You may want to think about making a full size spare a requirement; how is somebody going to get home with a stock spare if they run 35s?

Also I don't understand your rules, are you saying I can not have my windshield down on a trail run?

If you run a tire combo that far out on the road you are going to make your spider gears go all 'splody up in your diff.

Getting off the trail and to a trailer is one thing but most of the guys here, I think, drive to the tral which means a tire mismatch like that is going to strand somebody at the park.

Bucko said:i wouldnt worry bout it if im wheeling with some one and they have a problem all you gota do is make it to a u haul and i tow ya home 

On a Sunday?

Do you really wanna tow a ZJ on a trailer behind a ZJ with no brake controller?

Not for me, thank you kindly.

The to/on edit makes it all make much more sense now.

Post edited 5:24 am – February 4, 2010 by notoriousDUG

Actually I am NOT one of those guys who thinks that you need a huge truck to tow something but I AM a proponent of working inside of the limits of your rig…

FYI, the max braked tow capacity on a ZJ is 5K with a GVWR of around 5K and a curb weight of just under 4K you can be a thousand pounds over factory curb weight and tow a braked 5k load of combined trailer and load which with most Jeeps on most trailers would put you over weight legally and, in my opinion, barley in control of a dicey load.  I towed with an XJ once when I was younger and didn't pay attention to things like this and that experience is the reason why I now pay attention to things like that. 

To legally and safely pull a Jeep on a trailer you really should have a pick up truck, preferably a full size but some of the minis have the capacity to do it.

Remember being able to pull it is a minor part of towing, being able to stop and control it is another.  If you have a 5K, or more, load on a vehicle that is only slightly over 5K and it starts to sway and whip around the load is going to be able to push the tow rig around instead of the tow rig stabilizing the load; not a good situation.

As for surge vs. electric brakes I go electric every time unless I'm towing a boat and have to put the trailer in the water.  Properly set electrics should never lock up and if you get a sway int he trailer you can use the trailer brakes to straighten out where with surge brakes you are helpless because you can not use the trailer to slow down the tow vehicle!  It's a personal preference thing, I know a few guys who swear by surge brakes but I hate 'em.

As for what they do in the UK… I work on European equipment for a living and based on what I have seen and heard on my trips ot the factory I put no stock in anything they do in the UK being better…

EDIT: There was a reason to type all this before the post above me got editied…

Bucko said:its acherly 6k for mine and 7 k for the v8

I'm not trying to be a jerk but can you show me where you got that info, everything I can find lists all the ZJ tow specs at 2K, or 5K with the tow pacakge even for the 5.9.

Not saying your wrong, just saying I can't find the info.