Greetings!New to this site today.We are getting rather tired of the tent camping scene.Contemplating a transition into a small travel trailer with a higher mpg tow vehicle... In your opinion, can a 2015 Jeep Cherokee V6 with tow pkg and a 4500 lb tow rating safely pull a Travel Lite i18 Cobblestone travel trailer with a 2945 dry weight?

Theres no such thing as a high MPG tow rig and a V6 Jeep pulling 4000 pounds is certainly not even close. Probably get 5 to 8 MPG with this combo if your lucky and have a tail wind.

Towing a high profile box will not get you great, good or fair mileage.If you want good to decent MPG's, stay with a tent trailer or large tent.While towing with any of the 4 tow vehicles i had towing travel trainers and 5th wheel trailer, the BEST MPG I ever got is with a 2500HD Chev with 8.1 engine towing 9300 lbs. I towed at 58-59 mph (right above o/d). Averaged 9.3 mpg. I did, on a couple trips with good tailwinds - avg 11.0 mph. But you'l pay for it when you hit headwinds - 6.0.FYI - trailer tires are max rated at 65-mph, then they disintegrate.:B If you want to tow a trailer, get a tow vehicle and accept the lower MPG. If you want grocery-getter - get a Prius.

We tow a 2500lb dry (probably 3500 loaded) Viking 16FB with a 5000lb rated Jeep Liberty, so you PROBABLY can pull it off.BUT:You need to watch the carrying capacity of your Jeep (it will be printed in the door jamb of drivers door), you could easily be overloading that depending on your cargo, fuel, and people riding in the Jeep.Our Liberty is rated at 1150lbs of carrying capacity: 1150 - 600 (people and dog) - 400 (hitch and camper tongue weight) - 140 (20 gallons of diesel) = only 10lbs remaining for gear in our Jeep, so for us we don't carry anything but ourselves in the Jeep. In my example I rounded up and overestimated most those weights to have a safe margin, in reality I have more than 10lbs remaining, but I pack like I do only have those 10lbs to spare.All this said, I am in the market for a used 3/4 ton diesel pickup truck, the Jeep did admirably on a recent 1200 mile camping trip, but it was REALLY pushing it in some hilly terrain, it made it, but it was running quite hot, and quite high RPMs a few times, I want something that wont be running on the edge of its capabilities, I believe you will probably feel similar after towing with that setup a few times.EDIT: We saw 15mpg on that 1200 mile trip, but ours is a diesel, not towing we would have got nearly 30mpg on the same trip.

"Theres no such thing as a high MPG tow rig and a V6 Jeep pulling 4000 pounds is certainly not even close. Probably get 5 to 8 MPG with this combo if your lucky and have a tail wind."I get 13 MPG with my V6 Jeep GC towing a Flagstaff Micro Lite 21DS at 55 MPH.

Looks like you won't have a lot of wiggle room and you definitely won't get very good mileage towing. Like the previous poster, the average MPG I get towing is appx 12, but that is a 2500HD silverado with 6.6 duramax towing 7500lbs. If you go with your setup, make sure you have a weight dist. hitch and sway control, I've seen Grand Cherokees having sway issues with 15-18ft trailers.

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johnrbd
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Oct 06, 2014
Towing a high profile box will not get you great, good or fair mileage.

If you want good to decent MPG's, stay with a tent trailer or large tent.

While towing with any of the 4 tow vehicles i had towing travel trainers and 5th wheel trailer, the BEST MPG I ever got is with a 2500HD Chev with 8.1 engine towing 9300 lbs. I towed at 58-59 mph (right above o/d). Averaged 9.3 mpg. I did, on a couple trips with good tailwinds - avg 11.0 mph. But you'l pay for it when you hit headwinds - 6.0.

FYI - trailer tires are max rated at 65-mph, then they disintegrate.:B

If you want to tow a trailer, get a tow vehicle and accept the lower MPG. If you want grocery-getter - get a Prius.
Muddydogs
Explorer
Oct 06, 2014
Theres no such thing as a high MPG tow rig and a V6 Jeep pulling 4000 pounds is certainly not even close. Probably get 5 to 8 MPG with this combo if your lucky and have a tail wind.

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