KD4UPL wrote:
If your tow rating and your trailer weight are accurate and you have some experience towing I would just use your vehicle. You're only talking 180 pounds. If your WDH it set up right and you eliminate any extra weight you can (water, propane, gear in the trailer) you shouldn't have any problems.
I realize you're in CA and they have all kinds of crazy rules. However, as a general rule the tow rating of a vehicle is not a legally enforceable number. There are many many people towing slightly above their rating all the time with very few problems.
Really? From what i've been reading online it seems that its recommended you dont go above 80% of your vehicles tow rating. The jeep is a tough call. Most vehicles in its class are rated at 5,000lbs. From reading online it seems thats likely because of cooling or because its a convertible or both. I do have an auxiliary transmission cooler that was installed by chrysler when I first got my jeep. My biggest worry is not harm to my vehicle but safety and legal issues should the worst happen. But I realize that this isn't a legal forum and "i read it on the internet" doesn't usually go over well with a judge.
