who tows with a V6?

Six cylinder is plenty

No problems with a six. My Pilot has one. I've towed it with Dodge Durango and Dakota sixes fine as well as the GM Trailblazers/Chevy model.... The most fun I had was with a heavy tongue on my old trailer and my 2000 Wrangler Sahara bounce bounce bounce bounce, but the six was fine on that too........
 
thats what i got is a wrangler and sometimes stopping scares the chit out of me. my trailer does not have brakes......:zip:
 
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Yeah, I didn't bother to even get into that. I had a tandem axle and the drum brakes were blown right out of it. Stopping could get to be a little exciting at times. "Oh please please please stop, please...." I remember all to well.:beer:
 
You'll definately want trailer brakes for safety reasons, but otherwise go for it. Like I said, I beat the SH!T out of mine and towed things that an F-350 should have been used for. Yet it took it in stride. Your major saving grace is that your not towing very far.
 
A grand cherokee is lighter than a wrangler. The longer wheelbase of the grand will make it more stable pulling though. The grands did have better brakes.
 
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A grand cherokee is lighter than a wrangler. The longer wheelbase of the grand will make it more stable pulling though. The grands did have better brakes.
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The GRAND does have a longer wheelbase, but the 93-98's used the same front brakes that a CHEROKEE and WRANGLER used. They did have rear disks on most of them, but they are small. The 90+ brakes that CHRYSLER used left MCUH to be desired as far as stopping a load. My 88 CHEROKEE has GOOD brakes on it, but doesn't have the grunt of the later 91+ engines. As far as the GRAND weighing less, I highly doubt that. My lift at work would have agreed with me as well. The YJ's were pretty light, and the TJ's didn't weigh much more. That is why they have so many handling issues with the WRANGLERS and the coil springs, they are to light to really use coil springs on with there center of gravity. The GRANDS never had this issue. In 99 CHRYSLER did improve the brakes on the GRAND TREMEDOUSLY though and went with MUCH larger discs all around.
 
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Ferm....you know more about Chrysler products than anyone I have ever met:beer::nice:
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I worked on em for 2 years in a dealership, and specialized in JEEPS. I also built a few JEEPS for people in the past, and my father spent 28 years working for CHRYSLER and the last 7 of that was JEEPS ONLY. SO yeah, I likes my JEEPS. Although I do like my current DAKOTA as well:love:.

I once had a guy I work with ask me if my dad read CHILTON'S manuals to me as a kid? I promptly responded "NOPE, I read them to myself".
 
so hear is a good one for you....

had a guy look at the jeep last night. love everthing about it, but he is moving to florida and when he saw it did not have AC he lost all interest. Is it possible to add AC to my wrangler? and if so how much $?
 
I will quote my wife (owner of a "80 CJ),
"WHY WOULD YOU WANT AC ON A WRANGLER??? oh you're not a real Jeep person"
It used to run around $1500 to add hangon air.
 
tsubaki....... I could not agree more, but this guy has a house in Florida and says you need AC down there. :head: I told him I would try to get a quote to have it added.
 
A/C is NICE to have down here. It can get pretty hot, but no where near as bad as the middle of the state can be. INDIANA was MUCH hotter for a few days when I was up there, and nothing can take KENTUCKY and MISSOURI for a miserable summer. The last time I priced an add on A/C was for around $1K-$1100 for just the kit. Most of them are fairly easy to install though.
 
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