Expedition Modded Jeeps - Let's see 'em!!
JK Newbie
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: Kelowna, BC
Looks like 255/80r17 km2's on regular "winter" steel wheels painted white. I don't think you need spacers, the tires are the same width as stock rubi tires.
Last edited by cgnjeep; Feb 6, 2013 at 07:29 PM.
JK Junkie
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,088
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From: Tooele (two-willa), Utah
Pros:
Not many thieves have a pintle hitch, so I don't need to worry about someone hooking it up and driving away.
Won't pop off while off roading. I was towing a U-Haul trailer in a car once and it popped off the ball hitch. Destroyed my car and everything in the trailer. The U-Haul people said THEY had to hook it up to my car for insurance purposes, yet when it failed they denied the claim saying I didn't purchase the correct insurance to begin with.
Cons:
Not many cons yet, but perhaps resale, like I said not many people have a pintle hitch unless they buy one or you include one if you were to ever resell the trailer. The one I bought cost me $100 bucks total and I had to go to three different places to get all the pieces.
They sell linkage hitches specifically for off roading that have super articulation.
Not many thieves have a pintle hitch, so I don't need to worry about someone hooking it up and driving away.
Won't pop off while off roading. I was towing a U-Haul trailer in a car once and it popped off the ball hitch. Destroyed my car and everything in the trailer. The U-Haul people said THEY had to hook it up to my car for insurance purposes, yet when it failed they denied the claim saying I didn't purchase the correct insurance to begin with.
Cons:
Not many cons yet, but perhaps resale, like I said not many people have a pintle hitch unless they buy one or you include one if you were to ever resell the trailer. The one I bought cost me $100 bucks total and I had to go to three different places to get all the pieces.
They sell linkage hitches specifically for off roading that have super articulation.
JK Freak
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 559
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From: Edmonton
Pros:
Not many thieves have a pintle hitch, so I don't need to worry about someone hooking it up and driving away.
Won't pop off while off roading. I was towing a U-Haul trailer in a car once and it popped off the ball hitch. Destroyed my car and everything in the trailer. The U-Haul people said THEY had to hook it up to my car for insurance purposes, yet when it failed they denied the claim saying I didn't purchase the correct insurance to begin with.
Cons:
Not many cons yet, but perhaps resale, like I said not many people have a pintle hitch unless they buy one or you include one if you were to ever resell the trailer. The one I bought cost me $100 bucks total and I had to go to three different places to get all the pieces.
They sell linkage hitches specifically for off roading that have super articulation.
A pintle hitch would probably be cheaper that a specially built offroading hitch , expechially if u won't be going "too extreme " pulling a trailer
JK Jedi Master
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,800
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From: Midwest City, OK
JK Jedi Master
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,800
Likes: 374
From: Midwest City, OK
Man, I need to write that down. Honest, that question has been asked at least a dozen times in this thread. And every time I have to go back to James (vehicle owner) and ask him, because I can't remember exactly what year they are from. But, they are SPARE tire wheels--not ever offered on any vehicle except as a spare--off certain years of Grand Cherokee, IIRC. The part numbers for the original and the replacements are buried somewhere in this thread. He had them sandblasted and powdercoated white, and does use spacers for them. They are very unique, and he said it was a real challenge to come up with seven of them (two for his trailer). Good luck if you decide to follow in his footsteps!
