Hopkins Towing Solutions 47185 Multi-Tow 4 Flat to 7 Blade and 4 Flat Adapter

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  • leo k

    > 3 day

    Correct part, delivered on time.

  • Michael M.

    > 3 day

    We planned to use this on our 2013 Ford Escape (Titanium) with factory towing, but ended up using it on a 1997 Ford Explorer XLT instead (not due to the item itself, but due to the towing capacity of the Escape). The wires are completely sealed with some sort of epoxy where they go into the adapter itself. My only issue here is that the bolts provided for mounting the bracket to the vehicle may not be long enough for several applications. In our case, they were barely long enough to go through the bumper we drilled through on the 97 Explorer. The adapter performed as expected however, and survived a 2500 mile trip without any issues, and we expect it to last a long time to come.

  • rc hobbyist

    > 3 day

    It great looks good and the plug seems to be hermetically sealed on the backside to prevent any moisture or water to get into the plug great product. the only thing that IO didnt like was the bracket that it comes with. Seamed flimsy to me and I didnt have any good place to mount it. So I just=cut a hole in my bumper and mounted the plug Looks great and mounted solid..

  • Terry

    > 3 day

    Did not come with any instructions had to look it up online to figure out what wire went where

  • JF

    > 3 day

    Bought a trailer with brakes about a year ago, but only had the 4pin trailer plug (no tow package) on my F150. Bought this piece, got it in 2 days with Amazon Prime, and installed it the same day I got it. Install took about 30 minutes (you could do it faster if youre familiar with the wiring), but overall pretty easy. 4pin plugs into the new 4pin (plug and play), splice blue wire for the actual brake controller, splice black for power, and white for ground (to metal of vehicle) -all not difficult (youtubed this video for help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWq9Fwj1D-8). Now I have braking power on my trailer (also got Curt 51110 Venturer Brake Controller and adapter for simple installation: 5min), all for almost $80 and about 45min of install time. Took trailer for a short trip and everything works great, next is 1600miles, so Ill update if something craps out. Otherwise, consider everything great.

  • Troy Anthony

    Greater than one week

    The number on packaging says 47185 but no bracket was included like some of the pictures show. As such, there is no way to mount it. It is useless without a bracket to mount unless you already have one or figure out which one to buy separately. As of Jan 2023, if you look at the photos for the product, you will see two different product packaging with the same 47185 item #. On one of them, the label makes it clear that the bracket is included. The other packaging does NOT indicate the mounting bracket is included. It seems I received the one without that didnt clearly list the mounting bracket as included. Since this item has been sold for years, Im assuming something changed over the years. Whether I received an old version, or a newer version of the 47185, I cant be sure. Either way, be aware there is a risk you are going to receive no mounting bracket. If you dont need the mounting bracket then this wont matter. However, I did and Im sure many/most do. If they sold the bracket separately for a few bucks, I probably would have just gone ahead and ordered the bracket. However, that doesnt appear to be the case, so I dont really know what they expect you to do.

  • Peggy S

    > 3 day

    I replaced a broken 7-pin connector with this part. I didnt need the male 4-pin connector, just clipped it off and spliced all 7 wires to the truck harness. The 4-pin and 7-pin portions are connected inside the molded plastic housing. A great way to add a 4-pin hookup for a boat or light trailer if youre starting out with just the 7-pin (the 7 to 4 adapters cost more than this part does.)

  • Dean, Monument CO

    > 3 day

    I love this adapter. Very affordable, and has many applications. I use the 7 pin connector on all my vehicles and trailers. But on the family farm almost every think still uses the 6 round, including the vehicles. Nowhere have I found a 5 pin round (vehicle end) to 7 pin blade (trailer). So I buy these and cut off the 4 pin flat (on the wire harness) and connect the wire harness to a 6 pin round vehicle connector. So now I have a 6 round to 7 blade and a bonus 4 pin flat adapter to plug into the farm vehicles so they can pull my trailers. I find that you can buy 7 blade to 4 flat, or 5 round, or 6 round adapter. But no one makes a 5 round to 7 bladed adapter. Surely Im not the one with this need..

  • M. Masters

    > 3 day

    Having already setup my vehicle with the 4 flat trailer wiring I decided to upgrade my plug setup for the 7 round plug also in preparation for buying a trailer with brakes. After having purchased this adapter I had assumed that I could simply plug in my 4 flat plug into the connector here and all the basic functionality of brake lights, running lights, and turn signals would work with just the reverse lights, brakes, and power wire not working. Unfortunately after purchasing the trailer I discovered it wasnt quite so simple... After doing some more digging around I noticed that while my 4 flat had a ground, for some reason the multi-tow adapter had a separate ground that had to be connected separately. I was able to rig it up on the fly to get the trailer home, but keep that in mind if wanting to use this as a straight adapter for getting a trailer home on short notice. Overall this product is okay for the money. Only time will tell how it will hold up.

  • William Neitzel

    > 3 day

    Labeled like new, but was obviously broken.

Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation makes your towing experience simpler and more rewarding through innovation and value, offering a variety of towing solutions including vehicle wiring kits, adapters, vehicle and trailer connectors, breakaway systems, and much more. Today, more than 40 percentage of retail category sales are generated from Hopkins innovations. Towing more than one trailer? Take advantage of your existing 4 flat when adapting. Hopkins" Multi-Tow Adapter attaches to an existing 4 flat to bring the lighting functions to both the 7 blade and 4 flat connectors, leaving electric brakes, auxiliary power, reverse lights, and ground as the only functions that need to be wired. The exclusive Multi-Tow design feature adds multiple towing options from one connector by providing sockets for towing both 7 blade and 4 flat trailers. Pre-wired adapters allow the consumer to create a custom Plug-In Simple wiring system appropriate for any towing situation.

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