Video Transcript for Review of Demco Tow Bar Base Plate - Tabless Base Plate Kit Removable Arms - DM78UV

Hi, everybody. Andy here with etrailer. Let's take a quick look at this Demco tabless base plate kit with removable arms. Now this has been designed to fit your 2025 to current Ford Ranger and on custom fit parts such as this base plate, I do recommend taking advantage of our Vehicle Fit Guide here with etrailer. Pop in the year, make and model of your vehicle and our fit guide will confirm if this will work for you or if we have something comparable that will work for you. Now, this base plate is going to mount directly to existing attachment points on the frame of your Ranger without requiring any major modifications.

But once this is installed, it's going to give you strong, reliable connection points that are going to allow you to safely flat tow your truck behind your motor home. The tabless design is going to keep your front end looking clean with no protruding brackets, and I just kind of wanted to give you an example of what this is going to look like on the front of your truck there with that image. Of course, you can see that the arms have been removed already, which we'll talk about in the next minute or so, but that's gonna be what to expect after you have this installed on the front of your Ranger. Taking a closeup look here, connecting your tow bar is gonna be quick and simple thanks to these twist lock attachment arms. These are gonna slide into the receivers and secure with the pull pin, as you can see here.

So hookup and removals is gonna be fast and hassle free. And to remove these arms, I'm just going to remove our pin here, give that a twist, and then that's going to allow me to remove the arm, just like that. And then a nice added bonus is these snap-on covers are included. So I'm just gonna pop this in here to that receiver and that's gonna be perfect to not only give this a cleaner look, but that's gonna help keep dirt, moisture, and road debris out of the receivers to help prevent corrosion and keep everything operating smoothly. And then when you're ready to flat tow, you're gonna take your arm, slide it in, give it a twist, replace the pin and clip here, then you'll be good to go, just like that.

Now the distance between our brackets is about 31 and 3/8ths inches. The bracket height is about 15 inches, and this base plate is constructed from durable steel. It's engineered to distribute towing forces evenly across the vehicle's chassis for long-term strength and dependability. And as you can see, I do have this kind of loosely put together here, just again, to kind of give you an idea of what this is going to look like installed underneath your truck at the front. Now compatibility is gonna be another major advantage.

This is gonna work directly with all Demco, etrailer Blue Ox, Demco Quick Tow, and Curt Rambler tow bars, all without requiring any adapters. However, if you already own a Roadmaster tow bar, you can still use it by adding the appropriate Demco adapter. And we do have those adapters listed by model number on this product page if you're interested in taking a look at those. This kit includes everything that you see here. You're gonna get these safety cables here. You're going to get this electrical connector mounting kit or bracket rather, that's going to give you a convenient place to install a round wiring socket. And so everything that you see here is included. And if you think you might need help with installation, we do have you covered in that regard as well. On this product page, typically underneath the photo section, we have a link that will take you to our installer locator. Click that link, answer the questions that it has for you, and that locator will find an installer in your area that etrailer has partnered with to install this on your Ranger for you. I think that's gonna wrap up our look today. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.