Got the Toad now I need bars and plates
We finally bought a 4 down toad. Been looking for the right one for months and we bought it yesterday. It's a 2011 CRV EX FWD. So now it's time to sell the dolly and buy some bars. Pretty much made up...
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Effy wrote:
Looks like the blue OX base plate requires cutting the bumper and metal attachment pieces on the frame. Not that I am adverse to that but do the others have this complex of an install as well? Blue ox does seem the one that becomes mostly invisible when installed.
This is why I prefer Roadmaster Base Plates. They have a full selection of "hidden" base plates for most vehicles and are much easier to install overall. Now having said that, Blue Ox also makes some "hidden" base plate setups, but I don't believe that they have quite the selection of them as does Roadmaster.
On my first towed, I had Blue Ox base baseplates In which I had to remove the entire front bumper and cowling, then do a lot of cutting and trimming. Not so with the Roadmaster baseplates that I now have (on two vehicles). Installation time of my Roadmaster baseplates was a fraction of the time of the Blue Ox. At least, on the set ups that I had/have. Different vehicles may differ based upon what is currently available.
