Brought home 2016 Roo 233S

[DaGrinch]

Originally Posted by emherrmann

We are thinking about upgrading to a newer Explorer. How does yours pull your Roo? We currently have a 2003 Mountaineer and it does fine but she's seen her day!

As GalsofEscape stated, you may want to go with a V8 Durango or Jeep GC. And if it's either one, go with something bigger than the 4.7L.
We pulled an '08 23SS Roo with an '04 Jeep GC with a 4.7 High Output engine. 60mph was the best I was comfortable with - I wouldn't have wanted a smaller engine nor would I have wanted any bigger trailer. I figure I was pretty much maxed out. Going over the mountains here in Western MD, I was always bogged down and running high rpms. Pretty much at the ragged edge of my comfort zone. When we went to a bigger TT and much bigger TV, I found how comfortable pulling a trailer could actually be. DW even commented on how relaxed I was compared to pulling the Roo with the GC.
Congrats on the new Hybrid.

[FarOut]

Nandev27 thanks, and good luck with yours. Having just been through the process I know how exciting it is! Enjoy!

[GalsofEscape]

Originally Posted by DaGrinch

As GalsofEscape stated, you may want to go with a V8 Durango or Jeep GC. And if it's either one, go with something bigger than the 4.7L.
We pulled an '08 23SS Roo with an '04 Jeep GC with a 4.7 High Output engine. 60mph was the best I was comfortable with - I wouldn't have wanted a smaller engine nor would I have wanted any bigger trailer. I figure I was pretty much maxed out. Going over the mountains here in Western MD, I was always bogged down and running high rpms. Pretty much at the ragged edge of my comfort zone. When we went to a bigger TT and much bigger TV, I found how comfortable pulling a trailer could actually be. DW even commented on how relaxed I was compared to pulling the Roo with the GC.
Congrats on the new Hybrid.

Agree, and that would not be a problem, the v8 in the current generation of these two is the 5.7L hemi engine......lots of grunt.