JK towing with 5:38 gearing. help please!
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JK towing with 5:38 gearing. help please!
Ok so i have a 2 door 2011 JK that i geared down to 5:38 gearing. I have pulled some of my buddies wakeboard boats with it. does great around town but not so much on the interstate but I can use a buddies truck if we ever go out of town with it. I know my manual says 2,000 pounds. But that is with stock gearing. Im now buying my own wakeboard boat and this is the big question in my head. can I safely haul a 3,500 pound Mastercraft a few days a week or do i need to invest in a truck just for the boat?
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Kaleb Booher
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Ok so i have a 2 door 2011 JK that i geared down to 5:38 gearing. I have pulled some of my buddies wakeboard boats with it. does great around town but not so much on the interstate but I can use a buddies truck if we ever go out of town with it. I know my manual says 2,000 pounds. But that is with stock gearing. Im now buying my own wakeboard boat and this is the big question in my head. can I safely haul a 3,500 pound Mastercraft a few days a week or do i need to invest in a truck just for the boat?
thank yall,
Kaleb Booher
thank yall,
Kaleb Booher
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Call your insurance company and see if they will cover you in an accident while towing more than the rated weight. Could be a whole lot cheaper to buy buy a used truck.
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Most policies if insurance cover "stupidity." Heh
To a person who said it was a brakes issue a few posts up, it's not a brake issue. For a 2-door, it is wheelbase, weight of the 2-door, and mediocre at best power and cooling.
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Better yet, read your policy. Most don't read it until something happens. By then, your outta luck.
Most policies if insurance cover "stupidity." Heh
To a person who said it was a brakes issue a few posts up, it's not a brake issue. For a 2-door, it is wheelbase, weight of the 2-door, and mediocre at best power and cooling.
Sent from some string and a few tin cans.
Most policies if insurance cover "stupidity." Heh
To a person who said it was a brakes issue a few posts up, it's not a brake issue. For a 2-door, it is wheelbase, weight of the 2-door, and mediocre at best power and cooling.
Sent from some string and a few tin cans.
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The upcoming SAE J2807 recommended practices will include five areas of testing: structure, propulsion, thermal, handling, and braking. The structure tests validate body, bumper, and frame strength and the hitch itself. The propulsion tests include: launching five times in five minutes, in forward and reverse, on a (very steep) 12-percent grade; zero to 30, zero-to-60, and 40-60-mph level-road acceleration tests; and minimum speed on the Davis Dam grade.
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appreciating the comments and different view points on this topic. Please keep them coming. Im in college and work full time and love my jeep, really cant see it practical to have two vehicles while in school and i deffinently dont want to part ways with my JK. But my love for wakeboarding is greater than the jeeplife.
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appreciating the comments and different view points on this topic. Please keep them coming. Im in college and work full time and love my jeep, really cant see it practical to have two vehicles while in school and i deffinently dont want to part ways with my JK. But my love for wakeboarding is greater than the jeeplife.
As for brakes on the JK, they are actually quite good.
The tow rating being lower, and I've posted this before based in a conversation I've had with jeep engineer is the JK could not maintain speed on Davis dam test, I70 out of Colorado and couldn't handle the heat of august towing through death valley. They then rate the JK for the lowest common denominator.
The frame, drivetrain, wheelbase, brakes are all up to it. The engine and cooling are the main issues (for a JKU). The 2-door has other issues, chiefly, wheelbase.
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