Do you a source for the eye bolt you used, please? Can find anything local at tractor supply, ace or Lowe’s. Appreciate it.
"eye bolt" on Google for the win....
Thank you. That will work. Appreciate it.
When I did mine I cut the nut off the bottom of the crash bar and drilled the holes out to 1/2" and I also welded the eye closed on the eye bolts I used.
Don't feel bad I did the same thing. Just didn't think of a metric eye bolt at the time.
I promised to share my flat towing with a winch setup and finally took some pictures. I have a 2021 4-dr, 2.7L, and a stock MOD bumper. Here's my setup:
RVI Brake 3 (sits on the floor with no additional bracket required)
RVI towed charger
RVI breakaway wireless adapter
Roadmaster Sterling All Terrain Towbar
Roadmaster 035-1 adapters
LOD front bumper tie in brackets (these strengthen the frame horns for the winch and provide a breakaway connection)
Magnetic taillights ran off separate wires added along chassis frame. I wussed out of using taillight diodes for no particular reason other than an unfounded fear of a diode failure that could potentially cause me an additional headache.
Rough Country High Winch Mount
JCR Prerunner Bar
Mountains2Metal camera relocation kit
My goal was to limit the amount of modification in case I change my mind and decide to sell the Bronco (not likely based on the wide smile I ride around with). Thanks again to all of you early posters for making this so painless! Please reply if you have any questions.
In the 2nd image the breakaway cables are hooked onto "recovery" rings that my rig doesn't have. Are those after market add-ons?I promised to share my flat towing with a winch setup and finally took some pictures. I have a 2021 4-dr, 2.7L, and a stock MOD bumper. Here's my setup:
RVI Brake 3 (sits on the floor with no additional bracket required)
RVI towed charger
RVI breakaway wireless adapter
Roadmaster Sterling All Terrain Towbar
Roadmaster 035-1 adapters
LOD front bumper tie in brackets (these strengthen the frame horns for the winch and provide a breakaway connection)
Magnetic taillights ran off separate wires added along chassis frame. I wussed out of using taillight diodes for no particular reason other than an unfounded fear of a diode failure that could potentially cause me an additional headache.
Rough Country High Winch Mount
JCR Prerunner Bar
Mountains2Metal camera relocation kit
My goal was to limit the amount of modification in case I change my mind and decide to sell the Bronco (not likely based on the wide smile I ride around with). Thanks again to all of you early posters for making this so painless! Please reply if you have any questions.
Those are the LOD tie in brackets:
I had the same experience with RVI. I now have a paper copy of the QR codes in my brake case and digital copies downloaded to my phone and on Google Drive.
Hello Everyone,
Reports of flat tow failures have slowed or even stopped. I haven't seen one posted for many months. So maybe it was an early manufacture thing that Ford fixed and those that were going to fail have failed. Maybe Ford issued an OTA software update that fixed things. Maybe folks got tired of talking about it, regardless seems to be all good now.
Looks good, I'm setting up my new Bronco up to tow now. Had been towing a JL Rubicon up to this point and used the RVI Brake same Blue Ox towbar. I plan on using the same setup for the Bronco. Trying to read through this massive thread to learn as much as I can before I actually do all the work. I was wondering if you use the Anker instead of the 12v outlet in the console because you do not have the RVI Towed Battery charger, or if there is another reason? Thanks for any info you can share.
I’m pretty happy with how my flat tow setup turned out.
I ordered by Bronco with the modular bumper, but was required to switch to the capable bumper to get my allocation. So I made a quick swap to the ford performance tow hooks.
I’m using a blue ox alpha 2 tow bar, and universal d ring adapters for the blue ox bar. RVI brake 3 system with an Ankler 521 power station seatbelted in the front seat to provide uninterrupted 12v power to the brake system.
Gen Y hitches makes a nice 10K rated adapter to raise up my hitch for flat towing the Bronco now and can still be used if we lift it more. It also fits a double bike rack between the Rv and Bronco while still allowing tight turning. I had to order longer safety chains and coiled power cord to make this work well. We also mount another couple bikes behind the Bronco on a swing out carrier.
We are getting excited to head to the Keys for Christmas and New Years with the new setup.
