Best 2016 Ram 1500 Base Plate Options- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the best base plate options for your 2016 Ram 1500. If you're looking to flat tow your Ram, you're not going to need a secure connection point on the front of your Ram to hook up to the back of your motor home. We're going to have a few different options when it comes to the base plates. Right here we're going to have the Blue Ox base plate with removable arms. Then here in the middle we're going to have the Roadmaster crossbar style, also known as the EZ4 base plate with removable arms. Then here on the end we're going to have the Roadmaster Direct-Connect, also known as the EZ5 base plate with removable arms.Now what I mean by removable arms is once our base plate is installed, we'll be able to pull out on this ring here, rotate it, and then the arm can be removed for an inconspicuous look on the front of our truck. more
12/12/2018 2:04:13 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 Ram 1500- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Ram 1500, we're gonna be taking a look at the Roadmaster Base Plate Kit with removable arms, part number RM-52589-5.So here's what our Roadmaster direct connect base plate looks like, also known as the Roadmaster EZ4 base plate. Now, this is gonna allow us to hook up our tow bar from our motor home and safely tow our Ram down the road. One of the big benefits to this base plate is that the brackets are gonna be hidden pretty well inside the bumper, and if we pull on this pull ring, we can rotate the arm and remove the arm, and it's almost like it's not there.Our Roadmaster base plate is gonna be compatible with Roadmaster motor home mount tow bars, so it's not gonna be compatible with the coupler style tow bar. It's also gonna work with some Blue Ox tow bars with an adapter that is sold separately. Our safety chain connection points are gonna be right on the outside of where we're gonna connect our tow bar, making it really easy to hook everything up.One measurement to keep in mind is gonna be the height of our base plate at the connection point, because you wanna make sure that your towing setup is gonna be nice and level. From the ground to the center right here is gonna be right about 18-1/2". more
8/7/2018 2:57:11 PM
