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Roadmaster XL Base Plate Kit Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video
Rob: Rob here at etrailer.com. And today you're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster crossbar-style base plate kit with removable arms, on our 2015 Chevrolet Silverado. And keep in mind, it's only one component of several that we're going to need for a full flat tow setup. The first one we're going to need is going to be our base plate. That's going to be the connection point on our car so we can safely tow it down the road. The next we're going to need a tow bar, that's what's actually going to connect our base plate to the motorhome. more
8/26/2019 12:28:54 PM
Demco Tabless Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Rob: Rob here at etrailer.com and today we're going to be taking a look at the DEMCO tabless base plate kit on our 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. Now whenever you're wanting to tow your Colorado behind your motor home, a base plate is going be necessary so we have somewhere solid to hook up our tow bar so we can safely get down the road.And this is what our base plate's going to look like once we have it installed. You can see it has a really clean appearance, because we're only going to see a little bit of it sticking out right here right where our tow hooks were, because it's actually going to replace the factory tow hooks. Now each side of the base plate is going to bolt directly to the frame. So we'll have a really solid connection point. And as you can see here, we're going to have this cover here. more
7/12/2019 9:13:45 AM
Best 2003 Chevrolet Tracker Flat Tow Set Up Options 1012-1- Video
Hi there, Tracker owners. Today on your 2003 Chevrolet Tracker we're going to be taking a look at the best flat tow components. Flat towing your vehicle requires five main components. Those main components are: Your tow bar, which is the connection point between your vehicle and your motor home. You'll have your baseplate, which is the connection point installed on your vehicle for your tow bar. Your supplemental braking system, which applies the brakes inside your vehicle when you hit the brakes in your motor home to help it come to a stop. more
7/9/2019 10:39:13 AM
Best 2002 Chevrolet Tracker Flat Tow Set Up Options 1012-1- Video
Hi there, Tracker owners. Today on your 2002 Chevrolet Tracker we're going to be taking a look at the best flat tow components. Flat towing your vehicle requires five main components. Those main components are: Your tow bar, which is the connection point between your vehicle and your motor home. You'll have your baseplate, which is the connection point installed on your vehicle for your tow bar. Your supplemental braking system, which applies the brakes inside your vehicle when you hit the brakes in your motor home to help it come to a stop. more
7/9/2019 10:38:43 AM
Best 2001 Chevrolet Tracker Flat Tow Set Up Options 1012-1- Video
Hi there Tracker owners. Today on your 2001 Chevrolet Tracker we're going to be taking a look at the best flat tow components.Flat towing your vehicle requires five main components. Those main components are your tow bar, which is the connection point between your vehicle and your motorhome. You'll have your base plate, which is the connection point installed on your vehicle for your tow bar. Your supplemental braking system, which applies the brakes inside your vehicle when you hit the brakes in your motorhome, to help it come to a stop. Your diode wiring, which takes all of your lighting signals on your motorhome and transfers them back to the lights at the back of your vehicle. more
7/9/2019 10:38:15 AM
Best 2000 Chevrolet Tracker Flat Tow Set Up Options 1012-1- Video
Hi there Track runners. Today on your 2000 Chevrolet Tracker we're going to be taking a look at the best flat tow components.Flat towing your vehicle requires five main components. Those main components are your tow bar, which is the connection point between your vehicle and your motor home; you'll have your base plate, which is the connection point installed on your vehicle for your tow bar; your supplemental braking system, which applies the brakes inside your vehicle when you hit the brakes in your motor home to help it come to a stop; your diode wiring, which takes all of your lighting signals on your motor home and transfers them back to the lights at the back of your vehicle; and lastly your safety cables, which is an additional supplemental connection in addition to your tow bar, so in the event of a catastrophic disconnect you still have a connection to help you come to a safe stop.Our customer opted for the Falcon 2 tow bar. Falcon 2 tow bar is a great entry level tow bar. It really has everything that you would need for a flat tow set up. It provides your connection point and it's also non-binding. more
7/9/2019 10:37:50 AM
Best 2004 Chevrolet Tracker Flat Tow Set Up Options 1012-1- Video
