vehicles that be flat-towed

jplante4 wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
... and if you travel in the western states you'll find more Jeeps. :) Jeeps can give a lot of off-road entertainment. Everyone is different in needs and that's o.k.

Trip was through the southeast and I think it was pretty even between Jeeps and Hondas. With just a 300hp CAT, my biggest concern is toad weight.

Are you kidding me and at 35ft, the engine should be of no concern, unless you feel the need to be KING OF THE HILL. Our CAT C9 amazes me with the way it pushes our 41ft, with well over two tons of Jeep over the mountain tops and seldom drops below 5th gear overdrive, so even if you should drop into 4th, no biggie. Given you might be about 50HP under for the length, but then you could be closer with a weight ratio of around 29K-30K GVW in lbs. and maybe don't even weigh that. Just comparing apples to apples here, with no consideration to GCWR.
In fact with our old gas coach it did very well over the same terrain and was all over the Rockies. This with the Jeep being a good ton overweight for that coach (GCWR) and solely because of the Chevy tranny limits. Had to be careful on those long 6% grades, or it would go into limp mode. Never overheated the 7.4, though.
Besides all that, not all cars weigh 4500lbs, either.