Roadmaster Direct-Connect Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Jeep Cherokee- Video
Hi there, Jeep owners. Today on your 2017 Jeep Cherokee, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install Roadmaster's Direct-Connect Base Plate. On each side, you're gonna have an attachment point for your tow bar to click into as well as a place for your safety cables to attach. It's gonna be hidden behind the bumper. Other than these components that pass through, there is gonna be some trimming required to get this to pass through. Now, if your vehicle has tow hooks then you may not need to do any trimming, it may just fit right into place. more
5/20/2021 8:31:00 AM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Jeep Cherokee- Video
Hey everybody, how's it going Today we're going to be going over and showing you how to install the Roadmaster direct connect base plate kit here on our 2017 Jeep Cherokee. So the base plate kit here is just going to be one of the several other things we're going to need to successfully flat tow our Cherokee here. Now a lists of some of those other things such as the tow bar. Now our particular tow bar comes with safety cables but if yours doesn't or the one you're looking at doesn't you will need to pick up some of those as well because they aren't required component. A few of the other things is going to be a breaking system A lot of States now require a vehicle over a certain weight to use a supplemental braking system. So more often than not you're going to be required to use that in your state. more
4/8/2021 11:39:48 AM
Best 2017 Jeep Cherokee Tow Bar Setup Optons - Base Plates- Video
Shane: Hi, I'm Shane with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be going over our the best flat tow setup for your Jeep Cherokee. For those of you that don't know what flat towing a vehicle is, it's going to be basically how we have it set up here. It allows you to bring your vehicle with you. Whenever you're going to camping or whatever destination you're going to, you're not going to have to worry about taking your RV, tearing it down and taking it to the store. Wherever you can get where you want, set your RV up and you can leave it sit. more
7/12/2019 2:38:01 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Jeep Cherokee- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Jeep Cherokee 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 BX1138. Here's what our base plate looks like once we have it fully installed. Now this is gonna allow us to hook up to our motor home on our tow bar and safely tow our Cherokee down the road.Our base plate has removable arms so when we're not towing our Cherokee we can pull on this pin here, rotate it, and then pull the arm out and it's very unnoticeable because it's gonna be hidden behind the grill and it's gonna have this nice black powder coat finish that blends in nicely. After you remove the arm they come with these plastic caps so we can put it inside the baseplate so it'll be nice and protected and keep any kind of debris from getting inside.The distance between our two brackets is gonna be 34 inches and the brackets themselves are gonna be 19 inches off the ground, which is a good measurement to know because you're gonna want to make sure that you're towing your Cherokee nice and flat when you're going down the road.Our Blue Ox base plate is gonna work with a wide variety of Blue Ox tow bars as well as some Roadmaster tow bars with an adapter that is sold separately. Our base plate is gonna be custom designed for our Cherokee so there's gonna be very minimal cutting or any kind of drilling that we're gonna have to do. Compared to the Roadmaster base plate our Blue Ox is gonna be a lot simpler of an installation with a lot less cutting and drilling involved. more
1/15/2018 6:17:41 AM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Jeep Cherokee BX1136- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Jeep Cherokee 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 BX1136. So here's what our base plate looks like when it's fully installed. This is going to allow us to flat tow our Jeep down the road safely and securely behind our motor home.What you're really going to like is that it's custom made so installation's going to be a little bit easier and also when we're not towing we can pull on that ring and the arms going to come out and it's very inconspicuous and it's really not that noticeable. Now what are base plate, really the main purpose of it is it's going to spread the towing force evenly so we're going to take off some of that stress from our front suspension.Our base plate's made of steel with a nice black powder coat finish. So it's going to blend in nicely. And when we're not towing we can take the included caps, keep them in there, so we won't have to worry about dirt, debris, or any rust build up inside. more
9/29/2017 1:19:00 PM
Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 Jeep Cherokee- Video
Today on our 2017 Jeep Cherokee we're gonna be taking a look at, and showing you how to install, the Roadmaster EZ4 Base Plate Kit, with the removable arms, part number RM-521447-4. So here's what our base plate looks like fully installed, this is gonna allows us to flat tow our vehicle behind our motor home, safely and securely. When we're not towing, our base plate is gonna feature an extremely low profile design, and if we come to the removable arms up here, and we pull that tab, we can rotate it 90 degrees and pull it straight out. Now it's very less noticeable, and hidden behind of our grill. Our removable arms are gonna be quick disconnects, we're gonna have a pull ring right here, we're just gonna unlock it, then we're gonna be able to rotate it 90 degrees, and either remove it, or to install it we can put it in, making sure that we push in far enough that it'll release the ring, then we can rotate it and it will lock into position, and we'll be ready to hook up our tow bar. Our base plate is compatible with all Roadmaster motor home mounted and car mounted tow bars. Now this is a custom design, so it is designed specifically to fit your particular vehicle, and as far as the installation goes, there is no welding required, but there is some minor drilling that we're gonna have to do. Now that we've gone over some of the features, let's show you how we get it installed. To begin our installation I'm gonna take our hardware, and make sure that we have all our pieces. more
6/27/2017 12:57:14 PM
