jeep on my tow rig?

[Rockjunky317]

i have a 87 ford diesel with a dana 80 in the rear end, i used to borrow a buddies trailer to tow it but got tired of stayin in a tent and bought a camp trailer, and was wondering if it would be possible to get a flat bet to put on to park my jeep on the back of my truck and then tow the trailer that way?

 

[UNSTUCK]

Single rear wheel or dulie? I wouldn't try it with a single rear wheel. After that it's a matter of finding a flat bed that will fit your truck and is long enough to fit the jeep.

 

[Rockjunky317]

its a single wheel

 

[mbryson]

its a single wheel

don't unless you plan on going to a duallie setup. Take a look at a flatbed wrecker. That's kinda what you're after. Then check your insurance about CARRYING a car.


Cody had a thread about this very thing a while ago. Might be cool to search?

 

[1993yj]

You could always tow the jeep behind the trailer

 

[Rockjunky317]

i dont wanna do doubles, why is it so important that its dual wheels?

 

[mbryson]

i dont wanna do doubles, why is it so important that its dual wheels?

So you can support the weight. Think about it.

 

[Coco]

With all that weight on the rear end/axle, and only having one wheel on each end of the axle is a lot of strain on the wheels. If you have a dually setup, the weight will transfer out a little better.

 

[Cody]

I think this would be cool, but dually for sure. I was looking at a dodge 3500 that had a flat bed conversion done to it just for this purpose.

When the time comes to pick up a new tow rig, I may look into this again. I don't really need a nice tow rig so I bet I could pick up a late 90's CTD reg cab, long bed dually for cheap and the flat bed shouldn't cost more than a trailer---at least I wouldn't think so anyway.

 

[NE_Utah]

I know Beach puts his Jeep in a flat bed truck. It is a duelly and it hauls it just fine.

I checke with my insurance (State farm) and they said it needs to be strapped down at each corner. They look at it just the same as the ATVs in the in the bed racks on pick up trucks.

I have thought about this with a old truck I have.

 

[WayneXJ]

I know Beach puts his Jeep in a flat bed truck. It is a duelly and it hauls it just fine.

I checke with my insurance (State farm) and they said it needs to be strapped down at each corner. They look at it just the same as the ATVs in the in the bed racks on pick up trucks.

I have thought about this with a old truck I have.

is it yellow?

 

[gripguru]

i have a 87 ford diesel with a dana 80 in the rear end, i used to borrow a buddies trailer to tow it but got tired of stayin in a tent and bought a camp trailer, and was wondering if it would be possible to get a flat bet to put on to park my jeep on the back of my truck and then tow the trailer that way?

Just get some ford dually spacers for that rear end and build a flat bed. I had the flatbed dually and was planning to do that, you need more than 12 foot in order to mount the rig on the bed effectively. Here was the start rig though:

 

[NE_Utah]

is it yellow?

Its gray/blue/brown/rusty.

The yellow is the fun truck.

You just shut up about my rubber ducky

 

[BrockSampson]

there is one for sale in the dick's market parking lot in centerville. its a late '80s chevy, crew cab, 2wd, duelly. it looks to have an 18' to 20' flat bed including the dovetail. don't know much more about it. I thought it would be pretty cool to have if i didn't already have a cummins.

 

[1993yj]

I would still double tow (depending on the setup). Much cheaper than getting a rig and making it into a flat bed.

 

[UNSTUCK]

Go for something like this. It rocks!

 

[Rockjunky317]

you sleep in that too? im thinkin 40ft gooseneck and makin the front my sleeping area with my trailer