etrailer | Roadmaster Direct-Connect Base Plate Kit DIY Installation - 2025 Ram 1500

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Hey, neighbors, Kevin here with etrailer. And today we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster direct-connect base plate kit here on our 2025 Ram 1500. So when it comes to flat towing, there's gonna be five main components that you're gonna need to do so. And the first one's gonna be your tow bar and the second one will be your base plate. And those two components are gonna make up our physical connection between our motorhome and then our towed vehicle. Along with that, we'll also need some safety cables so that if there ever was an issue with our tow bar or base plate, we had a breakaway situation, then we have another set of cables that are gonna pull on this and prevent our vehicle from just taking off by itself down the road.

Along with that, we'll also need to have some diode wiring so that way it can transfer our light signals from the motorhome back to the taillights on our towed vehicle. And then finally, we will need a supplemental braking system so that way it'll stop the brakes in our vehicle as we're making those stops in our motorhome and we're not gonna put all that stress over on the motorhome. So taking a closer look at our base plate, this is going to be that direct-connect style from Roadmaster. So if your tow bar is a different brand or you just don't have the direct-connect style, maybe you have the crossbar style, you got a older tow bar, then you are gonna make sure that you're either switching over to a newer tow bar or you're picking up the correct adapter so that you can make that connection. Our neighbor today has an etrailer tow bar, which he actually has on the back of the vehicle right now, but he's already got those connectors because this is the second vehicle he's gonna be flat towing, so we didn't have to put as much into this install because he already kind of had some of the components already in place.

Now the cool thing about this one is it's gonna come with a bracket on either side. So on this side, you'd have a bracket for your six-pole socket to go into. And then over on that other side, they have another bracket that's set in a little bit more so that it can have the breakaway switch sit just where it needs to and be mounted up nice and tight. When putting in our tow bar, we would put that connection right up. There's gonna be a pin and clip that'll go right through here, clip going through here to lock that pin in place.

And then over on this side, we're gonna have our safety chain loop. So we'll have one of these on both sides, and it's sitting out pretty far so it's gonna be really easy to connect to. So there shouldn't be any issues or interference, even though we do have our six-pole socket pretty close. As far as installation and removal of the arms, it's very simple. You just pull back on that pin, you'll twist it 90 degrees, and you can pull it right out.

We can set 'em aside, that way we don't have these out there for you to hit your knees on or your shins on when you're walking in front of a vehicle, or just out in the weather getting all rusted up. There's also some caps that you can get Roadmaster offers that'll cover up the inside here so that way you don't get any water inside just sitting inside that tube, rusting it out. When you are ready to tow, installation's as simple as just putting it in with the back portion kind of sitting horizontal. With our pin up, we'll push it up, turn it, and you can hear it locks right into place. As far as installation goes, this one can be a little bit challenging. The bumper, we had a few issues with. The studs that run through it that actually attach the bumper to the frame rails are just held in with a sort of star washer that got really loose. So every time we we inchesre trying to put the bumper back up, we we inchesre noticing that we were about 1/2 inch off with our studs and we couldn't get it back into the frame rail. After a little bit of investigating, we determined that it was those bolts just sliding down in the slot. So you may end up having that same issue. We talk about it a little bit during our install, but you'll definitely wanna check those out once you pull the bumper off. The only other thing that's kind of challenging really is also that you're gonna be cutting a small portion of the bumper out on the metal frame t