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Old 09-12-2017, 04:52 PM   #1
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Looks like I get to be the first one!
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Old 09-12-2017, 10:13 PM   #2
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Old 09-13-2017, 07:31 AM   #3
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old tow rig, towing the new tow rig!

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Old 09-13-2017, 09:55 AM   #4
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Ironically, I installed a trailer brake kit in this a few years ago and have been lucky to fit on my buddies goose each year and never needed to tow my Jeeps w/ this yet...well, wheeling, anyway.

I do have plans to get the JK on a single car this spring to Moab and put it to it's first real west bound trek tho, so here it is as it sits now:



Love it, best vehicle I've ever owned!

Yes, it is dirty as hell!

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Old 09-13-2017, 01:02 PM   #5
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Ironically, I installed a trailer brake kit in this a few years ago and have been lucky to fit on my buddies goose each year and never needed to tow my Jeeps w/ this yet...well, wheeling, anyway.

I do have plans to get the JK on a single car this spring to Moab and put it to it's first real west bound trek tho, so here it is as it sits now:



Love it, best vehicle I've ever owned!

Yes, it is dirty as hell!

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I paid extra for the towing package on mine. Literally went out of my way to pay more get the better towing mirrors and trailer brake controller. I hated the towing mirrors for a long time, and broke the passenger side one within a few months of ownership. I now am used to them and love them but it took a while.

The trailer brake controller has literally never been used. I thought about putting trailer brakes on the ATV trailer just so I could justify having it in the truck.
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Old 09-13-2017, 01:10 PM   #6
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LOL, nice! Yeah, I towed my 18' trailer when I moved, several trips...even the Jeep to get it up here, but never once hooked up a trailer that needed the controller since

I did go w/ the factory version tho, it's super clean. Truck had the tow pkg, just not the controller. I've not looked at a new truck since I sat in this one, and I have no plans in doing so for the near future!

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Old 09-20-2017, 09:46 PM   #8
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It took me a year to sell this in '08, fuckin' nobody wanted a big SUV after the gas hikes, now everyone is buying them again.

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Old 09-21-2017, 01:19 PM   #9
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15 Laramie, tows like a dream.

Except when flat towing a Jeep with old hard tires on a twisty icy road.
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Old 09-23-2017, 05:55 PM   #11
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Cruisers post reminded me I didn't actually post a picture of my "rig" actually "towing" anything. Let me correct that....
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Old 10-10-2017, 04:27 PM   #14
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Moving to a 2015+ soon.
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Say, that scrambler looks familiar.
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Old 10-11-2017, 05:16 PM   #16
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That setup was a HUGE improvement over the one we took the trip before

I'll have to dig to find pix of that - epic year!

Still wondering if that Ram will make another trip, any plans before March to get rid of that Camaro

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Moving to a 2015+ soon.
How long is that gooseneck?

Im looking to get a new trailer along with a 2017 Super Duty. Was thinking a 30' gooseneck to hold 2 JK's or my JK and TJ.
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How long is that gooseneck?

Im looking to get a new trailer along with a 2017 Super Duty. Was thinking a 30' gooseneck to hold 2 JK's or my JK and TJ.

This one is a 32'. 28' deck, 4' dovetail. Works great. Eats tires though.

at 30' you may have the ass hanging on the back JK if you run spare tire carriers. JK + TJ is no issues.
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Old 10-18-2017, 01:07 PM   #19
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LOL, found a pic of it the day you drove up and showed me what you got



Can't find any more tho, seems that phone w/ all the pix got trashed or sold immediately after the trip, cuz I have NO photos of it
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This one is a 32'. 28' deck, 4' dovetail. Works great. Eats tires though.

at 30' you may have the ass hanging on the back JK if you run spare tire carriers. JK + TJ is no issues.
Maybe I do need a 32'....The TJ is stretched on 42's so its about the length of a JKU now.
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