Hi there, Tracker owners. Today on your 2004 Chevrolet Tracker we're going to be taking a look at the best flat tow components. Flat towing your vehicle requires five main components. Those main components are: Your tow bar, which is the connection point between your vehicle and your motor home. You'll have your baseplate, which is the connection point installed on your vehicle for your tow bar. Your supplemental braking system, which applies the brakes inside your vehicle when you hit the brakes in your motor home to help it come to a stop. more
7/9/2019 10:37:24 AM
Roadmaster Crossbar-Style Base Plate Kit Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Tracker- Video
Hi there Tracker owners, today on your 2004 Chevrolet Tracker, we're going to be taking a look and showing you how to install Roadmaster's crossbar style baseplate kit. And this is what our baseplate looks like when it's installed. There's no modifications for the front fascia to get it installed. It simply goes right where your tow hook pops out on the driver's side and it's in a similar location on the passenger's side. The attachment points for your tow bar are removable. We've currently got it out and that way you can get a better factory look with it because it stays tucked in the bumper and you almost don't even notice it. more
7/8/2019 9:58:38 AM
Best 1999 Chevrolet Tracker Flat Tow Set Up- Video
Hi there, Tracker owners. Today on your 1999 Chevrolet Tracker we're going to be taking a look at the best flat tow components. Flat towing your vehicle requires five main components. Those main components are: Your tow bar, which is the connection point between your vehicle and your motor home. You'll have your baseplate, which is the connection point installed on your vehicle for your tow bar. Your supplemental braking system, which applies the brakes inside your vehicle when you hit the brakes in your motor home to help it come to a stop. more
7/8/2019 9:58:08 AM
Best 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Flat Tow Set Up RM-523193-5- Video
Ryan: Hey everybody, it's Ryan here at etrailer.com. Today we're going to be going over your best flat tow setup for your Chevrolet Equinox. Now to flat tow your Equinox, we're going to have five main components that are going to be needed. We're going to need a tow bar, a baseplate, safety cables, wiring, and finally, a braking system.Now if I had to recommend one tow bar that would work perfectly with our Equinox, I'd recommend this one here, and this is a Nighthawk Roadmaster. It's going to be extremely easy to use because it's nonbinding, so that's going to allow us to hook up and disconnect very easily without much struggle. It's also going to be very lightweight because it's made from aluminum, and when we're not using it, it can be stored in a closed position.I also like it too, because it does come included with and takes care of the need for our safety cables as well as our electrical cord that runs from our motor home to our six-pole connector here at the front of the vehicle. more
5/29/2019 12:02:26 PM
Roadmaster Crossbar-Style Base Plate Kit Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Rob: Rob, here, at etrailer.com. And today, we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster Crossbar Style Base Plate Kit with removable arms. And here's what it's going to look like once we have it installed. Our base plate is going to give us that secure connection point so we can hook our tow bar up to our Sonic and safely flat tow it down the road. It's also going to spread that towing force across the front end, so we are not putting so much strain and stress on the front suspension.Now, when we are flat towing, we obviously need a spot for our tow bar to hook up to, but let's face it, nobody wants this big black thing hanging out the front of their car and distracting from the looks of it. Well, Roadmaster took that into effect, and we can actually pull these out when we are not using them. more
5/29/2019 10:32:36 AM
Demco Tabless Base Plate Kit Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Shane: Hi, I'm Shane with etrailer.com. Today, you're going to be taking a look at it, I'm going to walk you through the installation on Demco's Tabless Base Plate Kit for your 2019 Chevrolet Equinox. There are five main components for flat tow set up. You have your base plate, you have your diode wiring kit, you have your braking system, your tow bar, and your safety cables.Your tow bar is going to give you that solid attachment point, or connection point, between your RV and the base plate on your towed vehicle. Safety cables are going to be a secondary safety device, in case your tow bar fails. The braking system is going to be required on any vehicle that is flat towed. more
5/24/2019 2:22:22 PM
2019 Chevrolet Equinox Flat Tow Set Up Options RM-523193-5- Video
Ryan: Hey everybody, it's Ryan here at etrailer.com. Today we're going to be going over your best flat tow setup for your Chevrolet Equinox. Now to flat tow your Equinox we're going to have five main components that are going to be needed. We're going to need a tow bar, a base plate, safety cables, wiring, and finally a braking system.Now if I had to recommend one tow bar that would work perfectly with our Equinox, I'd recommend this one here, and this is a Nighthawk Roadmaster. It's going to be extremely easy to use because it's nonbinding, so that's going to allow us to hookup and disconnect very easily without much struggle. It's also going to be very lightweight because it's made from aluminum, and when we're not using it, it can be stored in a closed position. more
