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What's the best system for setting up a 2015 Wrangler to be towed behind a motorhome?
 
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I use the Currie Enterprise Rock Jock tow plate, Blue Ox tow bar and Patriot breaking system, Cool Tech wiring harness and Toad Charger wiring harness to keep battery charged. have used this set up for about 35,000 miles. You will get many different ideas on how to do it good luck.
 
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It's so easy why not. My RV weighs 31,820 when fully loaded (fuel/water) and it stops fine but I don't want to push it (breaks are $$$$). The readybrute towbar/brake combo works great and I had LOD add towbar hookups when they built the bumper...whole combo is perfect (the readybrake cable stows behind the plate when not in use).

I personally wouldn't tow a toad w/o brakes.
 

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Just got my whole toad setup two weeks and a few hundred miles ago. Roadmaster twist lock brackets on the Jeep, Demco Commander Tow Bar, and SMI Stay-in-Play hard wired auxillary braking system. I'm really happy with it and the SMI brakes are top notch and are proportionate to how hard I hit the brakes in the coach. All said and done with installation $3300. Installation cost is what got me, but they did a great job and I didn't want to tackle it.
 

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i also use an LoD bumper with the tow tabs welded on so i don't have an ugly baseplate showing. I have a cooltech tow lighting harness i sent to LoD which they cut a perfect hole for in the bumper before they finished it and sent to me. I also use the readybrute elite like others here because its so simple and better than the other supplemental braking systems out there.







 
#17 ·
I towed my 2013 behind a small winnabago class A. I went over board on a custom bumper with the the towing pintles on welded plate and also the Mopar towed vehicle wiring install. What was not overboard was the brake system by M&G which used air to actuated the the power breaks in the Jeep. Read about it here:M & G Engineering - Car Braking Systems: Home Page

We did several mountain trips and stop and go with tourist traffic at Yosemite and other places. I heard complaints about every system except this one and I never had a problem. If you're close to Texas they'll put it in for free. When I sold the 13 the buyer was giving me crap about the brake. I sent him the s&G site info and the reviews on iRV2. Sold the next day for what I was asking and no more BS about the brake. We had a few scary moments with breaking in traffic but never an issue with this system.
And...as posted above, the cops do check on breakaways; we were checked in ID and WY.
 
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I towed my 2013 behind a small winnabago class A. I went over board on a custom bumper with the the towing pintles on welded plate and also the Mopar towed vehicle wiring install. What was not overboard was the brake system by M&G which used air to actuated the the power breaks in the Jeep. Read about it here:M & G Engineering - Car Braking Systems: Home Page

We did several mountain trips and stop and go with tourist traffic at Yosemite and other places. I heard complaints about every system except this one and I never had a problem. If you're close to Texas they'll put it in for free. When I sold the 13 the buyer was giving me crap about the brake. I sent him the s&G site info and the reviews on iRV2. Sold the next day for what I was asking and no more BS about the brake. We had a few scary moments with breaking in traffic but never an issue with this system.
And...as posted above, the cops do check on breakaways; we were checked in ID and WY.
Actually it is a Motor that provides Vacuum to the Jeep Master Cylinder to simulate Engine Vacuum. Its the heart of a brake system.
 
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Looking for advice on balancing a lift and tires with towability. Are any of you towing a JKU w/ ~3" lift on 35's? How quickly does the weight start to add up w/ lifts, steel bumper and winch? I'll be pulling with a gas class A only rated to tow 5,000 lbs, so trying to keep the weight down, too. Appreciate your thoughts and experience!
 
#21 ·
Ultimately your best bet is to weigh the JKU, but you could be getting close to that limit with all you are talking about. Keep in mind you don't have the weight on the hitch, it's pushing the RV so the GVWR is also something to consider. If your motorhome is say 29,000 GVWR and it's loaded weight is 27,000 you already are over the limit with a stock JKU. If you are not too close to the GVWR then I wouldn't have an issue pulling a JKU that is close to the limit or even a tick over. BTW, that's one of the big reasons I went to a DP and a 10,000 lb hitch.
 
#23 ·
Yes I tow the one in the pic. 33X12.5 tires, Rampage bumper and Q9000S winch. The alignment on my setup is almost perfectly flat. The JKU is about an inch higher than the hitch mount. But I have a very modest lift with the 2" leveling kit. I had a gas Bounder that had the hitch much higher and was towing a 2006 Liberty. The Bounder was about 2" higher than the Jeep but still within the recommended 4" difference.
 
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