You didn't read what I said, I NEVER advised anyone to do it, only that at low speeds it is capable of moving much more than the rated load...... on this forum, there are daily posts of guys exceeding the GVWR with their pickups and travelling overland to boot.
I used my short wheelbase TJ to park my neighbours travel trailer every year under the shed..... the tongue weight was a bit high but at under 5mph for a block it had no problems. And the short wheelbase TJ was the only way to maneuver it in.
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Oh I read what you said, and it was inferred that towing with a 2-door is no problem and in fact, as you said, fabulous. Posts like that might encourage the OP to purchase a 2-door Jeep with the intention to occasionally tow and not realize that these Jeeps are quite possibly the
worst 4WD choice available in North America for towing anything at all.
Can we think of any other 4WD rig with a lower tow rating? Maybe a Suzuki Samurai? If we can't come up with one, that must mean that every choice of vehicle is a fabulous tow vehicle
Any car or truck will tow the trailer in your picture for a block. Op is talking about 30 miles. Do you happen to know how much tongue weight that 30 foot trailer has? I'd think it's at least 300 lbs. If so that means that the OP can expect approximately that much sag in his rear while towing his 2900 lbs. trailer on the highway if he doesn't install some mods. Does that look like it's going to be fun when he has to dodge a Dodge or a soccer mom playing with her phone while having very little weight on his front tires? Now let's imagine he needs to dodge on winter roads. Wheels turn right, or left. Rig goes straight.
Not to be snarky, but I mentioned in post 3 what the OP could expect to hear about towing capacities and Jeeps and that is exactly what has happened in this thread and every other thread on the Internets about towing with a 2-door. For some reason it seems to be worse for Jeeps than pickup trucks. People tend to think that if a vehicle can simply move forward with a pile of crap attached to the back that it's perfectly safe.
I will tell you that after we tried towing a 1900 lbs. camp trailer for 30-50 mile trips during the summer with a 2-door Jeep we bought a 6-cylinder Subaru Outback to tow that trailer. The Subaru was far and away a much wiser choice and did in fact tow that trailer "fabulously". That says a lot about towing with a 2-door.
Keep in mind that I am also guilty about packing my Jeep to the point that it is 600 lbs. over weight. Please don't think that I'm being "all high and mighty" here because that isn't my intention. If I knew then what I know now (pertaining to towing with a 2-door) I would have purchased a 4-door JK instead of a 2-door. The OP might be interested to know that since he hasn't purchased yet. Then again, maybe not.
But, people that are going to tow whatever the hell they want to with no regard for the law, a Jeep engineers' opinion, or public safety are irresponsible. Let's just say that if the OP happens to wrap his Jeep around a tree while pulling 45% more weight than Jeep "allows", I'll hope that his wife, family, and dogs are not in the car with him.
Meanwhile I'll be hoping that my wife, family, and dogs are not in his way either.
