How cute, they're both red!!!

I'm not a fan of flat towing so I don't have much time on the road doing
it. But your experience is exactly what I would expect, especially the
comments on driving in the rain.

Dean wrote:

>>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