Tow bar
 

Tow bar

Started by edvanland, May 02, 2021, 08:04:53 AM

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edvanland

Thinking of starting to flat tow our jeep Rubicon which is the best and easiest to use tow bar?
Ed Van
MCI 7
Cornville, AZ

Utahclaimjumper

 Most any will do the job,, the least expensive will be Roadmaster..>>>Dan
Utclmjmpr  (rufcmpn)
EX 4106 (presently SOB)
Cedar City, Ut.
72 VW Baja towed

chessie4905

The Roadmasters are nice. If you change vehicles in future, just buy new adapters and sell old ones on Marketplace or Craigslist or equivalent. The adapters are mostly bolt on. If you have the time and equipment, and low cost is importment, you can buy a basic tow bar and fabricate, bolt and or weld the adapters on.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central

chessie4905

The Roadmasters are nice. If you change vehicles in future, just buy new adapters and sell old ones on Marketplace or Craigslist or equivalent. The adapters are mostly bolt on. If you have the time and equipment, and low cost is importment, you can buy a basic tow bar and fabricate, bolt and or weld the adapters on. Check what etrailer.com has. Youll see that those Roadmasters are pretty pricey. I believe they are all stainless steel though. I would try to find a used on above sites before they get like gold. Adapters come up frequently for many vehicles. Fortunately, Jeeps are popular so good choice. Check Roadmaster site for which you need and what various models it also fits. Get part number to verify if you go for used.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central

luvrbus

LOL I have Roadmaster with  BlueOx base plates
Life is short drink the good wine first

niles500

What model Rubicon jk, jl ???
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Dave5Cs

We have roadmaster for our TJ 98 and found it on Ebay for 400.00 for everything except one bracket which I just welded up and attached. You can't weld on the Brackets because the driver side one uses the power steering 3 bolts. They bolt through the frame.
"Perfect Frequency"1979 MCI MC5Cs 6V-71,644MT Allison.
2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 60th Anniversary edition.
1998 Jeep TJ ,(Gone)
Somewhere in the USA fulltiming.

edvanland

Niles we have a 2006 Rubicon Unlimited just bought a used Blue ox so when it comes in on the 11th I will figure out the mounting brackets
Ed Van
MCI 7
Cornville, AZ

RJ

Quote from: edvanland on May 02, 2021, 03:33:08 PM
I will figure out the mounting brackets.

Ed -

Just go on Blue Ox's website and order the "base plate kit" for your Jeep. Easy Peasy.

https://www.blueox.com/baseplates-sorting/

FWIW & HTH. . .  ;)

RJ
1992 Prevost XL Vantaré Conversion M1001907 8V92T/HT-755 (DDEC/ATEC)
2003 VW Jetta TDI Sportwagon "Towed"
Cheney WA (when home)

Ed Hackenbruch

 The 93 Jeep Cherokee that i just recently bought had the Roadmaster brackets but not the towbar. Found and bought a Roadmaster towbar today that came with 2 different sets of brackets....no idea of what they fit.
Used to own a 1968 MCI 5A and a 1977 5C.

Ed Hackenbruch

Not the whole bracket setup, just the removable arms from them, found a number on one set, 3122-1. 
Used to own a 1968 MCI 5A and a 1977 5C.

chessie4905

I found brackets for 2003 Suzuki Vitara on  Craigslist. Took about 9 months for a set to show up.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central

Dave5Cs

"Perfect Frequency"1979 MCI MC5Cs 6V-71,644MT Allison.
2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 60th Anniversary edition.
1998 Jeep TJ ,(Gone)
Somewhere in the USA fulltiming.

chessie4905

There are a couple on Facebook market place for Jeeps.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central

chessie4905

There are a couple on Facebook Market place for Jeeps. Also a few on all of Craigs.
GMC h8h 649#028 (4905)
Pennsylvania-central