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Ever tried to hook up on sloped pavement or a gravel site, with one end higher than the other? The self-supporting, telescoping arms on the etrailer XHD tow bar hold their own weight so you’re not fighting gravity while lining things up. Each arm moves independently, extending from 39-1/4" to 51-3/4" to reach the base plate easily. Once connected, a smooth pull forward locks the arms automatically, and when it’s time to unhook, non-binding triggers let you release tension with a simple squeeze. Even on rough or angled ground, you can disconnect without the wrestling match.
Keeping your tow bar level helps prevent drivetrain stress and uneven wear. This tow bar has a built-in 1-1/2" rise/drop and a head that tilts an additional 3" up or down, so you can fine-tune alignment without adding a separate adapter. That built-in adjustment means fewer parts to track, faster setup, and a safer, smoother ride behind your RV.
Gas stations and campground loops can be tight, and short bars make it worse. The XHD’s extra-long arms give you a wider turning radius, helping your setup track smoothly around corners without cutting in too close. It’s one of those day-to-day differences you feel every time you pull through a junction or back into a site.
There’s no jumble of cords or cables dragging the ground here. Two straight, vinyl-coated safety cables rated at 14,000 lbs are integrated right into the bar, staying up where they belong and keeping the setup neat. A built-in storage rod holds your coiled electrical cord (sold separately) off the ground too. It’s a clean, organized system that’s ready to go every time you hitch up.
When you’re done towing, the arms swing to either side and lock themselves in place with just a small lift. No need to wrestle heavy arms into a vertical position. At only 46 lbs, the steel-built XHD stows easily on your RV and stays put until the next trip.
Flat towing can be a much more convenient way to take your car RVing with you than using a trailer or a tow dolly. It'll save you storage space both at home and at the campsite, and it takes less time and hassle to hook up.
To flat tow your vehicle, there are 5 basic components you're going to need: a tow bar, a base plate kit, a safety cable set, tow bar wiring, and a flat tow braking system.
| For the RV | Between the RV and Towed Car | For the Towed Car |
|---|---|---|
| Hitch | Tow bar | Base plate |
| Wiring plug | Safety cables | Braking system |
| Wiring adapter cord | Wiring kit/diodes |
The custom-fit base plate installs on the frame of your toad so you can connect the car to your RV with a tow bar. Hook up safety cables between the vehicles to ensure that the toad does not separate from the motorhome if the tow bar becomes detached. Tow bar wiring syncs your vehicle's signal lights with your motorhome's tail lights, as required by law in most states. Finally, the flat tow braking system - also required in most states - activates the brakes in the toad when you hit the brakes in the RV, making for smoother, safer braking, and preventing wear on your motorhome.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Jeff: Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a look at this etrailer XHD two-inch RV Mount non-binding tow bar for the Duncan base plates has a 10,500 pound gross towing weight capacity. Now this tow bar will let you tow your vehicle safely and securely behind your motor home. The shank right here, it'll slide into your two inch trailer hitch receiver on your RV, and there's no bow mount necessary. If you notice on the shank also, they have two hitch pin holes are about two inches apart.
This allow you to position this tow bar, either closer to or further from your RV, depending on your application, without sacrificing any load capacity. You can see the pin and clip here this is included to attach this to your hitch receiver. Also there's no need for a high low adapter on most setups because this adjustable head on this tow bar will tilt up or down three inches to keep your tow bar parallel with the road during towing.And the shank if you notice back here, has this built in one and a half inch drop, or if you flip it over one and a half inch rise for additional height adjustability, the arms on these are telescopic self-supporting arms make for a fast, easy hookup. The main feature is the self-supporting of the arm. Basically these arms will fall to the ground when they're unfolded.
Some of your tow bar systems require to you try and balance both arms at the same time while trying to hook them up, this you could put the arm in whatever position you want and it'll stay right there. And just to show you, if we lift up on this arm and you get right there, you can let it go, hold this down it'll stay in that position. If you move it down a little bit, it'll stay just there. And again, if you want to raise it up some more, pick it up to the side you can see that it'll stay just like that.So they are, self-supporting very nice feature to have. They also offer full articulation, which means these arms could actually could be moved all the way out this way.
