How much will a cherokee tow?
03-01-2014, 08:45 PM
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How much will a cherokee tow?
I am curious how much some of you other guys have towed. I have a 98 cherokee 4x4 and haven't towed much with it. I am thinking about getting a Polaris rzr in the future and wondered how well it would pull it down the road. Also what is the longest open trailer you would recommend to pull ? Thanks
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I am curious how much some of you other guys have towed. I have a 98 cherokee 4x4 and haven't towed much with it. I am thinking about getting a Polaris rzr in the future and wondered how well it would pull it down the road. Also what is the longest open trailer you would recommend to pull ? Thanks
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My 90 tows my 18ft, 2400lb boat just fine, as long as I keep it at a reasonable speed. Yours should tow the Polaris w/o issue. I would not go bigger than 12ft on the trlr and keep the tongue wt lite.
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The max tow rating of 5K lbs requires 4.0L motor, heavy duty cooling, auto tranny AND a auxiliary tranny cooler. The XJ is light duty at best......u can definitely tell when a mere 1500 lbs is back there. Remove any one of those 4 components drops the max tow rating to 3K lbs, iirc. By all means, allow extra stopping distance.
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I pulled about 5500lbs in a uhaul from Louisiana to Montana when I got out of the Army. I got terrible milage and high winds/snow/ice across CO/WY/MT made it a miserable trip in a lifted XJ but it made it without breaking anything. The were semis lying on their side in some spots Wyoming so I don't feel to bad about it. Not something I would do again. No problem pulling pontoon boats/ rafts etc.
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I pulled about 5500lbs in a uhaul from Louisiana to Montana when I got out of the Army. I got terrible milage and high winds/snow/ice across CO/WY/MT made it a miserable trip in a lifted XJ but it made it without breaking anything. The were semis lying on their side in some spots Wyoming so I don't feel to bad about it. Not something I would do again. No problem pulling pontoon boats/ rafts etc.
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