Build Your Own Baseplates Anyone
I bought a 012 Jeep Liberty. I already have a nice SS Falcon tow bar left from the '05 Liberty I had before. So alls I need it the 2 base plates that bolt to the frame. Has anyone built their own ? ...
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I helped install "base plate" on Hummer H3, little more than an S-10 pickup except with a metal bumper. On one side, half of the "plate" bolted to where a towing eye came off and wasn't replaced. On the other side, some bumper bolts came out, went through that half of "plate" then Bumper then the "horns" (flange) on front of Frame Rail. BUT!!! BLueOX added a heavy angle bracket bridging the backside of the Horns to the Side of the Frame. Holes had to be drilled crosswise through the Frame to attach those Brackets.
This made it clear that engineers concluded that a tow ring mounting that serves for a few yards every few years (if ever) is NOT adequate for towing the truck day after day for year after year.
Just download the instructions. You can see how a manufacturer who realizes that (like you) that liability attaches to towing, felt they were creating a reliable design. See if you want to build what their analysis called "adequate." Then figure the cost.
This made it clear that engineers concluded that a tow ring mounting that serves for a few yards every few years (if ever) is NOT adequate for towing the truck day after day for year after year.
Just download the instructions. You can see how a manufacturer who realizes that (like you) that liability attaches to towing, felt they were creating a reliable design. See if you want to build what their analysis called "adequate." Then figure the cost.
