Hotspur

I know the tongue weight for a 2 door is 300 pounds. What kind of damage am I likely to experience if I exceed this rating? Thanks!

medic_23387

That rating is for the factory shocks/springs and hitch itself. But that hitch if installed correctly is not going anywhere. If the tongue weight is that much u might need to look at the overall weight of what u are pulling if its to much then u could cause real damage.

ronjenx

Where did you see that?
I was thinking it is 100 lbs. or 200 lbs., depending on trailer tow rating.

The likelihood of damage isn't much, but the handling will suffer.

Yankee

Your likely to experience serious (and dangerous) handling problems even before any damage is caused I think.

wired

The tongue weight is 200 lb for the 2 dr. If you exceed this, you lose some control of your jeep. If you go way over, then you are really playing with fire.

RobtTxRubi

X2 unless you have some sort of weight distribution system like air bags in the rear springs. Air Rite has bags for the rear springs which will place the wt back on the front end.

ronjenx

Air bags will do that?

I can see a weight distributing hitch doing that. But, air bags?