Have a buddy with a Jeep that the previous owner pulled behind their motorhome. Trying to figure out what kind of tow bar i need to pull it with. It has the connection points for the tow bar on the front of the jeep. We looked at it and can't find any kind of manufacturers info on the connection point. Are the base plates pretty standard across the board? Or could this be some kind of proprietary system?What kind of tow bar do i need?Thanks,Nate

looks like the Blue Ox base plate on our '03 Wrangler.

The "tabs" look like they are for a Demco tow bar. You can find adapters that allow you to use a different tow bars with different baseplates.

Any part numbers stamped on thee base plate? Do you have a Blue Ox bar you can try to hook up? Could be for one of those simple "A" frame type. Bill

I agree with Gemsworld, looks like a Demco connection.

So I don't necessarily have to have the same brand of tow bar?

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dicknellen
Explorer II
Jan 12, 2019
Since you are only going to tow it once, check out a A frame tow bar at auto parts or harbor freight type store and make it attach to that jeep. I did this once when I was traveling in my toad and bought a motor home on the trip and needed to tow the toad back home 600 miles.
houstonstroker
Explorer
Jan 13, 2019
ACDNate wrote:
So what's my cheapest route on tow bar? I don't have a vehicle setup to tow myself so o dont want to drop $1k OB a tow bar I may only use once.

I found my tow bar on Craigslist. You also need safety cables, a light cable, a braking system for the jeep and a breakaway cable. None of it is cheap.
ACDNate
Explorer
Jan 13, 2019
houstonstroker wrote:
ACDNate wrote:
So what's my cheapest route on tow bar? I don't have a vehicle setup to tow myself so o dont want to drop $1k OB a tow bar I may only use once.

I found my tow bar on Craigslist. You also need safety cables, a light cable, a braking system for the jeep and a breakaway cable. None of it is cheap.

Jeep has a light connection in place. I have a brake buddy to borrow. Think I'll be able to bring the jeep fairly cheap to try it out
WILDEBILL308
Explorer II
Jan 14, 2019
Why are you only going to use it once?
Bill
ACDNate
Explorer
Jan 15, 2019
Not my jeep. A buddy coming on the trip has the jeep.
cwit
Explorer
Jan 18, 2019
I believe you can make Remco and blueox interchange on towbar connectors.
T18skyguy
Explorer
Jan 18, 2019
A Demco dominator will hook right up to it. I found mine brand new on ebay 50% off.
crawford
Explorer
Jan 28, 2019
looks like my Demco for my Saturn

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