tow bars and brackets question

There are several salvage yards that sell towing equipment. There was one in Yuma Az that I looked at but I only needed the baseplates for my ranger. No ones from an explorer will not work. anyhow they were all relatively cheap, but I ended up getting new ones since the local welders do not want to weld anything up anymore such as base plates. Cost was to be a little less and he even recommended going for the brand named ones. We had a falcon towbar that came with the rv just needed base plates. Anyhow as noted above $400 for a mount was a little high wife decided that she did not want to tow the ranger and we ended up with a new car for a towd. The rv came with the tow mount but they were the hidden type for a mini I was going to let the guy weld them up for the ranger, but he kept coming up with excuses that he was busy etc. So get a tow bar and then with the money saved by going used, buy the base plates and be done with it. Expand the search area on craigslist to towns a little way out to give a good idea of whats out there. Generally decent condition tow bars will be less than $200 and you cn find good deals on the brake systems also.