Re: Trailer Towing Question - tires (or tyres)

Posted by Ludwig on August 23, 2005 at 14:28:24 from (65.196.0.66):

In Reply to: Re: Trailer Towing Question - tires (or tyres) posted by rick weaver on August 23, 2005 at 11:48:39:

Rick,

The powerplant in the truck has very little to do with how much weight you can haul. An old IH pickup with a straight 6 and less than half the horsepower of your Jeep will tow twice as much weight. The concern here is that you don't really have a whole lot of weight to control it. I'm not 100% positive but I think the Grand Cherokee is unibody in which case you don't even have frame rails to control the load.
Without brakes that kind of load would be nearly suicidal.
And I for sure know about towing near the limit. I towed my Farmall Regular 300 miles with my '96 Dodge Dakota. I had plenty of power to pull it but just barely enough weight and wheelbase to keep everything in control. Fortunately it was a perfect day and traffic was light so we had no problems. If conditions had deteriorated I'd have pulled over and waited for them to improve.

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