Tow or not to Tow a boat??
02-03-2013 | 03:30 AM
#32
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From: Bergen County, New Jersey U.S.A.
Year: 1990 Laredo
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6 Renix
02-03-2013 | 08:05 AM
#34
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From: Laurel, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I tow my 18' Mirrocraft SC. trailer and boat should be pretty close to 3000 lbs. I don't really like doing it since it'll sway on the highway, I'm trying to figure out what needs to be done. Poly leaf spring bushings possibly could help or stiffer shocks. It doesn't squat at all though.
02-03-2013 | 04:16 PM
#36
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From: Columbia, SC
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
You suck I towed a 4 or 5 hundred pound trailer with probably 1200 pounds of a/c units on it and it thru me all over the road at 65mph was sketchy as heck to say the least. Iv got 3.5in lift with 31s with front and rear sway bars. Granted its a 2dr but Id expect a lil bit more stability out of it. Dont think Ill ever tow a trailer behind my jeep again.
02-03-2013 | 04:28 PM
#37
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From: Wisconsin
Model: Cherokee
I towed a liberty all over town today and that sucker weighs a crap load. I definitely knew it was behind me and stayed at 50 on the highway because it was swaying me all over the place.
Look at the size difference. It pulled it fine, as far as power goes but the stability bothered me
Look at the size difference. It pulled it fine, as far as power goes but the stability bothered me
Hehehe. I'm saving that pic for next time someone asks why I don't trade the XJ on a Liberty, lol.
05-01-2013 | 06:09 AM
#38
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From: Memphis tenn
Year: 88
Model: Cherokee
Engine: i6 4.0
05-01-2013 | 07:58 AM
#41
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From: Colorado
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
I pull a brick of a horse trailer with 2 horses around. I'm at 4.5" of lift and 31" tires and no rear sway bar. I don't get any roll and no sagging what so ever. The trailer kind of pushes the jeep around when trying to stop so you have to start breaking way early; the jeep isn't set up to use the trailer brakes though. It did have the tow package but the factor hitch was replaced with something heavier duty, and the purpose of the deeper gears were kind of killed by the lift and tires.
05-01-2013 | 09:02 AM
#42
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From: Corpus Christi, TX
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I tow this boat around, but my Rusty's springs sure do hate it.
towed the boat 150 miles over the weekend, even though I've taken the weight of the trailer off of the Jeep, it's a half inch lower in the back than it was a week ago. The boat/and trailer can't weigh more than 1,000 pounds put together.
towed the boat 150 miles over the weekend, even though I've taken the weight of the trailer off of the Jeep, it's a half inch lower in the back than it was a week ago. The boat/and trailer can't weigh more than 1,000 pounds put together.
05-01-2013 | 09:17 AM
#43
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From: Pittsgrove nj
Year: 99
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0l
I have a 15ft 1970 cobia trihull with a 60hp out board and single axle trailer i use it for clamming I take it out every weeked 45mins each way to the water with my 99 xj on 35s with 3.55s gears and I hardly notice its behind me unless i go down a really rough road it will start swaying a bit.
