Pic of wrangler with tow bar base plate installed?

Roadmaster Base Plate and Blue Ox Tow Bar..

Thunder Mountain wrote:
Tomken made in Buena Vista, Colorado.

Thanks!

avan wrote:

Actual baseplate is not visible however at the left barely visible is one point of attachment for towbar, then the connection for the ReadyBrake or Autostop surge brake (silver), then the attachment for the breakaway brake cable (red) and not visible the electrical connection and then to the right is the other towbar attach point. Connection points for the breakaway cables are out of sight.

avan,
I don't know if you know it or not but, it appears that your bumper is a Smittybuilt SRC. Just guessing. And, they make a few models of that bumper. For a few dollars more, you could have had the welded on D-ring tabs (3/4" x 2")installed. And, Blue Ox makes adapters for that style of D-ring tabs on many of the aftermarket bumpers.
That way, there's no need for a base plate of any type. The tow bar simply attaches to the D-ring tabs for towing.

Then, when done towing, the tow bar is removed and, the D-rings are re-installed and, you're ready for the trail. Just some info.
Scott

P.S. Below is our Jeep with a Warn front bumper. On this model, there are dual, 3/4" tabs welded on both sides. Warn builds them either way, single or dual. Blue Ox made the adapters for our Blue Ox Aladdin and, it fits right on that bumper. The adapters were only $49.00.

My advice for any potential Jeep toad owner, if you're even "thinking" about an aftermarket front bumper, have the tabs installed or, purchase a bumper with the tabs already ON and, use those for towing so you can eliminate the need for a base plate. You automatically kill two birds with one stone that way.

Y-Guy wrote:

Thunder Mountain wrote:
Here is my solution for a Blue Ox tow bar. This is a custom bumper.

Which bumper is this? It doesn't appear to be the LOD or Rock Hard, which has me curious. Thanks!

Tomken made in Buena Vista, Colorado.

We also have a custom bumper (Rockhard) and love it. Doesn't interfere with ground clearance, looks great, and gave us what we needed to install a winch.

Thunder Mountain wrote:
Here is my solution for a Blue Ox tow bar. This is a custom bumper.

Which bumper is this? It doesn't appear to be the LOD or Rock Hard, which has me curious. Thanks!

Confession. Daughter if forcing me to admit that the jeep is her toad and that mine is the more mature person's Saturn

Here is my solution for a Blue Ox tow bar. This is a custom bumper. I had the recovery ring hard points replaced with Blue Ox hard points during fabrication. The four bolts are attached to the Wrangler frame using the stock bumper attachment points. Recovery rings will not fit in the gap between the Blue Ox mounts. So, I ground about 1/8" off one side off the recovery ring.

Avan, nice Jeep.

Actual baseplate is not visible however at the left barely visible is one point of attachment for towbar, then the connection for the ReadyBrake or Autostop surge brake (silver), then the attachment for the breakaway brake cable (red) and not visible the electrical connection and then to the right is the other towbar attach point. Connection points for the breakaway cables are out of sight.