5/24/2019 12:27:18 PM
Review and Installation of a Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit - 2016 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Hey everybody, Ryan here at Etrailer.com. So now on our 2016 Chevrolet Colorado, we're going to be taking a look at, and showing you how to install, the Roadmaster EZ Four base-plate kit.Now this kit is going to alow us to safely flat tow our Colorado down the road. It's gonna give you piece of mind knowing that you have a secure mounting point. Now I think this kit is pretty cool, since it's going to allow you to flat tow your Colorado. So whenever you're on vacation or on the road and get to your destination you're gonna be able to unhook and cruise around town in your truck as opposed to your big motor home. That way you can visit friends and family a lot easier.Now many of our customers wrote in and said they like the fact that it's pretty easy to install, and you don't have to make a bunch of big modifications. more
4/16/2019 1:27:17 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Hi. I'm Shane with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be going over the best flat tow set up for a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox. There are gonna be five main components for flat tow set up with any vehicle.First one is gonna be your base plate. Second, your tow bar. Then your safety cables, your wiring, and your braking system. more
3/14/2019 6:27:22 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Today on our 2019 Chevrolet Equinox, we're going to be taking a look at, I'm showing you how to install the Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms. The braking system is one of five main components in a flat tow setup. The other four are going to be your safety chains, your tow bar, your wiring, and your base plate. This is what our EZ5 base plate looks like when it's installed on our vehicle.This is going to give us a solid connection point between our RV and our Equinox to safely flat tow it. A nice thing about this base plate is it's going to have removable arms. So, when they're out, it maintains a nice clean look on the front of the vehicle. more
2/5/2019 12:27:33 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at how to flat tow your 2019 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our base plate, which will be using Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's diode wiring kit. SMI's Stay-IN-Play DUO supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-Terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64" single-hook safety cables.So you're looking to flat tow your Chevrolet Colorado Well we've got our whole setup here, and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now. The first component you're going to need is your base plate. more
1/7/2019 11:43:01 AM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we're gonna be taking a look at how to flat-tow your 2018 Chevrolet Colorado.We'll start with our base plate, which we'll be using Roadmaster easy 5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's Diode Wiring kit, SMI's Stay-in-play duo supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-Terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64-inch, single hook safety cables.So you're looking to flat-tow your Chevy Colorado We've got our whole setup here, and there's several components we're gonna need to complete that. Let's go over those now.The first component you're gonna need is your base plate. This is the interface that's going to allow your vehicle to be connected to your motor home and pulled behind it. This base plate is easy to install. You do have to remove the fascia, but there is no drilling required. more
1/7/2019 11:42:37 AM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at how to flat tow your 2017 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our base plate, which will be using Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's diode wiring kit. SMI's Stay-IN-Play DUO supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-Terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64" single-hook safety cables.So you're looking to flat tow your Chevrolet Colorado Well we've got our whole setup here, and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now. The first component you're going to need is your base plate. more
1/7/2019 11:42:14 AM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at how to flat tow your 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our base plate, which we'll be using Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's diode wiring kit, SMI's stay-in-play duo supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon all-terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64-inch single hook safety cables.So, you're looking to flat tow your Chevy Colorado We've got our whole setup here and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now. The first component we're going to need is your base plate. This is the interface that's going to allow your vehicle to be connected to your motorhome and pulled behind it. more
