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egrove
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Apr 29, 2022

Warning for Blue Ox base plates on Honda CR-Vs

Warning to those who tow a Honda CR-V using a Blue Ox base plate. Ours failed while towing. The base plate itself cracked and broke. After doing some some searching I've found others have had the same...
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egrove
Explorer
Apr 29, 2022
mleekamp wrote:
Yikes! Had not heard of this ever happening...BlueOx, not even other brands. We flat towed for a year with a 20 year old Jeep using the steel front bumper and a cheap tow bar -- something I was always worried about is what happened to you. I thought the actual baseplates (vs setup we used to have) was safer.

Thanks for the warning!


I'm actually thinking of switching to a jeep with an offroad bumper so I won't need a base plate anymore. What was your concern with this setup?

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