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 Post subject: Front End Receiver - Towing
PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:19 pm 
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We are moving soon and I am thinking about buying a front end receiver for the Liberty. I am aware of the installation procedures already... What I am wondering is whether I can use the front receiver hitch to tow the Jeep behind a Uhaul moving truck? I am imagining installing a front receiver with ball mounted, then using a short bar to go from the Liberty's front ball to the Uhaul's rear ball... Is this possible?


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 Post subject: Re: Front End Receiver - Towing
PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:12 pm 
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We are moving soon and I am thinking about buying a front end receiver for the Liberty. I am aware of the installation procedures already... What I am wondering is whether I can use the front receiver hitch to tow the Jeep behind a Uhaul moving truck? I am imagining installing a front receiver with ball mounted, then using a short bar to go from the Liberty's front ball to the Uhaul's rear ball... Is this possible?


No. A single bar would be disaster as soon as you hit the brakes on the U-Haul. You need at least two connection points on the Jeep to control it while towing it.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:05 pm 
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^, hes right. not safe.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:34 pm 
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Got it.... so a front receiver is useless for towing.... there goes my excuse to get one...


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lol. I see alot of people using them to push boats into places that are very hard to back into. I can back a boat anywhere you can push it though. But for towing the liberty behind an rv, i wouldnt do it with just a hitch. and i think those big things people use to tow them with look silly when the jeep is driving around.

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