We also go by the recommendations in the Trailer Life Tow Guide. We have a link to the last one (2008) they published on line in our Links. You can see if your Jeep is listed and what the tow rating is.
Sandra Rutan
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, <jjerryj@...> wrote:
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> Pierre, this is a subject that comes up periodically. The reason for recommending a higher tow rating than marginal is that the tow rating is not just the weight of the unloaded trailer, but the entire loaded weight, including passengers and cargo. People can "get by" with marginal tow vehicles, but the long-term damage to the tow vehicle, blocking traffic while going up steep inclines, causes us to recommend some margin for safety. One can perhaps get by with a marginally-rated tow vehicle if the terrain they usually travel is relatively flat, and they drive carefully, but we can't in good conscience recommend it.
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> Jerry J
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> ---- Pierre <pierredemers72@...> wrote:
> > Sandra,
> > You mentioned that : '' It's recommended that your tow vehicle be able to tow at least 3000 to 3500 lbs.''
> > I can tell that, last spring, I towed my T@B for at least 8500 km from Québec to south of Florida with a 172HP 4 cyl. engine Jeep Patriot without any problem. My Jeep Patriot (Trail Rated version)is able to tow 2000 lbs. So your ''at least 3000 to 3500 lbs'' seems to me exagerated, isn't?
> > Pierre
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> > > > Sandra Rutan
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