1/7/2019 11:37:19 AM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Spark- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Spark you're going to be taking a look at and I'm going to show you how to install the Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, part number RM-523185-4. This is what our base plate looks like when it's installed. What it's going to do, this is going to allow you to safely flat tow your vehicle behind your RV when you're traveling.It's going to have a black powder coat finish to resist any rust or corrosion. It's going to be one of five main components in a flat tow setup. The other four are going to be your tow bar, your wiring, your braking system, and your safety cables. This is what our base plate looks like with the removable arms on it. more
11/19/2018 11:17:12 AM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Speaker 1: Today in this 2017 Chevrolet Malibu, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster EZ4 base plate kit with removable arms, part number RM-523186-4. Here's what our base plate looks like installed. Now the reason that you're going to want a base plate for your Malibu is that this will serve as the connection point for your two bars so you can safely two your Malibu behind your motor home. Now what's great about this base plate is it does have removable arms. So as you see it right now, this is with the arms removed. This maintains a nice clean look on your Malibu when you're not flat towing it.When you're ready to flat tow, you can simply take your arm, insert it with this tab at a horizontal angle, rotate it 90 degrees, and your arm will lock into place. more
11/9/2018 9:57:12 AM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Speaker 1: Today on this 2018 Chevrolet Colorado, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate kit with removable arms, part number RM-523182-4. Here's what our base plate looks like installed. It's a really sleek design. You see it just sits inside this recessed area, right where our tow hooks were. It doesn't even stick out past it, so you can hardly even notice that it's there. It doesn't really even look any different than factory.This round part here is where our removable arm is inserted to, and off towards the center of the vehicle we have our safety chain and cable attachment point right here. more
7/10/2018 12:27:15 PM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today in this 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, we'll be having a look at showing you to how to install the Road Master Easy Four Base Plate Kit removable arms, part number RM-423193-4.Here's what our baseplate looks like installed. As you'll notice, we have a nice clean look on the front of the vehicle, when we're not towing it. This way, it won't take away from looks of our car at all. Now, the reason you're gonna want a baseplate like this one is that this will allow you to flat tow your Equinox behind your motor home, and not have to worry about using a trailer or a dolly to bring your car with you when you go Rving.This baseplate features removable arms, which serve as the attachment point for our tow bar. You'll simply insert you arm with the tab horizontal here, push it, and the spring loaded pin will then lock as you rotate it 90 degrees, holding your arm in place. It's the same on both side.Now, next to your removable arm, we have our safety cable attachment point. more
6/29/2018 10:37:10 AM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today on this 2017 Chevrolet Equinox, we'll be having a look at, and showing you how to install, the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit, with removable arms, Part #BX 1689.Here's what your base plate looks like installed. As you can see, we have a nice, clean look on our vehicle, when we're not hooked up to our motor home.This will make it, so people don't really even know that our car's been set up for a flat tow, and also, we don't have much sticking out past the front, so it's not something we're going to walk into, as we walk in front of the vehicle.Inside our sockets where our arms go, we have these plugs we can place in, so when we're not telling, we can keep dirt and debris outside of the plug, making it easy to insert our arms.We have our safety cable attachment points right here. We have hardward amount of breakaway switch, if we're using a separate metal braking system, and we have two prongs that come off the center, for any electrical attachments you may need, such as a six-way round, which we have here.Now, the reason you're going to want a baseplate, is because this provides the attachment point on your Equinox, behind your motor home. One thing that I really like about this baseplate is how easy it is to use. We'll simply pull out a plug, we'll take a removable arm, to make sure this tan is horizontal.Stick it in, press, rotate, and then, our spring loaded pin will lock it into place. This gives us the attachment point right here, for our tow bar. more
