Jeep Wranger flat tow plan, thoughts?

[Y-Guy]

I’ve pretty much narrowed down our plan for flat towing our 2011 Jeep Wrangler JKU. My thought it is to purchase the following items;

• Ready Brute Elite Tow Bar RB-9080
  
• Ready Brute Tow Bar Clevis for Blue Ox
  
• ReadyStop Towed Vehicle Break Away Kit
  
• Iron Cross Front Bumper w/push bar + RockHard bolt-on Blue Ox Tow Bar bracket adapter

Which leaves the wiring the Jeep. I’m looking at the CoolTech, but I’m open to input from others.

Wiring
1. CoolTech JK Tow Harness Deluxe Kit
2. Jeep Wrangler Mopar Tow Vehicle Wiring Harness - 82211156AB
3. Others?

Any thoughts from other Jeep owners?

[Y-Guy]

Tom/Barb wrote:
You could do as well with a much cheaper tow bar. Our Falcon II works great on our jeep.

Jeeps only weigh 4500# you really don't need a 10k tow bar.

Good points. I wish ReadyBrute made a lighter weight one. Reason for going with it is that the braking is built in so I don't need to purchase a brake box or something else. At least that has been my rational.

[Tom_Barb]

We use the CoolTech harness just the way it came, and wired just as the directions said, has worked great for 7 years.

You could do as well with a much cheaper tow bar. Our Falcon II works great on our jeep.

Jeeps only weigh 4500# you really don't need a 10k tow bar.

[Y-Guy]

mowermech thanks for the feedback! I had debated about a fixed arm tow bar but still needing some type of breaks it seems the Ready Brute is the simplest option out there.

[mowermech]

Good thinking. That is exactly what I would do.
However, I towed my '06 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited. with a simple Reese adjustable width fixed arm towbar ($165 at Walmart), with the brackets bolted to a custom after-market bumper. In fact, I used the same towbar on earlier Jeeps with the brackets bolted to the stock bumper (with strong back-up plates, of course).

As far as wiring, I have used a 6 pole double throw switch wired in to select between the towing wiring and the vehicle wiring, and I have used a 4 pin trailer connector next to the driver's seat, to switch between the towing wiring and the vehicle wiring. I have never used any of the specialty wire harness adapters, so I have no opinion about them. I hear they do the job just fine.

I think you have the situation handled quite well.