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

Quality

I have two of these, one new and the other six years old. The old one still works great. The design does not appear to have changed in that time. After many years of use my only issue with it is the cover for the four pin connector. The cover is made flexible polymer that eventually rots and cracks. You should get at least five years out of the cover with continuous out door exposure. I did not notice another reviews comments that the bracket is included. It should be noted in the ad. I also purchased one from a local store prior to receiving the shipment.

Works great. I had to change my factory 7 pin plug because I upgraded to a heavy duty hitch vs the factory one that was too small and I lost my mounting bracket that was attached from factory. There was someone else who talked about how flimsy the mounting bracket is and I have to say that has not been my experience. Used a couple oversized self tapping 5/16 sheet metal screws to hold it down screwed it in and it works perfect. Install was simple and sweet, wired into my Factory 01 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins with butt connectors and heat shrink tubing, then taped it all up to protect any exposed wires. Will put up the wiring schematic for 2nd gen 98.5-02 rams if anyone else needs the info. Might be same for other Dodges, but I cant say. Center= purple/black tracer PL/BK back up lights 1 oclock= red/orange tracer RD/OR 12v Power 3 oclock= brown/red tracer BR/RD Right turn and brake 5 oclock= light blue LB Brake Controller 7 oclock= Black BK Ground , (mine has two black wires) 9 oclock= Green/red tracer GR/RD Left turn and brake 11 oclock= Black/orange tracer BK/OR Running lights.

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..

Installed and hooked this up on the back of my old d350 just had to plug in my flat plug for lights and add my trailer brakes

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.

I have an older Ford F-150 with the 4-pin style tow connector. I was renting an RV for our family vacation that had a 7-pin cable, so in a way, this adapter helped make our vacation possible. I drilled two holes in the bumper and screwed this adapter into them (along with the ground wire), and then had to shave off some of the plastic on the 4-pin cable to get it to mate with the existing connector on the truck. The instructions were just OK. All in all, installing this took about an hour. It seems to work well, so I recommend this product for those with older trucks and newer trailers.

I have purchased several of these little guys for the purpose of installing them on all of my tow-capable vehicles. They work great, and do include all of the necessary hardware and bracketry to mount onto a vehicle. I wish they came with heat shrink butt connectors, but my guess is that request would drive the price up. All of the contact surfaces were clean and corrosion free. The rear of the round connector appears to be water tight and durable. The copper wiring meets all of the AWG specs for the application it is designed for. I did use this in conjunction with a

Pretty good quality! It is great for the typical install, where you tow every-so-often... For professional use (plugging and unplugging daily) it would work okay for a decent amount of time but I worry that eventually the 4 screws holding the socket to the metal bracket would begin loosening, the plastic the socket is molded from is good not great. I like the layout of the receptacles. The metal bracket could stand to be a tad thicker, but it is good enough. The wires are generously sized, and I like the look of it on the vehicle. Would definitely recommend.

This item when I installed it looks and works great. We have a camper with a round 7 pin insert and waverunners on a trail with a flat 4 insert so this suits both well! The hardware that came with made the install a breeze and my wife was even impressed how nice it looks. Two words of warning though for us novices: 1) you have to ground the white wire even if you are hooking it up to an existing 4 flat connector. I drilled a small hole into my tow hitch underneath my car. 2) also when shipped the middle prong of the 7 pin adaptor is very tight- you need to separate the two clips to get your round 7 pin to fit correctly.