If I knew a Jeep was pulling a trailer at 70mph + without brakes near me they would get lots of room and be in front of me. Just me - I drive like everyone else wants to kill me.

 

I agree. When I towed the heavy trailer with the Jeep I had dual axle electric brakes, sway control, and weight distribution hitch. If I dialed up the brake controller I could actually stop the Jeep with the trailer brakes.

 

OK Thanks!! Sound like 4:1 gears for me.

 

What did you use for a hitch on your Jeep? The little bolt on one?

 

I started with that, but it would actually twist under the torsion load of the weight distribution hitch. I replaced that receiver and the rear bumper with the Smittybilt XRC bumper and it was the best move I made. That bumper made a huge improvement in the towing performance with the weight distribution setup. At the time I was towing, that smittybilt was the only aftermarket bumper that actually gave a tow rating and tongue rating. It was rated for 5000 pounds tow and 500 pounds tongue.

 

Dude, you have helped me so much, I really appreciate it!

 

Hey, thanks again for the info. Here's my list of things to do to pull a 3,500 camper (Vista Cruiser 19erd)
Gears: Go from stock 3.21 to 4.56 Yukons
Tires: Go from stock to Goodyear Duratracs 285/75R18 - (basically 35's)
Rear Bumper: Smittybilt XRC Armor Full width SMB76855
2.5 inch lift - Rubicon Express RE7141M
Brake controller/wiring
Weight distribution hitch: Still shopping

Do you think doing the spring lift and bigger tire would help or not?

 

Bigger tires are not going to help with towing. For a brake controller, I used prodigy 2. The nice thing about that is that I could unplug it. The jk has surprisingly little dash real estate to have a permanently mounted controller. I didn't have mine mounted. I simply placed it next to the 4x4 shift lever. Unplugged and stored in center console when not in use.