This is our 2015 Jeep Wrangler Sport Unlimited.
Now there are all kinds of cars on the market
that you can tow behind a motorhome.
The Jeep for us was our preference
because it's very simple to do
and there are a lot of aftermarket accessories
for the Jeep to be flat towed behind a motorhome.
We love this thing and we've towed it
over 15,000 miles miles behind our motorhome.
Today, I'm going to tell you all about how we do that.
First thing is, starting off with the motorhome, truck
any type of vehicle that actually has the
capacity to tow something this large.
Our Jeep weighs in at just around 4,500 pounds
fully-loaded in the back with the tank of fuel
and our motorhome has a 5,000 pound tow capacity
and it tows this just fine.
Now the weight of your Jeep is going to differ between
whether you have the Sport, the Rubicon,
what kind of accessories you put on it.
We actually got a aluminum bumper
to help keep the weight down.
This weighs just about as much as the stock bumper.
The steel bumpers away a lot more.
So that's something to take into consideration.
After you figured out your motorhome's tow capacity
the next component you need to start looking into is a tow bar.
There are all sorts of tow bars on the market.
We went with the Ready Brute Elite
for a number of reasons that I'll touch on in this video.
But there are a number of other companies
that produce tow bars like Roadmaster, Blue Ox, etc...
You need to find one that has the amount of capacity
to tow a vehicle like this.
The Ready Brute Elite can tow up to 8,000 pounds.
So for us that was perfect.
Now you're tow bar will connect to the motorhome
via the motorhomes hitch receiver
and then you'll have two arms that will come back to the Jeep
and connect to the Jeep via these brackets.
A lot of people will use base plates for their Jeep.
We chose to go with a fully integrated bumper from Rock Hard 4x4.
If you want to review on that bumper
or the tow bar were using, we'll link to those videos here.
The bumper is all aluminum.
It has the brackets that are bolted directly
into the frame of the Jeep, which we prefer.
The next thing is to figure out how to stop your Jeep.
For us, with the Ready Brute Elite tow bar,
it's an inertia driven braking system.
Which means when we break the motorhome,
the Jeep will push up against the motorhome and
activate a lever that pulls a cable,
that pulls our break.
So this is directly tied into our brake.
There's no electronics or anything to really go wrong.
There are electronic systems on the market that you can consider,
but we prefer to go with the inertia driven mechanical system.
The other thing is, when you're braking,
you need the brake lights and the turn signals to work.
So this cable here is tied into our light system in the back.
This is a Cool Tech wire harness
and we connect it to the RV via an umbilical cord
that goes from here directly into the 7 pin adapter on the RV.
The final thing on the list is to make sure you have a
heavy-duty set of safety cables that
could hook on to your bumper.
As well as a breakaway system.
That's this little guy down here.
Now, this is really in case something happens with your tow bar
or the hitch receiver breaks away from the motorhome.
You don't want your Jeep going down the road without any brakes.
So, the safety cable keeps it connected to the RV,
but if the hitch receiver breaks off
and the safety cables are no longer of any use.
This cable is actually tied into the frame of the RV
and as the jeep is moving away from the RV
it'll pull the brakes, lock those in place
and the Jeep will stop in the middle of the road.
This is a lot better than having your Jeep
going careening down a highway.
There are plenty of stories on the internet
about things like this happening.
And we actually met a couple who were
driving down the road, started to slow down,
and they saw their Jeep passing them on the highway.
Luckily the Jeep went off into the dirt
and they were able to go get it,
but sometimes people aren't that lucky
and the car will go incoming traffic.
You do not want that to happen because you are
responsible for anything that happens with your Jeep.
It's very quick to hook the Jeep up to the tow bar.
Just make sure that once it's hooked up,
you go through all the components and have a checklist
to make sure you haven't forgotten any pins,
all your cables are hooked in right places, etc...
The final part is to put your Jeep in tow mode.
Different Jeeps have different ways of doing this.
So we suggest going through your manual
and reading step-by-step how to do it
as you put your Jeep into mode.
It's very simple to do, but there is a specific sequence
that you have to follow in order to do it correctly.
In closing, once you have a vehicle that can
adequately flat tow your Jeep behind,
it's really about finding the right components
that work for your vehicle in your situation.
We will link to everything we've used to flat tow our Jeep in the description below.
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