Jeep Liberty 2011 Tow Package
User guide tells me with the Tow Package I can pull 5000 pounds, without 2000. How true is this? Will I kill my car if I pull a 4000 pound trailer without this? Is up hill the problem?????? What...
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ArtDeco58 wrote:
With the Tow Package I can pull 5000 pounds, without 2000. How true is this?
It's true in theory. If the vehicle is properly equipped (tow package) and, it has NO aftermarket accessories, NO cargo, NO passengers, and the driver only weighs 150 lbs, it could pull that 5000 lbs.
In the real world, we don't tow without accessories, passengers, pets, and cargo. And, many of us weigh more than 150 bs.
As you add weight to the vehicle, with accessories, people, pets, and cargo, it's max tow capacity and available payload are going down, pound for pound. IE: If you put 600 lbs of people and cargo in the vehicle, it's max tow capacity numbers would be 4400 with and 1400 without. A weight distributing hitch, would eat another 100 lbs out of the payload and tow rating.
