if modifications are required I guess it makes sense to allow you to tow any trailer, as long as it can be done with out impairing the vehicle's performance. best of luck
Adventurer
if modifications are required I guess it makes sense to allow you to tow any trailer, as long as it can be done with out impairing the vehicle's performance. best of luck
How viable would it be to tow a boat with a rig like this?
Explorer
If you look at the hitch on the EcoRoamer,
He made a really nice extension hitch for his that is totally removable. You could take it off and leave it at home when you did not need it, or hang it from your rear spare tires or something.
Just a thought for you.
"Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war." -Allan Massie
You could use one of these also:-)
http://www.racingjunk.com/Towing-Acc...ler-hitch.html
We use these with race trailers that have big tongue weight
Observer
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As my mog in progress shows, I do not need an extension. However, the receiver hitch is 38 inches from the ground. I drove my wrangler unlimited to Nixa to pick it up and with an 11 inch drop on my hitch, I was able to tow the jeep with a tow bar with no problem. I also have a Silver Eagle M1101 trailer that I plan to occasionally use to haul extra fuel and equipment and it sits high enough to tow fine as well. My problem is that to tow a bumper hitch horse trailer anywhere I need about a 24 inch drop on a tow hitch, which does not exist as far as I can tell. Any ideas? I don't want to have to modify the horse trailer. I am thinking about having a custom made tow hitch with a 24 inch drop, with arms made of tube steel that would attach by bolts to the frame rails to give stability to the hitch and allow the wt rating I need to pull. I guess as a worse case I could modify the hitch on the horse trailer.
Adventurer
I gave up some departure angle for a better hitch but I will also be pulling a substantially larger load quite often. The bumper has a 4x4x.250 wall receiver that will go into the brackets on the bottom of the bumper and hinge up when not needed, the receiver isn't built yet, but everything is there to accommodate it.
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Looks sweet, i am also considering a mog build that would see double duty hauling a stacker trailer at times. keep the pics flowing of the progress! Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Steve
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