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12-24-2014, 10:19 AM
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Tow vehicle
Anyone tow their roo or shamrock 233s with a new Jeep Grand Cherokee? Looking into buying one soon cause the lease is up on the truck we have? My wife has an outlander sport which she would like to trade on for the jeep and I can just turn the truck back in. We have three cars and really only use the truck for camping.. Thanks
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12-24-2014, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by urocav2001
Anyone tow their roo or shamrock 233s with a new Jeep Grand Cherokee? Looking into buying one soon cause the lease is up on the truck we have? My wife has an outlander sport which she would like to trade on for the jeep and I can just turn the truck back in. We have three cars and really only use the truck for camping.. Thanks
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Looking at the diesel version?
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12-24-2014, 10:56 AM
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They have a diesel version? I'm not concerned about power, I'm concerned about the stability. I had a trailblazer and you could feel a bird fly by it. It would be all over
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12-24-2014, 11:19 AM
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The party i bought my htt currently have a new grand Cherokee and a 2014 233s. They say it tows ok, more concerned about going over in payload.
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12-24-2014, 11:29 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Quote:
Originally Posted by urocav2001
They have a diesel version? I'm not concerned about power, I'm concerned about the stability. I had a trailblazer and you could feel a bird fly by it. It would be all over
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Yes they have a diesel version.
We had a hard time finding a year old version.
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12-24-2014, 12:32 PM
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Just happened to watch a youtube video of the new eco diesel towing a 5700 lbs boat with three people inside. They were already over payload. And we all know the roo's are tongue heavy. And we have 4 passengers and two labs. I don't think this will work. The video stated there was some swaying and dog waging with just towing a boat
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12-24-2014, 01:51 PM
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Seasons Greetings 
All is good so far, but please lets keep this tow forum on the tracks!
Thanks
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12-24-2014, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Platokidd
Seasons Greetings
All is good so far, but please lets keep this tow forum on the tracks!
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12-24-2014, 04:44 PM
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All lot of threads of this nature quickly escalate into flame wars . . . .
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12-28-2014, 07:12 PM
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I tow a roo 21dk with an xterra. Trailer is probably around 4500. No trouble whatsoever. Good tires , WDH and brake controller make it work well for me. The xterra has 5000lb towing cap. Hard to say how the Cherokee would handle but I know my setups limits. Hard decision. Good luck.
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12-28-2014, 10:22 PM
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Thanks for all the input.. Appreciated... I'm going to see if a dealer will let me take it for a day and give it a test run. If all else fails I guess I'll have to buy myself another truck
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12-29-2014, 05:41 PM
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I tow my roo 23ss with a 2012 Dodge Durango AWD with a 5.7 hemi and I have no problem!
2012 dodge durango hemi awd with tow package.
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On order 2015 roo 23ss
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12-30-2014, 01:30 PM
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We looked at durangos if I remember right the Durango payload was around 1700 and towing was over 7200. This may be an option
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02-01-2015, 10:31 AM
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We also tow our Roo 233s with a 2012 Durango Citadel with the tow package and the 5.7 V8 Hemi. It has no problem hauling our Roo. Gas mileage is horrible 8mpg.
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02-01-2015, 02:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by t0rnado
Gas mileage is horrible 8mpg.
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don't feel bad, all gasser tow vehicles average 8-10mpg.
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