How to Flat tow your 80 series... safely.

[Romer]

@SHREG please stop posting for sale stuff in tech. I have deleted the same post twice in this thread

 

[SHREG]

Appologies. My bad.

 

[J1000]

I did this. Worked out better than I expected.

 

[PokeyTWA]

Moved from a ARB bumper to a Slee Shortbus so changed up my flat towing equipment a bit before a ~1,000 mile road trip from Seattle to Glacier NP. Worked with a local welding shop to make a copy of the baseplate @oilbrnr shared photos of with a few changes. I used Rugged Ridge D ring shackle brackets that work with my Blue Ox tow bar mounts.

I also added some Blue Ox permanently installed safely chains looped over the frame as a backup in case of failure.

It all worked out flawlessly on this trip.

 

[oilbrnr]

So you’re saying there is a Blue-Ox fork that fits over that single bow shackle finger?

 

[PokeyTWA]

So you’re saying there is a Blue-Ox fork that fits over that single bow shackle finger?

Yes - it's their off-road bumper adapter. Comes in 7/8" and 1" versions, bolts onto a Blue Ox tow bar.

 

[oilbrnr]

Interesting, though not useful with our Slee's. Too high and thin. Does make for two additional recovery points in your case. Like I said before, I've questioned just how strong their multi finger mount is I'm using. I think 10k, but it has been many years since I had that done.

Makes you wonder if there are some wacky Jeep dudes out there using this new bow shackle towbar adapters, and having extreme angles from the bumper down to the RV receiver...