Got the Toad now I need bars and plates

mtrumpet wrote:

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.

You make a good point. I researched the road master and their attachment points remove just like the blue ox, so the end result is pretty much the same as far as aesthetics. The main difference being not having to cut away the bumper ends and brackets with a sawzall and widening 2 holes as opposed to drilling several new holes in the frame with the blue ox. Oh it's also cheaper. In a lot of the reviews they claim how easy it is to install as opposed to the blue ox. hmm. Might change my mind. And Ready brute has brackets that will fit it as well.