Flat towing jeep behind TT
Has anyone done this? Their website Cowboy metals in Denver can weld a hitch on the back of my TT for $700 and they say it would be strong enough to handle flat towing my jeep behind it. I h...
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alex1200 wrote:
My understanding is that flat towing behind a travel trailer is hard on the front end of the vehicle. The reasoning is that as the trailer follows the turn the rear end swings in the opposite direction. The vehicle being towed 4 down is pulled in two different directions. The front wheels scrub pretty hard. This doesn't affect trailers as the second towed vehicle because their only point of contact is the middle axles.
As far as can it be done sure. I've seen plenty of CJs and TJs flat towed behind fivers and tts. If it were my Jeep I'd tow it on a trailer to save the front end and not have to add brakes.
If you look at the average motorhome towing a vehicle, and compare the length of the coach behind the rear axle to the length of a trailer behind the rear axle, I think you will find it comparable, making that "understanding", to put it gently, rather a moot point. I don't think it holds true at all. The vehicle is not being pulled in two directions at once, it is following the hitch on the back of the tow rig. As such, when making a turn, the towed vehicle moves opposite the direction of the turn, then nicely follows the turn.
