:35:29 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1689 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1689 Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms. This product fits certain years of the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain. To ensure that it is a fit for you vehicle you can use the vehicle fit guide located at etrailer.com. The custom fit base plates provide attachment points for your tow bar, that way you can flat tow the vehicle behind your RV. The unit's going to feature hidden reinforcement, which means less of the bracket shows so you don't have to worry about the crossbar support beam or large visible protruding brackets. The base plate tabs are going to remove easily for a completely hidden look. They just rotate out of place. more


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5/24/2017 11:31:28 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX2246 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX2246 Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms. This product is designed to fit a 2007 to 2011 Honda CRV. It's a custom fit baseplate that provides the attachment points for your tow bar system. That way you can flat tow your CRV behind your RV. When this unit is installed, it's got a hidden reinforcement design. What that means is that less of the bracket shows once the unit is completely installed. more


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5/11/2017 9:37:25 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1134 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1134 Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms. This product fits certain years and models of the Jeep Wrangler. To ensure that this is a fit for your vehicle, you can use the vehicle fit guide located at etrailer.com. The custom fit base plates provide attachment points for your tow bar. The unit features hidden reinforcement which means that less of the bracket shows once this is fully installed, and your base plate tabs remove easily for a nice hidden look. To remove them, you just pull this pin right here, just spring loaded design, and then that allows you to remove the arm. When your arm's not in that mount location again, you're going to have a nice hidden look once it's installed. more


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2/15/2017 11:03:09 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX2635 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX2635 Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit. This product fits certain gear and models of the Ford F-150, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. To ensure that this is a fit for your vehicle, you can always use the vehicle fit guide located at etrailer.com. This strong and durable base plate kit is custom designed to fit your vehicle. It's going to have the hidden reinforcements, along with the removable bracket arms. It's going to provide a clean, unobtrusive look when your truck is not being towed. Now again, this is a custom fit, base plate system. more


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2/8/2017 9:18:04 AM



Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - 521433-1 Review- Video

Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - 521433-1 Review

Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster EZ Base Plate kit with removal arms. This product fits certain years and models of the Jeep Liberty. You can use the vehicle fit guide located at Etrailer.com to ensure that this is a fit for your vehicle. This base plate kit attaches to the front of your vehicle and allows you to easily connect your tow bar system so you can flat tow your vehicle. It is compatible with quick disconnects and all Roadmaster tow bars. The kit features a hidden bracket design that provides improved aesthetics compared with standard brackets. more


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1/11/2017 12:45:20 PM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1721 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1721 Review

Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms. This product fits certain years and models of the GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado. You can always use the vehicle fit guide located at etrailer.com to ensure that this is a fit for your vehicle. The custom fit base plates provide attachment points for your tow bar system. It allows you to flat tow your GMC Canyon or your Chevrolet Colorado. The product's fully made in the USA. Now, this specific kit from Blue Ox offers hidden reinforcement, which means that less of the bracket shows once the unit's fully installed. more


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1/6/2017 3:35:15 PM



Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - RM-521567-4 Review- Video

Roadmaster Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - RM-521567-4 Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster EZ4 base plate kit. This product fits a 2012 to 2014 Honda CRV. This is a hidden bracket design that's going to provide improved aesthetics compared to standard brackets. The EZ4 brackets sit even further back than the Roadmaster EZ and EZ2 brackets for a very clean look. The draw bars, which are these attachment points right here, these attach and remove quickly and easily. The arms actually click to lock in place in the brackets. more


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12/12/2016 9:40:07 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX2258 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX2258 Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms. This product is custom fit for 2012-2014 Honda CRV. Please note that some drilling and trimming is required. Custom fit base plates provide attachment points for a tow bar. That way you can easily and safely hook up your vehicle to your RV. This one's got a really nice design to it. Steel construction, powder-coat finish on it. more


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7/22/2016 2:05:52 PM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1126 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1126 Review

Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate kit with the removable arms. This product fits certain years of the Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited. This is a custom fit base plate that provides attachment points for your tow bars. It's got a hidden reinforcement design so that means that less of the bracket show. Less of the crossbar support beam and the brackets are going to show. It's got a nice hidden design. These base plate tabs, actually, remove easily for a completely clean look. more


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6/1/2016 9:05:49 AM



Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1726 Review- Video

Blue Ox Base Plates - Removable Draw Bars - BX1726 Review

Today we are going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms. This product fits certain years of the Chevrolet Malibu. The custom fit base plates are going to provide the attachment points for your tow bar, attachment points are right here. It does feature hidden reinforcement. What that means is that less of the bracket shows so is going to hide the crossbar support beam, and it is going to hide the brackets right here. The removable brackets are a great feature to have because what that does is it simply allows you to remove those and overall gives the unit a really nice clean look without those installed, so when you are not using this with your tow bar you can remove those simple by pulling on this pin, rotating and then removing it from the actual base plate. Then reinstall in those are very quick and easy. It is going to feature a sturdy dependable design. more


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5/31/2016 1:35:51 PM



Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2013 Ford Edge- Video

Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2013 Ford Edge

Today, on our 2013 Ford Edge, we'll be installing the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with removable arms, part# bx2628. To being our install, we'll first go ahead and open the hood. Then we'll remove the upper front fascia securing fasteners. A total of 2 bolts and 4 push pin fasteners. These push pin fasteners will have the center screw out, and then you can remove the entire fastener. Next, we'll move to the wheel well. Each wheel well, there are 3 fasteners thatll need to be removed. Quick tech tip: The correct socket for these fasteners is a 5.5 millimeter socket. more


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3/11/2014 12:40:28 PM



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