Recently bought a 2015 Jeep Unlimited Sahara with a Barricade after market bumper. Blue ox said they only needed the plate thickness of where the "d" rings attached and the hole size for the d ring pin and they could modify a bracket. has anyone towed a jeep with the bumper and not the base plate?

Yes, I had Tomken in Buena Vista, Colorado modify one of his standard aftermarket bumpers to have Blue Ox mounts in place of the standard recovery D ring mounts. With a bit of grinding on the D rings, they will fit on the Blue Ox mounts when not towing. The bracket plate is welded to the bumper and bolted through the bumper directly to the frame. His price was competitive with comparable aftermarket bumpers.

Blue ox makes an adapter that fits the bumper but they want $250 for it. The entire baseplate is $390 i think. Although there will be no labor involved with bracket!

The problem with Aftermarket bumbers is that they use all the same bolt points that the baseplate makers wanted to use. Can only bolt on one or the other. Be aware...hitch makers no longer weld hitches on because welds can fail.

Our 06 Wrangler has a Smittybilt bumper with D Ring attachments. I use the BO adapters to attach the tow bar. The adapters are expensive but well made and work fine. You need to know the diameter of the pins on your bumper D Ring, either 7/8 or 1 inch. The D rings should be welded on both sides of the bumper for max strength and make sure proper grade bolts were used to install it.

Mikeborny wrote:Recently bought a 2015 Jeep Unlimited Sahara with a Barricade after market bumper. Blue ox said they only needed the plate thickness of where the "d" rings attached and the hole size for the d ring pin and they could modify a bracket. has anyone towed a jeep with the bumper and not the base plate?Mikeborny, Folks have been towing Jeeps with aftermarket bumpers for decades. Most of the needed info you're looking for has already been explained. After towing 7, and soon to be 8, Jeep Wranglers all over this nation, WITH AFTERMARKET BUMPERS for thousands and thousands of miles, without ever having ONE WELD FAIL, I will keep on doing it. Many of the aftermarket bumper builders use a standard D-Ring shackle tab welded on to the front bumper, on each side. Well, Blue Ox makes an adapter that adapts their tow bars, to those D-ring tabs. Yep, they run about $250 plus or minus but, while in my opinion, that's a serious rip off, it is a BOLT ON deal and, once on, you're done and, are towing down the road. Once you're at your destination, the adapter brackets are removed with the tow bar and, the D-ring shackles, if you have them, are back on. Scott

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jolooote
Explorer
Nov 04, 2015
The problem with Aftermarket bumbers is that they use all the same bolt points that the baseplate makers wanted to use. Can only bolt on one or the other. Be aware...hitch makers no longer weld hitches on because welds can fail.
Mikeborny
Explorer
Nov 03, 2015
Blue ox makes an adapter that fits the bumper but they want $250 for it. The entire baseplate is $390 i think. Although there will be no labor involved with bracket!
Thunder_Mountai
Explorer II
Nov 03, 2015
Yes, I had Tomken in Buena Vista, Colorado modify one of his standard aftermarket bumpers to have Blue Ox mounts in place of the standard recovery D ring mounts. With a bit of grinding on the D rings, they will fit on the Blue Ox mounts when not towing. The bracket plate is welded to the bumper and bolted through the bumper directly to the frame. His price was competitive with comparable aftermarket bumpers.

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