6/15/2018 1:07:12 PM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster easy four baseplate kit with removable arms, part number RM-523182-4.This is what our baseplate looks like when it's installed. As you can see, it's gonna sit nice and tucked in underneath our fascia. It's not gonna stick out too far. It also is gonna come through the holes on our tow hooks or where our tow hooks were, so we're not gonna do any cutting or modifications on our fascia itself. It's gonna have a nice, black powder coat finish to resist any rusting and corrosion. You can see here, this is where your safety chain rings or safety chain hooks would attach. more
5/30/2018 9:37:14 AM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Sonic we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms, part number BX1703. Now keep in mind this is only gonna be one component of the safe, complete flat tow set up. For a complete set up you are gonna need a base plate, tow bar wiring, a tow bar, and a braking system. Specifically for our Sonic we also used a fuse master and fuse bypass because we do need to pull fuses for them.Here's what our Blue Ox base plate kit looks like installed on our Sonic. It's gonna serve as that connection point between our motor home and our Sonic to make sure that we can hook up and safely tow it down the road. Now one thing I do want to mention the breakaway switch as well as the electrical and other connectors here are not included in the kit but they're just there because we got everything installed to complete our flat tow set up. more
5/25/2018 12:48:19 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Spark- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Chevrolet Spark we're gonna take a look at and show you how to install the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with removable arms. Part number is BX1725. Now, here's what your baseplate's gonna look like installed. As you can see with the removable arms we're able to really camouflage it, it doesn't add a whole lot of difference in the look quality of the front of your vehicle.What you'll have exposed is gonna be the pocket, and where you'll add your removable arms. You'll see they provide dust caps to keep dirt and debris out. You just want to slide your arm in. more
5/18/2018 12:37:12 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, we're going to be installing Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit, part number RM-523193-5. This base plate's going to allow you to hook your vehicle up to the back of your RV. So you no longer need to get a dolly or trailer to haul that car behind you.The detachable arms can be removed by releasing the pin here and sliding and spinning it outward. This way when you're not hauling your vehicle behind your RV, you can remove these, you don't have to worry about those hitting anything when you're parking.There's a location on each side of the base plate to hook up the safety chain. So when you're flat towing it behind your RV, you've got that extra layer of security. There's two brackets located on your base plate. more
4/5/2018 4:27:12 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Speaker 1: Today, in this 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, part number RM-523186-5. This is what our base plate looks like installed. What's really great about this base plate, which sets it apart from other options in the market, is how clean it looks once it's installed. With the removable arms out for when you're not towing it, the only part you're going to see is our safety chain attaching point right here by our license plate. This gives it a really great clean look. Now, the socket for removable arm is recessed inside the bumper, so you can barely see it.When we do need to tow, we can take our arm. more
2/23/2018 11:37:22 AM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Toady on this 2017 Chevrolet Equinox we will be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster EZ4 base plate kit with removable arms, part number RM-523184-4. Here's what our base plate looks like installed. As you can see with our arms removed we have a nice, clean look on the front of the vehicle. The safety cable attachment point doesn't stick out very far passed our fascia, in fact it's behind our license plate bracket so we have no added length to the vehicle at all.Now when it comes to flat towing a vehicle you are going to need to have a lighting system of some sort on it. This base plate has prongs on it that we can attach a wiring bracket for any wiring that we have. In our case we have a four-pole flat for our wiring. more
2/2/2018 9:48:57 AM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe, we're gonna take a look at and show you how to install the Roadmaster EZ4 base plate kit. Its part number is RM-523179-4.Here's what your base plate's gonna look like installed. As you can see, we're gonna have our removable arms here on each side. That gives us that connection point we need to connect from our vehicle to the back of our towed vehicle. When not in use, these can be removed so you don't have big arms hanging out of the front of your Tahoe. Just pull the little pin on each side. more
