Zero to Sixty When Towing
I'm curious as to what constitutes a good number for acceleration from 0 to 60 when towing your travel trailer. What sparked my interest was a recent test of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the Pen...
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Bruce H. wrote:skipnchar wrote:
That would be a VERY poor criteria to use to determine the suitability of your tow vehicle. Only good for making sales to folks who do not understand the subject.
Well, it is a measure of the tow vehicle's torque, horsepower and gearing with the particular trailer it pulls. If it doesn't have the horsepower and gearing to accelerate well, then how will it have the horsepower and gearing for that 9% incline?
Bruce
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The ability to get a TV and trailer to speed is a VERY valid criteria, they are talking flat course. I have seen, bveen on many up hill on ramps, I don't like trying to merge at 45 into traffic going 55 to 70 mph!!
