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Default Bumper-mounted trailer hitch bracket for Jeep Wrangler TJ

Jeep Wrangler Owners Manual.

I have one and it states:

"Trailer Towing Requirements:
Class I Hitch (Light Duty) for towing trailers with a Gross Trailer Weight
of up to and not exceeding 2,000 lbs. (907kg).
2.5L, engine with 5-speed Manual or any 4.0L engine / transmission
combination.
CAUTION!
Do not use a bumper mounted clamp-on tow bar on your vehicle. The bumper
face bar will be damaged."

Nuff said!

Tom



"billy ray" wrote in message
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The link below is to a page in the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation website. I will assume, with the known limitations therein,
that it may be taken as an 'official" publication

Please see paragraphs 4 & 5 in section 1
Please see paragraph 5 in section 2
Please see illustration 2
http://www.boat-ed.com/fl/course/p2-4_trailering.htm

You hitch design may be legal in Florida.... assuming that you can get the
data from the DC engineering departments for "the weight rating of the
bumper. "

However the factory manual shows the only approved (by DC) methods of
attaching a towbar. In my XJ manual it is section 13 pages 7 & 8.

Does someone have a Wrangler manual that can check and post the

appropriate
pages in the Frames & Bumpers section?