1/11/2018 4:02:58 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Equinox we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms, part number BX1730. Here's what our base plate's going to look like on our Equinox once we have it installed. I do want to mention that the breakaway switch here, as well as the wiring you see tucked behind here, are sold separately, part of a braking system, and the diode wiring kit that we're going to be putting on later.Our base plate is going to allow us to tow our Equinox down the road safely and securely behind our motor home. It's going to evenly distribute the weight off of our suspension and take some of that strain off while we're towing it. One of the nice features is, when we're not towing, we pull this pin right here, we can rotate the arm, and it'll actually come out, giving it more of a clean look.It's also going to come with a protective cap to go in the receiver tube here for whenever we're not towing and we remove the arms. Right here on the inside of our arms, we're going to have a couple tabs and that's where we hook up our safety chains, so there's going to be a nice, large loop. more
11/15/2017 12:02:14 PM
Roadmaster MX Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 we're gonna be showing you how to install the Roadmaster MX Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms. Part number is RM-3176-3.Here's what our base plate's gonna look like installed and not in use. As you can see, this is gonna be a replacement for our two hook, so it really doesn't change the looks of the vehicle all that much. When it is time to use it, we're gonna have our quick disconnect arms, those are gonna slide right in, and we can use the provided pin and clips to slide through and secure it.Now this allows us to attach directly to our tow bar, or, attach our tow bar directly to the base plate, without the need for that big crossbar, that quick disconnect crossbar. This is gonna make it nice and a lot more convenient to use.As the pin from our tow bar slides through, you can see this hole here; our snap ring goes down and it will come over to hold that in place. But you can also replace that with a lock if you'd like to lock that pin in place. more
10/5/2017 11:12:08 PM
Roadmaster XL Base Plate Kit Installation - 2009 Chevrolet HHR- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on this 2009 Chevrolet HHR, you'll be having a look at, and being shown how to install the Road Master XL base plate kit with removable arms; part number 3141-1. Here's what our base plate looks like installed. Now, this base plate is going to give us the vital connection point that we're looking for when we wanted to flat tow our HHR behind our motor home.Now, our tow bar will connection to our removable arms via these attachment holes right here. You'll have a bolt on adapter to attach your tow bar to. You may have a cross bar that goes across, between your two arms, depending on your model of tow bar you have.Now, these removable arms are great, because when we're not towing our HHR behind our motor home, we can simply pull our clip, pull our pin out, and then the arm will pull out. Our other arm's the same way. more
9/29/2017 1:17:09 PM
Roadmaster XL Base Plate Kit Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche- Video
Today on our 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche we're going to be showing you how to install the Roadmaster XL Base Plate Kit with the Removable Arms. Part number is 199-5. Now here's our base plate once we have it installed and when not in use, of course. As you can see, this is going to be a pretty much direct replacement for our tow hooks. The installation process is pretty straightforward with it. You will have to pull the bumper off and your grill insert out to get it installed, but once you do that, pretty much free and easy to go. more
4/25/2017 10:20:08 AM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Today, on our 2013 Chevrolet Sonic, we'll be having a look at and installing the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit With Removable Arms, part number BX1703. All right. Here's what it looks like installed. As you can see, with our removable arms out of the base plate, we have a very nice and clean look on the front of our vehicle. The only part that sticks out past our license plate frame here is the safety chain attachment points that will go between our motor home and our Sonic. Now, when we're ready to flat tow, we can take our arms, we'll put them in at a 90 degree angle where the arm is horizontal here on the tab. more
2/7/2017 11:42:42 AM
Roadmaster XL Base Plate Kit Installation - 2007 Chevrolet HHR- Video
Today in our 2007 Chevrolet HHR, we'll be installing the Roadmaster XL base plate kit with removable arms, part number 3141-1. All right, so here's what our base plate looks like installed. Now we're going to take our removable arms, slide them in place, and we'll secure them with the included pin and clips. With our pins secure, we now have an attachment point for our tow bar arms. Right here at the bottom of our base plate where our arm connects, we have this tab where you can insert a padlock if you want to secure your arms to your base plate so you don't have to worry about someone just pulling the pins out and taking your base plate arms and your tow bar off. It'll be a secure and locked connection. more
