Parts Needed to Flat Tow 2013 Honda Fit  

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The Roadmaster crossbar is designed to be used with Roadmaster crossbar style base plate kits and with Roadmaster tow bars. There's nothing wrong with the Ready Brute tow bar but it's going to require an adapter to be used with a Roadmaster base plate and wouldn't be my pick as the best option. If you wanted the best solution I would go with the Blue Ox base plate kit # BX2253 as it's the easiest to use and very reliable. You'd then want to use a Blue Ox tow bar like the # BX7420. To compensate for different hitch and base plate kit heights you'd want to use a high low adapter as that's not what the purpose of the crossbar you mentioned is.

For lighting you can use the diode kit, # RM-15267, and not have to worry about cutting into the taillight housing. This will splice into your taillight wiring to allow your tow vehicle to control the taillight assemblies of the towed vehicle. This comes with a round 6-way connector that you will install on the front of your towed vehicle and enough coiled wire to go from there to the RV.

And finally, most states now require supplemental braking in the vehicle being flat towed. The easiest system to set up and use is the Blue Ox Patriot # BLU37TR, that applies the vehicle brakes in proportion to how much the tow vehicle is braking. This is the safest way to stop and it reduces wear and tear on both vehicles.

Most likely you will also need a high low adapter so that the tow bar will be level when you are flat towing. I attached a link to a page that has all of the ones we carry.

expert reply by: Jameson C

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