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>RoyJ - Not sure I follow your logic. The CJ weighs about 4400 lbs. A
>trailer would add at least 1000 lbs (probably closer to 2000,) so I'd
>be way over my rated 4800lb towing capacity. Why would an overweight
>trailer be any safer/more stable than an acceptably weighted CJ?

I've flat towed my TJ literally thousands of miles:

http://home.comcast.net/~1redcreek/jeep/Ready2Go.jpg

And I wouldn't tow it with anything less than a Ford Expedition or GM
equivalent. On twisty back roads you can really feel the jeep trying to push
the rear end of the vehicle around. It works something like this: first you are
driving in a straight line - - - everything is fine. Then you need to take a
left hand curve, but the jeep still wants to go straight. So the tow vehicle
starts moving left and the jeep fights you until it finally starts going left as
well. And everything is fine. BUT, now the road straightens out, the jeep
wants to keep turning left and fights you until it is going straight again as
well. Repeat over, and over, and over.

I absolutely would not tow my Jeep on snowy roads. I have towed it in the rain
and it was a bit of a white knuckle affair. And this is with a tow vehicle
rated for 7,000 lbs. Your combo is only 400 lbs less than the maximum of the
tow vehicle. Add the weight of the passengers and their gear and you are at or
over the max for your vehicle. Over in the RV group the general advice it to
take 75% of what the manufacture says as the safe maximum.

You haven't said what your tow vehicle is, but IMHO you are at the ragged edge
of safety.

Dean