Base Plates

Craigslist is the best I have found so far! I have baseplates on there now for sale!

lj2654 wrote:
Craigslist is the best I have found so far! I have baseplates on there now for sale!

I haven't found any within 400 mile radius to fit our Frontier. They have to fit a particular vehicle is my understanding?

JMO, but base plates is one thing I would not want to buy used, anywhere.

They are sooo specific to a particular make, model, year. And, many of them require quite a bit of work to install, and just as much work to remove. Doesn't seem like a very good candidate IMO, for buying used. And, thats without even getting into any concerns about whether a used set may have had its strength compromised one way or another that you wouldn't be aware of.

Best place I've found to buy base plates, is Hitch Source. Most can be had for around $400, and includes free shipping. Good place to get your other towing equipment (tow bar, supplemental brakes), too. I've had nothing but good luck working with them.

Craigs List would be another option, though, for getting tow bars or supplemtal brake systems used. I wouldn't try getting base plates that way, though.

Purchased one each from both PPL and Amazon.

Best price and CS at the time.

Adventure RV has Blue Ox base plates for about $380 for most models. They also offer free shipping sometimes.

For auxiliary braking, I recommend the simple, low cost, ReadyBrake System. If you haven't bought a tow bar yet, the ReadyBrute Elite is an excellent 8,000 lb rated all-terrain aluminum tow bar that has the ReadyBrake system built into it. That combination plusa Blue Ox base plate has worked well for us for over 40,000 miles towing two different toads.

http://www.etrailer.com has lots of good stuff that has worked well for me, supplemented by EBay.

Just bought base plates and tow bar from PPL and was pleased with the price and customer service. Ordered on a Friday and they arrived the following Tuesday.

I got my base plates from camp world and then they installed them for $39! I think they are at around $60 now. Their price was about $100 or so more than off the net but the install prices made up for it. Most shops unless doing yourself are around $100/hr cheapest we had was $75/hr at a small rv shop. CW also installed the light kit, if you go this way make sure they include a charge wire if ya need one for the brake system.

Lots of good stuff here! Thanks!

Hank85713 wrote:
I got my base plates from camp world and then they installed them for $39! I think they are at around $60 now. Their price was about $100 or so more than off the net but the install prices made up for it. Most shops unless doing yourself are around $100/hr cheapest we had was $75/hr at a small rv shop. CW also installed the light kit, if you go this way make sure they include a charge wire if ya need one for the brake system.

Did you buy the base plate from CW or did they put one on you bought from outside CW?