68Chevysspu

Hi. 2NavyBrats I'm new here and I don’t own an HDT yet but I have been doing a lot of research since I’m a working truck driver and my plan has been to semi-retire pulling my travel trailer with a day-cab truck. Life is holding me back a bit right now. That being said, if you have the 2 door JK it is just under 13’ nose to tail stock. The 4 door is 14.5’. You can find trucks of various lengths but a common back-of-cab to tail-of-frame is 13’ on a 3-axle truck (that is steer axle plus 2 drive axles). If you have the 4 door you’ll have to do some measuring on different trucks to make it fit. I have been planning the same thing but with an older Wrangler and pulling a travel trailer instead of a 5th wheel so there’s no conflict. I'm not sure how much extra frame length you’re going to need between the rear of the Jeep and the front of the trailer for cornering but I assume it would be at least half the width of the front of the trailer. Just to be clear, the Jeep will have to load from the rear instead of the side because it’s too long. So just off the top of my head the cab-to-tail length would have to be at least 18’ for the 2 door and 19.5 for the 4 door (which I assume yours is because you said “JKU”). That’s if the Jeep rolls right up to the cab. Weight isn’t a problem because they only weigh around 4000 lbs. Total weight to the ground on a single dually rear axle on these trucks is 20,000 lbs. On tandem dually axles it’s 34,000 lbs. I'm just thinkin' here in the middle of the night so take my figures with a grain of salt. Hope it helps. Chevy

Hi folks, I’ve just start exploring the forum here on HDTs and I can see there’s a lot of good info here from a bunch of good people. I’ve been a truck driver for over 25 years and have recently started thinking about semi-retirement (no pun intended...ok I admit it I like the pun). I have my eye on a 98 Freightliner day cab with plans to put a hitch on the rear and pull my 24’ 2007 Salem travel trailer while leaving the heavy duty fifth wheel in place so I can still use it professionally at times. I live in the NW and Some of my kids live in the SW and I’m tired of not seeing my grandkids. Even though my wife went on the road with me for awhile she doesn’t seem to be on board with riding in a semi again now so I may be reconsidering the whole idea. One question has come up though that I would like some opinions on. Is the suspension on the truck too stiff so that it will damage the trailer when hooked up with a typical drawbar and receiver? I read that somewhere and had never considered it before. Thanks for being so welcoming to new people. I hope to see some of you out on the road one of these days. Rod