1/11/2017 12:08:21 PM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Spark- Video
Today in our 2017 Chevrolet Spark we'll be having a look at and installing the Roadmaster EZ for base plate kit with removable arms. Part number RM-523185-4. Here's what our base plate looks like installed. As you can see it's nice and tucked up behind our fascia. The only part you really see sticking out in front of the fascia is our safety chain attachment points right here on either side of our license plate. That gives you your attachment point here for your electrical connector, for your towed vehicle lighting system, or a charge align, or anything of that nature that's electrically related. We have a nice attachment point right here to mount a breakaway switch, which we've utilized here today. more
1/11/2017 12:07:52 PM
Roadmaster Base Plate Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Captiva Sport- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Captiva Sport, we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Roadmaster XL base plate kit with removable arms, part number 3151-1A. Here's what the base plate is going to look like once it's installed on the vehicle. As you can see, it maintains a nice, tight, clean appearance underneath the front fascia here as it just comes out through the lower air dam. This base plate is designed to make it nice and easy for hookup in order to put your removable arms in for attaching to the motor home. It's got a nice clean appearance here, and you've got your opening in order to put that removable arm into, and over here, this little tab with the hole in it is going to match up to the tab just like it on the removable arm. That way if you want, you can lock them together so that they can't be taken and move your vehicle. The arms are nice and easy to use. more
12/14/2016 2:22:29 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Colorado we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, Part No. RM-523182-5. Here's what it looks like once it's installed on the vehicle. As you can see, it's very well hidden and it's well hidden because it replaces the factory tow hooks. One of the things our customers seem to like most about it is how well constructed it is. As you can see, it's nice and compact. That's going to give it a lot of strength and durability. more
11/11/2016 9:14:43 AM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be taking a look at an installing the Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, part number RM-523178-5. Here's what this base plate is going to look like once it's installed on the vehicle. As you can see it maintains a very nice clean look on the front. All you're really able to see that stands out is these safety chain connections points here and they don't come out very far past the fascia here. Everything is going to stay pretty well hidden when it's not in use. You've got your two mounting rods for your electrical connection here in order to operate the vehicle's lights. more
10/29/2016 6:36:25 PM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Equinox we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, part number RM-523184-4. This base plate is going to do a really good job of keeping a nice clean look on your vehicle when you're not towing it, but when you're ready to hook it up and tow it behind your motor home it's nice and simple and makes it easy to do that. Here you can see the tabs where our draw bars go into are tucked away nicely underneath there. The most visible part over here is going to be the safety chain connection point right there. Here we've got these 2 mounting points in order to mount a wiring bracket for the front of the vehicle. That way this base plate gives you a nice designated spot to put it, and you don't have to figure out where you're going to mount yours. Another thing that's really nice about this base plate is the installation is pretty straightforward, and there's no drilling into the frame required like with some other base plates. This does have removable arms. more
10/28/2016 1:36:09 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms, part number BX1703. Here's what this base plate is going to look like once it's installed on the vehicle. As you can see, it gives us a pretty clean look overall because nothing really juts out very far from the front fascia here. The most noticeable part is going to be the safety chain connection points which just come out a little bit past the front of this license plate here. It has these 2 mounting rods that you can mount electrical brackets to for connectors such as your 4 round or 6 round so that it can connect to your motor home. It does come with an L-bracket to mount up a breakaway switch. The breakaway switch itself does not come with it because that would come with your supplemental braking system, but it comes with the bracket in order to help you mount that up. You've got the 2 safety chain connection points that are right here at the bottom corners of the license plate frame and then you've got your mounting tabs here coming out of the fascia of either side of the license plate. What's really nice about this base plate is how easy it is to use. When you're getting ready to hit the road, in order to get ready to hook up your tow bar, you can just slide your arms in, push them down so that pin collapses, turn it until it locks into place. Then that's not going to go anywhere and you're ready to pull once you've got all of your other things connected. more
