Blue Ox BX7445 Aventa LX 10,000lb Tow Bar

Though I've used it only once, it worked great - better than advertized. I did have it professionally installed but had no trouble doing my own hook-up and un-hook. It was a pleasure watching my pick-up track solid and sure behind my motorhome even in town. Only one minor heart-stopper: when it arrived the carton had popped open as the staples had ripped through the cardboard container. Worried that some parts may be missing, my installer told me what to look for and thankfully all was still there. Blue Ox shipping ought to look into a heavier cardboard for this item.

This is a very heavy duty tow bar-significantly heavier than the previous Aladdin tow bar that I had. However, after having used it on several trips, I can say that this does live up to its advertising of being very easy to disconnect in most situations. Again, this is a big improvement in that area over my former Aladdin tow bar. The only negativeI have noticed is that the ball is somewhat stiff. The tower will even stay parallel with the ground when I am not holding it and it is not connected to anything. This at times makes it just a hair difficult to attach to the car, but this is by no means a showstopper. Overall, I would say Blue Ox did a great job with this tower and I plan to use it for many miles to come. D

Easy to use, seems very sturdy. Would purchase another blue ox product.

This is a great tow bar, we use it to tow our 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. Vehicle tracks very well and it is easy to hook up, I would recommend this to anyone looking for a tow bar. It would be nice if Blue Ox would include the cover to protect the tow bar.

Two star rating for the following reasons:1) No where on the item does it say you will need a base plate. A potential buyer does not know a separate base plate is needed until they try to install it. the base plate must be special ordered directly from Blue Ox and it costs another $400. I never installed a tow system before. So I had no idea what is needed. Blue Ox was totally useless to buyers in this respect.2) No where on the item does it say buyer also needs to buy an electrical hook-up set. This is also something I found out after I bought it. It was another $2003) The electric connector that operates the lights has a faulty design. Mine has fallen off twice - that's another $65x2 = $130. I finally had to bungee cord the electric connector to both my RV and my tow vehicle.4) After all the costs are included - Tow bar, base plate, electric connections, brake system - this tow system is by far the most expensive on the market and its really not that good. There are other systems out there that are much cheaper and preform as good or better than the Blue Ox system. I found this out after talking to some fellow RV'ers about my problems with the Blue Ox and how happy they are with the other tow systems.

I figured why not go ahead and get the 10,000 lb model? You never know in the future what you might be towing. I'm of the mindset that if you buy the right one the first time you don't have to buy it again. We got our's to pull a <5000 lb Jeep Liberty so this is certainly overkill.One word of caution that I might pass along here, get yourself a good pair of mechanics gloves when you're hooking or unhooking your toad. There is a lot of nasty pinch points involved here and a pair of gloves are invaluable.This may seem costly, I found the best price here at Amazon, this really is a high quality item.

Item collapsed like a pretzel crawling out of a service station. Did substantial damage to my RV and the truck I was towing. This never should have happened going this slow, and I am eternally grateful it did not happen at highway speeds. Filing claims with my insurance companies hoping they will sue blue ox for the damages. The picture was taken after I backed the truck away from the motorhome by about 2 to 3 feet. I could not get in between the two to get them apart. The service station was immediately on the entrance ramp to the freeway and I was partially blocking entry on to the freeway.

We tow a Yukon XL Denali and some time a Chevrolet Equinox , and it performs as promised, and is very easy to hook up and in hook ! The complaint about damaging his Jeep seems very unfair as you can see in the photo that the connection points on the Jeep where way above Motorhome connection point! And I bet there was no break system on the Jeep! So can you say User Aire. Nothing works well when used improperly.

Très heureux de retrouver cet article chez Amazon, cet adaptateur n'est pas disponible chez les dealers rapidement. Le prix très bon, environ 300$ d'économie et en plus livrer chez moi. Rien de plus parfait.

Works great, easy to attach and remove as needed. My old system took up to 20 min to hook up, I do this one in 5.

Easy to attach and detach vechileLove it

Meets all my expectations.