This one, all the way, this way. So you'd have 180 degrees of articulation, which allows for a nice unlimited spread to fit your application when you're hooking these arms up.It is a self-aligning design, basically you just hook up and then you drive your RV forward. And then what happens when you do that It'll pull the stainless steel inner arms out. They'll extend into a nice rigid tow-ready position. And then when you get far enough, you can hear that they'll automatically lock into place.
And you're all set up to ready to tow. They are a non-binding design, which allows for you to easily release your vehicle. Even if it's on unlevel ground, they have these trigger releases right here, one on each arm, that when you push down on that trigger release, it'll raise the arm and you can move the arm even if they're under pressure, just push that release down and then release the arm, very nice feature.Also, if you look on each arm, here's these integrated cable mounting clips. These will keep your included safety cables off the ground, prevent any dragging. And if you notice the cables, the whole length of the safety cable has a nice vinyl coating on it to protect it. And also on each end, they'll have these steel S hooks with the spring loaded latches here for added security. On this arm, you might notice this storage rod right here. This is a built-in storage rod, this will keep your coil, the electrical cord in place and off the ground. Now the electrical cord is not included. You would have to supply that, but when you do plug in your electrical cord and you have the coil there and it stretches out, you don't want to drag hanging down and possibly dragging. So you can take the extra coils, pull this clip, put the extra coils up on this rod, put the clip and it'll hold it up in place out and off the ground.Now this also offers a simple, secure storage alongside your motor home. These arms can be folded together, and then they both swing to the left and lock into place on these holes right here, swing to the right either way are, as I mentioned, you could swing one out this way. It locks in this one all the way out here. So there's multiple ways of storing them. Does have an E-coat finish on it provides a nice corrosion resistance. This part is made in the USA. This part number here is compatibility it works with the Duncan base plates. As you can see, it will include these Duncan adapters and the hardware to install them. Application it slides into a two inch by two inch trailer hitch receiver, weight capacity on this is 10,500 pounds. Now, one note I do want to mention is we also sell a tow bar that's a SD version.And when you look at both of them, they almost look identical, but the main differences, the SD is a lower tow bar. It's about 6,000 pound capacity this one is a 10,500 pounds. And the reason they get the higher capacity is if you look at that stainless steel arm, it is going to be a larger diameter on this XHD compared to the SD version. So that's how they'll get the higher capacity.Now, the weight on this whole tow bar is about 46 pounds, a few measurements if we push these arms together so that they're straight ahead. And we measure from the hitch pin hole here at the end of the shank to the base plate, pin hole center to center. When they're straight ahead, when they're retracted, like they are now is going to measure 39 and a quarter inches. If we extend those arms out all the way and they lock into place and then measure from that hitch pin hole back here to that, it's going to be 51 and three quarter inches. The distance from this hitch pin holes to where the shank starts to drop or rise right about here is going to be five and a half inches. And then from that hitch pin hole at the end of the shank to this vertical bolt in the head is about 12 and a half inches.It does come with this nice operator's manual. That'll describe how all these parts go together and how it operates. But that should do it for the review on the etrailer XHD two inch RV mount non-binding tow bar for the Duncan base plates has a 10,500 pound gross towing weight capacity.
Ratings & Reviews
Heather A.
2/21/2025
Hey Kevin, I went ahead and sent these notes to our engineering department. Can you send me a video of what is happening when you try to disconnect? These are non-binding but have some limitations. I would like to see if what you are experiencing is considered normal. If you reply to my email with a video, I can help a little more.
Kevin
2/22/2026
Same as above. Tough to disconnect when tow vehicle is not perfectly tandem with MH. The tabs that look like grease fittings will bend when resting arms on them and when trying to to remove arms.
Jeff
5/20/2026
I have had no issues with the tow bar, we put over 8,000 miles on it last year.
Lazer S.
5/20/2026
Larry
4/28/2024
This has been the best thing for me since I started RVing, having the ability to take my vehicle with me state to state
Will
1/2/2026
Still working perfectly after many miles, hookups and uses. No concerns with this draw bar system.
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Lazer S.
4/21/2026
Glad we could help, David! What's the next trip you have planned?