10/11/2016 2:11:48 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, part number BX1706. Here's what this base plate kit is going to look like once it's installed on the vehicle. The most noticeable things you'll see are going to be these convenience links out in front for the safety chains. This base plate kit's going to do a really good job of making sure that it's easy to hook your towed vehicle up to your motor home, so that way when you're ready to go, you just hook it up and you're ready to roll. You don't need to spend a bunch of time tightening bolts and getting everything set and square, but rather you hook it up and you go. This kit has the removable arms. In order to install these, you push them in, twist until they lock in place. more
9/26/2016 2:26:11 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Technician : Today in our 2016 Chevrolet Sonic we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms, part number BX1703. Here's what this base plate's going to look like once it's installed in on the vehicle. As you can see, everything's pretty well flush to the front fascia here. The things that stick out the most are the safety chain connection points and they're just a little bit out past this license plate here. Not terribly noticeable, so overall it's going to help maintain a pretty clean look to the front of the vehicle when not being towed. This base plate bolts onto the outside of the frame rails at the front of the vehicle just behind the front bumper. Then it comes across and comes out here through this lower grill, therefor it's a really easy access point and it's going to be really good to be functional to be able to tow your vehicle behind your motorhome. It does feature the removable arms so when you're ready to tow, simply slide them into place, push in and turn until it locks into place. more
8/25/2016 3:21:32 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Installation - 2011 Chevrolet HHR- Video
Today in our 2011 Chevrolet HHR, we are going to be taking a look at, and also showing you how to install the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with removable arms. Part number is the BX1692. Alright, here is what our base plate kit is going to look like installed; you can see we have got our removable arms in place here. It is a really clean look; most of it is hidden up behind the fascia area of the vehicle. To remove our arms, we will just pull out on the pin, rotate them, and slide them out. Then we have got protective caps that are going to slide in there, and keep the dirt and debris and stuff out of there. more
8/19/2016 3:26:10 PM
Roadmaster XL Base Plate Kit Installation - 2011 Chevrolet HHR- Video
Today on our 2011 Chevrolet HHR we're going to be taking a look at and also showing you how to install the Roadmaster XL Base Plate Kit With Removable Arms. Part number is 3141-1. We can grab our removable arms. We're going to get these slid into position. It's offset, we want that offset to be facing out, and the small locking tab here on the bottom to line up with the locking tab on the base plate. Then we're just going to take one of our supplied 5/8th pins, slide right through the hole in the arm, and then we secure it on the other side with the clip. more
8/13/2016 8:46:18 AM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Equinox we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms. Part number BX1689. Here's what it looks like once it's installed. As you can see it's not going to be very obtrusive on the front of our vehicle. The only thing that's going to stick out past the bumper is going to be our safety chain hooks. Everything else is going to be nicely tucked away inside the fascia. more
6/9/2016 3:11:42 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD, we'll be installing the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with removable arms, part number BX1724. Here's what out base plate looks like once it's been installed. As you can see, a very minimal amount sticks out of the bumper. Just this point right here, for where the safety cables of your towing vehicle or RV will attach to. It almost looks just like the factory installation there, where the tow hooks were. You don't have to worry about too much sticking out. Nice clean installation. The removable arms make it really compact, for when you need to park your vehicle, when you don't need to worry about running into your garage door or anything like that. You insert them at a 90 degree angle, where the tip is horizontal. more
6/6/2016 3:41:11 PM
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