gnmiller Report post Posted July 7, 2017 I am trying to find a good and knowledgeable installer of flat tow equipment in the Houston area. I am about to take delivery of a new Newell motor coach and I am thinking about looking for a good, but used, 2014-2017 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. I want it done right and it seems there was a wobble issue in the past so having someone experienced with past problems would probably be the best. I appreciate any help or thoughts anyone has on this matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfe10 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 gnmiller, Welcome to the FMCA Forum. No first hand experience, but this guy has received a lot of recommendations: http://www.smittysrvwelding.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fagnaml Report post Posted July 7, 2017 Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new Newell motorhome! When I priced tow bars, supplement brakes and installation 18 months ago, Camping World in Katy was surprisingly cheaper than Smitty's Welding and they did a great job installing the tow package. I purchased the Road Master Sterling All-Terrain "aluminum" tow bar, the EZ5 mounting bracket (I didn't want to mess with a cross bar type bracket) and Road Master Invisibrake. Smitty's Welding has Blue Ox tow bars systems. I've learned from the FMCA forum that Road Master and Blue Ox are both good towing systems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manholt Report post Posted July 7, 2017 Welcome to the Forum and congrats on a new coach. The wobble issue is not on the Wrangler series of Jeep, just Cherokee. If you live in the Houston area, then yes I would use Smitty! Also AF1 or M&G supplemental brake system. I have had the invisibrake and it's good, but I use my Jeep on 4x4 trails and it does not like to be wet...had 2 short out on me. My Female has the AF1 and loves it. I love mine and it's built in Athens, Texas...both systems work really good. Linda has a 10,000 Blu Ox and I use the 6,000 Roadmaster Sterling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayne77590 Report post Posted July 8, 2017 21 hours ago, wolfe10 said: gnmiller, Welcome to the FMCA Forum. No first hand experience, but this guy has received a lot of recommendations: http://www.smittysrvwelding.com/ I do have first hand experience with Smitty's RV Welding and it is all excellent. First time was the Saturn Vue and the second time was the Lincoln MKX. I have referred other friends there and their experience has been positive. Last person i sent there they were able to spend the night in the parking lot for a finish-up the Next morning. He may or may not be as cheap as CW but he does excellent work. He also installed my AF1 in the Saturn and removed it and re-installed it in the Lincoln. JMHO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertdeals69 Report post Posted July 8, 2017 On 7/7/2017 at 2:17 PM, fagnaml said: Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new Newell motorhome! When I priced tow bars, supplement brakes and installation 18 months ago, Camping World in Katy was surprisingly cheaper than Smitty's Welding and they did a great job installing the tow package. I purchased the Road Master Sterling All-Terrain "aluminum" tow bar, the EZ5 mounting bracket (I didn't want to mess with a cross bar type bracket) and Road Master Invisibrake. Smitty's Welding has Blue Ox tow bars systems. I've learned from the FMCA forum that Road Master and Blue Ox are both good towing systems. Blue Ox and Roadmaster are both good products. I prefer Roadmaster because all of their parts are manufactured and assembled in house, not manufactured off shore and assembled in the U. S. if that makes a difference to you. Also they service their tow bars at the conventions as a courtesy, not like the others that charge for that service. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blakeloke Report post Posted July 10, 2017 gnmiller, Congrats on your new Newell! I did the flat tow set-up on our '07 Ram truck when it was new. It required removing the front bumper and valance and other parts. Not a hard job but took awhile. So, with our '16 Grand Cherokee, we had Action RV do the flat tow install. They are located in Conroe near the lake. Great quality work! In both cases we used the Blue Ox set-up. Current tow bar is Blue Ox Aventa II. Blake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gnmiller Report post Posted July 11, 2017 Thanks for all of the reply's. I had thought of Camping World but I will also look into Smitty's since both are in my area. Really looking forward to getting out!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillAdams Report post Posted July 11, 2017 Smitty's installed an M&G braking system for me at a reasonable price and in the promised time frame. Good company doing business the way you would hope. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayne77590 Report post Posted July 13, 2017 Hey, at Smitty's drop Bill's name or my name and I'm sure he'll jack the prices up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
