by: Guy09/28/2022
Easy to hook up our toad ( Jeep ). I can connect or disconnect in about 2 minutes all while standing. Stays right behind our RV and you only know its back there when you look in the rear view mirror. I would buy this again.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (153 Customer Reviews)
This tough tow bar is engineered to be easy to use and more than up to the task of pulling your heavy vehicle. Extra-long arms help you make tight turns. Cable guides protect your safety cables and power cord, and keep your setup organized.Easy to hook up our toad ( Jeep ). I can connect or disconnect in about 2 minutes all while standing. Stays right behind our RV and you only know its back there when you look in the rear view mirror. I would buy this again.
Great tow bar system for towing my Toyota Tundra behind my motor coach. Too bad the baseplate I purchased required me to add a 6 inch drop receiver and causes a rub condition on rising/falling surfaces.
I have been using this to tow my 1997 F250. It tows great and no question, it is beefy enough. I left four stars because you have to spray it with a lubricant almost every time you use it to keep it from binding when you want to disconnect it. It works great as long as it’s lubricated. This is the only tow bar I have used so I am not sure if binding is normal or if this is works better than others. It seems like it it an issue with all tow bars. I am happy with this bar but there is always room for improvement.
Pulled entire length of route 66 and then some. We had absolutely no issues with all of our etrailer equipment. Thanks for all of your help.
Used this on an "around the country" RV trip to tow our Suburban after I damaged an older model. It works great and the built-in release handles were a welcome upgrade from the previous hitch I used. We certainly put some miles on this tow bar with no issues and I'm sure will get many more miles and years out of it yet!
Perfect bar to tow my 2015 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab. My earlier Falcon is great for my lighter Honda CRV. Thus one is robust and works flawlessly for my Silverado. eTrailer came through again as usual.
Fast shipping to be able to make trip after damaging old towbar. Thanks!
Richard
1/16/2024
Its the best, no problems or concerns. Tow both 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2017 Ford F150 crew cab with it.
I can't believe you don't add the cover for this hitch. Free advertising. You make enough on the price of the hitch. Not to mention every additional item that goes with it.
Seems like it is built well. Hopefully it will lasts for a long time for what it cost.
Delivered early and everything packaged as purchased
Douglas
1/10/2024
I am completely satisfied. Wanted a Blue ox, but I would buy another roadster and recommend one for anyone
Easy to install and easy to use. Being newbies to the motor coach world, this tow bar is made for ease of hookup. It took less than five minutes to unhook and hook up. Love it! We did not use the base plate that came with it but chose to add the direct connect base plate with removable arms (RM-521424-5) This combination made it excellent to use!
Peggy A.
8/24/2020
WE have only used the tow bar a couple times but have to say it is REALLY easy to hookup! Takes less than five minutes to get our Jeeep attached. Love it!
Towing a Wrangler 4 door behind my motorhome, have gone 20K miles now and no issues, i am not using the cross bar as my vehicle mount does not require that.
Due to the road dust and everything it gets quite dirty of course. It has been working well along, easy enough to connect.
If you have to disconnect on a hill it gets a bit tricky to unlatch and such, but just takes practice.
Thomas S.
3/25/2022
A year later it is still all good, getting dirty is all. Mechanism and joints still function well.
Excellent product, heavy duty and well built. So well built it has a cross-bar system in it that wasn't required for my recommended base plate. Seems to be a lot of extra money for something that can not be used with the products recommended.
Shayne
6/17/2021
Still works great. Excellent, sturdy product.
This is a wonderful addition to our camping experience! It pulls our Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with no issues whatsoever. It may be overkill for the towed vehicle, but I like a little overkill. It's great!
Not used for towing a Jeep Grand Cherokee or RAM ? 1500 yet, but the towbar is within a half inch of level on both instead of being off by SIX inches.
Roadmaster BlackHawk looks like it is very well made. This is a replacement foe a Roadmaster Sterling that I had for over 10 years. I was going to rebuild it, however after reading different comments that the life of the tow bar is 8 to 10 years, I decided to replace the tow bar instead of rebuilding it. The sterling tow bar was rated at 6k while this new tow bar is rated at 10k. I hope this new tow bar will last another 10 years. Etrailer service was great and fast. Receive the new tow bar in just 2 days. Have not used it yet, but real soon I hope. I will be flat towing a Jeep Wranger or a Ford F-150. I am sure this tow bar can handle these toads. Thanks again etrailer for providing great service at the best cost. I did fine the tow bar at a lower price and they provided their 110% match.
Had one issue when I got this. One side would not lock in place. E-Trailer gave me the 800 Roadmaster number and Roadmaster told me exactly what needed to be done to resolve the the problem. I tightened the screw on the that side of the bar to length they said (3/4”), the everything has been fine since then. Happy I didn’t have to return for a replacement.
I used this tow bar to tow my 2013 Honda CR-V behind my motor home. This is a 10,000 lb bar that I used only because the 6000 lb bar was not available at the time of my need. The bar is very easy to install and hook up. The car does not have to be level or straight with the tow vehicle. Once hooked up a small left right movement of the two vehicles as you start moving locks the tow bar in place. Very easy to use.
John J.
6/12/2017
This hitch is so easy to hook and unhook when I fell ill my wife absolutely had no problem getting the car hooked back up and getting us back on the road.
Heavy Duty and just as expected, I have not used it yet as my motorhome has not been delivered. My etrailer representative Joshua was VERY helpful.
Randy
1/14/2022
No issues after 7K miles Towing a 12 Ram
If you are looking for a great tow bar, the BlackHawk 2 for you. I have an older Roadmaster (10) years old and it was still working great but we got a larger tow close to 6k so the 10k looked good.
EZ to hook and EZ to unhook plus I like the Non-Binding.
Floyd H.
2/2/2018
After a year on the road, this has worked well. The Non-Binding has never failed to get me unhooked. Before I unhook I wipe the rods down with cleaner and lube, hope to have this one 10 years.
Fast delivery
I like this tow bar having replaced it with a lighter version of a Roadmaster falcon all terrain that came with the coach when I bought it. But neither one really releases as well as I wish that they did. There is a learning curve to it I guess but I've been using this for a year now and still have trouble with binding sometimes I have to use a hammer and punch to get it released from my vehicle. Still I do like it it tows my Jeep Grand Cherokee without a problem. Recently a friend of mine had his pickup truck come off of this hitch and slam into the back of his foretravel nimbus causing extensive damage, so a good towbar is essential. I like Roadmaster products. I wouldn't say they're the best just that I like them.
Great service.
Excellent Product , have owned one before, 3 day delivery,no shipping charge.
Well made, beefy product. Nice finishes on exterior. It arrived quickly via UPS with slight packaging damage but the contents were undamaged. A protruding bolt worked its way through the box. Hook up to the towed vehicle MX style removable base plates was straightforward once the vehicle position was close. This is the first towbar I have used, but I can't imagine one being easier to use. My first outing was approx. 175 miles each way. The towed vehicle tracked nicely and smoothly. Unhooking the vehicle at the destination was equally easy even on an unlevel alignment with the motorhome. My only complaint is that the safety cables would not fit through the cable channels to keep the cables out of harms way. The cable are Roadmaster products so I feel there should have been some acknowledgment regarding this.
Guy S.
10/19/2023
Im glad I got it. We have towed many thousand miles now and easy hook up.