YJ tow rating, why so low?

It's a short wheelbase thing. I have seen people towing pretty large boats on the highway with swb Jeeps. They are nuts. You need a Suburban like mine, or a Bronco like Bill's, or at least a Cherokee for this.

Earle

Short wheelbase, mostly.

...or, even better, a Grand Wagoneer!!

It's a short wheel base AND very light vehicle issue.

Let us know when you want to take that boat out with your YJ so we can stay at home that day.

From what I was told The vehicle towing "must" be heavier than the towed vehicle.

Not so for tractor trailers but that's a different ball of wax :-)

Rick S> We have a 1990 Wrangler YJ with 4.2 six, manual trans. I've been

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:02:14 -0500, "TJim" shared the following:

My CJ5 did really well towing home my pig roaster today. :-D

-- Travis

You DO know what we call sushi in the South?

Bait!

travis spake thusly in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Yes, but was that with or with out pig? And how big of a tusker did you have on the grille? More than 2500 lbs?

-Fred W

Approximately 10/30/03 14:22, PLB49 uttered for posterity:

Well that's because you all just don't know how to *cook* the stuff!!!

The short wheelbase and high center of gravity means that the trailer gets more leverage on the YJ than other vehicles. The 4.2 has plenty of horsepower for mid range towing, the brakes are fine, but the ability to control it in a panic situation is very lacking. Think of driving down the freeway and the guy in front of you slams on the brakes. You have to dive for the next lane over. Your trailer will just spin you around or (gulp) flip you over.

Cheers.

Rick S> We have a 1990 Wrangler YJ with 4.2 six, manual trans. I've been

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 14:19:22 -0800, L.W.(ßill) Hughes III shared the following:

Here you go...

-- Travis

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:07:47 GMT, twaldron shared the following:

The one on the right in this one:

-- Travis

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:19:02 GMT, twaldron shared the following:

Were are y'all's mug shots? The newsgroup I used to read daily (and still do, actually) had a website or two set up with pictures of the regulars' vehicles and even pictures of the newsgroup participants. Does this newsgroup have anything like that set up?

-- Travis

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:37:51 -0500, travis shared the following:

were=where. *sigh*

-- Travis