how big of a trailer can you pull with the jk?

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11-16-2010, 01:18 PM

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mcdoogz

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I pulled a fully loaded 5x8 enclosed 4600km with no issues. It was slow over mountain passes but fine otherwise. Handled like there was nothing on the back.

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11-16-2010, 01:29 PM

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ldstruckn

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i pull a 23 foot wake boarding boat with tandem axle trailer and 50 gallons of fuel in it just fine. boat is 3600 lbs, add trailer and 50 gallons of fuel and its easily around 4300lbs.

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11-16-2010, 02:05 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by drew

I pull a 6X10 enclosed trailer with a 6 speed, 2 door Rubicon with a Superchip. At highway speeds 6th is useless, hills and headwinds are immediately noticable. You may have better results with a smaller frontal area. Expect less fuel mileage than your Dodge.

Good call, forgot to mention that your mpg's will drop about 40% when pulling if you you have any hills or head winds.

for exapmple, with this set up, I was getting about 11mpg's, normally I get around 20mpg's, granted I'm also hauling 2 16' canoe's but that was over mostly flat Interstate.

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