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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Phindolf
I havent taken this jeep off road yet. She is in the process of getting a 4in lift and some body work as well as 32x11.50.15 tires. But I did tow a car with her that I was told she couldnt. The weight broke my buddy's trailer hitch on his Chevy so we hooked up to my Jeep and proceeded to drive 101.49 miles never made it over 65mph but she hauled 6500 lbs. 3000 trailer and 3500lbs 67 Buick Special. Lol UHaul never saw that coming.
How did it do stopping and steering with all that weight on the rear?
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Old Apr 6, 2012 | 11:34 AM
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sorry buddy look in the inside of your door GVWR is 4900
Yea I didnt comment on it that was someone elses comment but it was a hell of a haul
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Old Apr 6, 2012 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JeepingDan
How did it do stopping and steering with all that weight on the rear?
It did surprisingly well the trailer had brake assist on it. Mainly the problem was getting up to speed
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 08:41 PM
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I take my jeep everywhere
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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I told em, "Don't follow me, I'm goin deep." They never listen. Tugged em on the flip flop.
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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Lol i pull chevys and fords all the time love it
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 06:36 PM
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Pullin people out lol

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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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ive been out with my cousin wheeling in the woods and he found a bad mud hole his jeep would hardly go through(95 6'' lift on 35mts, im on 4.5 and ats) needless to say that was the only time i had a winch on my jeep, but i wewnt through a lot of stuff that any other vehicle woulda got stuck in, xj's are my wheeling vehicle of choice

the attached photo is the pit i was trying to cross i stayed to the edge hoping it would not as worse as the middle where my cousin took his
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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I like telling people "I haven't needed 4 wheel drive yet" just to see the look on their faces, and my rear diff is open too :-D
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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its possible ive done a lot in 2wd this things are built to wheel
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Lifted98
its possible ive done a lot in 2wd this things are built to wheel
I only got stuck 1 time with my 2wd and it was in a drainage ditch behind Winn Dixie that was 30 feet deep with peanut butter syrup crap mud. Ended up rocking it out. Somehow got up the hill, she overheated I shut her off she wouldn't start fr a hour than she got us home and drove 200 miles the next day.
I took mine through some serious crap. And onl
y got stuck once and I was on bald street tires. Just gotta have bawls and momentum.
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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lol Ive only been wrong about what my jeep would go through or up once.. And that was a large hill climb that plateaus out lol. Got about half way up when the aux fan kicked on, stalled out when the front two tires got over.. First thing that went through my mind was "well at least im gonna get to feel what its like to flop" lol
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Old May 8, 2012 | 04:04 AM
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in my third cherokee a 86 with the bad v6 me and a friend were going through a mud hole and mud coming over the hood it could barely get to or stay at 55 but it could through the deepest mud where lifted chevys and fords would get stuck
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Old May 8, 2012 | 05:36 AM
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My little brother said my stock XJ on Wranglers would never make it up this old logging road. It was rutted to **** and back. Old sketchy rickidy wooden bridge, going through bog water. Loose rock on those kind of inclines where you're staring at treetops and sky...

"I would only go through this on my dirt bike" he told me. I told him I could make it, not only down, but back up... In 2WD.

So I proceeded.

They only thing he could say during the ride was "****ing Christ!" and "slow the **** down!"

First time I ever witnessed this 98 XJ reach operating temp in the 3 months I've owned it.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by KJamesJR
My little brother said my stock XJ on Wranglers would never make it up this old logging road. It was rutted to **** and back. Old sketchy rickidy wooden bridge, going through bog water. Loose rock on those kind of inclines where you're staring at treetops and sky...

"I would only go through this on my dirt bike" he told me. I told him I could make it, not only down, but back up... In 2WD.

So I proceeded.

They only thing he could say during the ride was "****ing Christ!" and "slow the **** down!"

First time I ever witnessed this 98 XJ reach operating temp in the 3 months I've owned it.

I laughed so hard at this.

I have something similar, when I was down in WV at my cousins there was a road similar to this that they always take their Polaris Ranger down, and go shooting somewhere down the road. I said why not take the jeep. they said I wouldn't make it, and they took the polaris behind me. I had Bald street tires at the time, and it was a lot of light mud, and some little hills. there was only one section that I was a little scared, but the XJ made it just fine. I ended up waiting 20 minutes for them to get there.
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