I have another idea for trailer. Pull motor, tranny, transfer, drive shafts wires.ect reinforce unibody & give it a tongue. Finish the inside to taste & needs.box in bottom of engine compartment for lockable storage(have to get in trailer cab to pull hood release). Long enough to camp out in & hold gear & spare parts for extented road trips ect.

 

The only thing is watch the tongue weight. if you just throw a Tongue on an XJ body you figure your wheel base is already 110" (center of wheel to center of wheel) now throw on a tongue, so whatever you have past where the front wheel would be (lets say it is a 12" tongue) that is 140"-160" from ball mount to the rear tire.... and there is not much room afterward to counter the tongue weight.

 

What I would do is take a 4door, chop off the front of it, leaving the B pillar and rear area, build a new front end and then put a lift and tire combo on it that matchs your cherokee as is.

you figure that would give you the same cargo room as if you had the s eats folded down. and you can even make a fat bottom for it as you wont need the gas tank, or DS tunnel

 

go find a comanche bed, build a frame with a tongue then get a shell thats what im doin

 

You're right-the tounge weight would be a problem. What if you just used a gutted XJ with a tow bar on the front? It sounds to me like that's what the OP was saying. Leave all 4 wheels on and just use the body shell.

 

Exactly what I was saying. Be like flat towing but without most the weight from motor/tranny/transfer ect ect. Have to do a little think to actually make a little tongue weight. Like tongue a inch lower than hitch. You could load down the trailer xj with everything needs like spare parts, extra set of tires, camping supplies, & still have room to actually sleep in. And the weight will all be on the trailer xjs suspension & carried by 4 tires instead of a teeter-totter 1/2 xj trailer that to small to even lay down in. Think of it like a grain wagon. You couldn't haul near the volume/weight on a two wheel grain trailer but you put a tire at each corner of that trailer & you can haul way way more of whatever with zero tongue weight issues.

 

Ive thought of the same thing but have wonderd how it would work. Have you started making one?

 

A lot of good info in here https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/cu...-27603/index2/

 

http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1041284

He calls it the "Jeper"