I'm going to open myself to a lot of criticism here but I'm genuinely curious.
I recently asked in a local Facebook group what people thought of flat towing/trailer towing my Jeep TJ behind my Grand Cherokee. I understand, legally I would need supplemental braking. I've towed quite a lot of trailer loads in my life but unfortunately, not much vehicle towing.
Anyway, I got pretty lambasted for even considering it. My TJ weighs right at 4200 lbs. The Grand Cherokee has a 7200 lb limit. So I figured especially flat towing the TJ would be fine and I'd have a pretty decent safety margin. I can see where a trailer and the TJ would be questionable but flat towing I'm curious why I got so much hate for that. People said the GC was WAY too undersized and they wanted pictures to post in Pirates "Big Dumb Load" forum thread.
Doing some online searches I saw several pictures and experiences of Grand Cherokees towing old heavy trucks on auto haulers and similar loads.
Again, I feel like I've always been a responsible tower and understand how to safely tow and what's not acceptable. But if I'm missing something I genuinely want to learn.
The trip would be about 4 hours from North Texas to the southern part of Colorado.
I recently asked in a local Facebook group what people thought of flat towing/trailer towing my Jeep TJ behind my Grand Cherokee. I understand, legally I would need supplemental braking. I've towed quite a lot of trailer loads in my life but unfortunately, not much vehicle towing.
Anyway, I got pretty lambasted for even considering it. My TJ weighs right at 4200 lbs. The Grand Cherokee has a 7200 lb limit. So I figured especially flat towing the TJ would be fine and I'd have a pretty decent safety margin. I can see where a trailer and the TJ would be questionable but flat towing I'm curious why I got so much hate for that. People said the GC was WAY too undersized and they wanted pictures to post in Pirates "Big Dumb Load" forum thread.
Doing some online searches I saw several pictures and experiences of Grand Cherokees towing old heavy trucks on auto haulers and similar loads.
Again, I feel like I've always been a responsible tower and understand how to safely tow and what's not acceptable. But if I'm missing something I genuinely want to learn.
The trip would be about 4 hours from North Texas to the southern part of Colorado.