stock tow package?
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From: Alberta Canada
Year: 2003
Model: Grand Cherokee
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stock tow package?
So me and my gf are out at my moms diging this stump out of the ground. we dig so far that i can wiggle stump with my hands so i go, ``lets giver her a tug with my jeep``. Bam bends the bumper and the cross bar that holds my hitch! had to beat the shi* out of the bumper to get the liftgate open. WTF? shouldnt i be able to tug on that a little bit?
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You exceeded the tow rating of your hitch/bumper with the static (nonmoving) pull on the stump.
Probably should have burned the stump out. You have found out how well all those little root hairs hang on.
I yanked a living cedar tree out of the ground one time with my CJ-7 and a ******-Um-Strap.
Probably should have burned the stump out. You have found out how well all those little root hairs hang on.
I yanked a living cedar tree out of the ground one time with my CJ-7 and a ******-Um-Strap.
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From: eaton ohio
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dont feel bad man i got yanked out of a hole with my factory hitch like from the factory and it was all rusted out and it bent lucky it was just the hitch tho, i got a 93 so im sure it was just age that did it to both of ours.
i pulled a stump with my wifes liberty it took about 9 tugs and broke a 15k strap but the hitch held like a champ but its an 03 so rust hasnt taken over it just yet
i pulled a stump with my wifes liberty it took about 9 tugs and broke a 15k strap but the hitch held like a champ but its an 03 so rust hasnt taken over it just yet
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Stumps are tough. I once couldn't yank a little 4" walnut tree out with my big bad power wagon. Finally gave up on it.
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I was trying to pull old bushes out of my yard once with my Dodge V10 crew cab monster and a logging chain. The bushes all won. Had to borrow the bobcat and dig em out.
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You exceeded the tow rating of your hitch/bumper with the static (nonmoving) pull on the stump.
Probably should have burned the stump out. You have found out how well all those little root hairs hang on.
I yanked a living cedar tree out of the ground one time with my CJ-7 and a ******-Um-Strap.
Probably should have burned the stump out. You have found out how well all those little root hairs hang on.
I yanked a living cedar tree out of the ground one time with my CJ-7 and a ******-Um-Strap.
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What I want to know is how did you bend the bumper? Is the hitch bolted to the bumper? If it is then I don't think that is a factory tow package. More like a Wally World special. The factory hitches mounted to the nut strips inside the frame rails.
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dig down around it below the ground level... fill with fuel... let it sit alittle so the stump soaks it up... dump alittle more and then light a match... itll burn up into ash pretty much... you may have to hit it around with a shovel but then you just cover the hole!
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