new towed vehicle - Jeep Wrangler
Well, for various reasons, we have decided to pull the trigger, and trade one of our older vehicles for a Jeep Wrangler. Wife and I both have always loved Jeeps, wanted to one day own one, and now we...
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One more update: Well, the Jeep is done, and ready to tow. We finished it last Saturday, as I'd hoped to. I like the satisfying feeling you get when you complete something like this, it all works, and you did it all yourself without having to hire anyone. :)
I struggled a little to find a good place to mount the Readystop unit on the front. Ended up mounting it underneath, on the front frame crossbar just behind the front air dam. Ended up having to do a little 'customizing' of the front air dam to make it work, but it worked out OK. Any Jeep owners that use a Readystop: Can you share where you mounted the Readystop unit? I'm curious if there is a better way I just didn't think of.
Tail lights did not work initially. After some troubleshooting, found that Jeep was wired right and was fine; issue was with the wiring with the Motorhome. I'd done something stupid when wired up the 6 round connector on back of Motorhome last August, which ultimately caused the wires to short out and blow a fuse. After correcting the short, then replacing the fuse that said short had caused, all is working fine.
As for bikes: After much thought, we decided to go with a spare tire mounted bike rack, the Yakima 2 bike rack. Was just about to plunk down the $$ and buy one new, when found exact same unit on Craigs list slightly used for a lot less $$. Picking that up this evening.
We are sooooo ready to get back out camping next month. :)
I struggled a little to find a good place to mount the Readystop unit on the front. Ended up mounting it underneath, on the front frame crossbar just behind the front air dam. Ended up having to do a little 'customizing' of the front air dam to make it work, but it worked out OK. Any Jeep owners that use a Readystop: Can you share where you mounted the Readystop unit? I'm curious if there is a better way I just didn't think of.
Tail lights did not work initially. After some troubleshooting, found that Jeep was wired right and was fine; issue was with the wiring with the Motorhome. I'd done something stupid when wired up the 6 round connector on back of Motorhome last August, which ultimately caused the wires to short out and blow a fuse. After correcting the short, then replacing the fuse that said short had caused, all is working fine.
As for bikes: After much thought, we decided to go with a spare tire mounted bike rack, the Yakima 2 bike rack. Was just about to plunk down the $$ and buy one new, when found exact same unit on Craigs list slightly used for a lot less $$. Picking that up this evening.
We are sooooo ready to get back out camping next month. :)
