Just wanted your alls imput on what you can tow with the Commander. Being that it is lifted, and the small V8 I do not want something that I cant pull. I was looking at a popup with a Deck for the TJ.
Does anyone have experience pulling larger trailers with the Commander? I figured with some aftermarket airbags and a weight distribution hitch I could pull it off.
Any advice would be awesome
2007 Jeep Commander: QTII, Leather, Sunroof, remote start, OEM Skid Plates, 2 in Daystar lift, 255.75.17 BFG Mud Terrains on Moabs, 1.25 " Spidertrax wheel spacers, 4x Guard front guard and Side Guards, Optima Red Top, Robbys half inch leveling spacer, Bilstein 5150 Rear Shocks, Pinch weld mod and trimming!
I think others who tow bigger items with their rigs get Brake Controllers too, if you are in a hilly area.
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Originally Posted by AJeepZJ
21 ft Forest River Sand Piper.. It's at the limit of the HEMI.. I've got 32" tires, OME HD and MML (f150's). I had to pull off once on my trip from Los Angeles to Phoenix to let the trans cool (partially my fault, but now that I have the flashpaq working properly I can monitor better)
I have a Tekonsha P-3 Trailer Brake Controller, weight distributing hitch and a friction sway controller.
What else do you want to know?
I would use one of the remote brake controllers so I would not have to tap into the wireing. Would you still be able to haul it with another 4k-5k lbs of Jeep in the back end?
2007 Jeep Commander: QTII, Leather, Sunroof, remote start, OEM Skid Plates, 2 in Daystar lift, 255.75.17 BFG Mud Terrains on Moabs, 1.25 " Spidertrax wheel spacers, 4x Guard front guard and Side Guards, Optima Red Top, Robbys half inch leveling spacer, Bilstein 5150 Rear Shocks, Pinch weld mod and trimming!
The trailer above weights about 5000lbs empty, there is no way I could put a Jeep in mix even if it did fit in the box. You have to figure a flatbed trailer alone is going to weigh 1000lbs if not more, and then through the Jeep on it and you are close to your max with the 4.7l.
Anything over 2000lbs (I think) is required to have brakes. Some trailers will have surge brakes, no extra stuff required. Most trailers that big will have electric brakes which require wiring in a brake controller. If you have the factory tow package the wiring is already run to the hitch, but you still need to run power/ground to the brake controller, along with tapping into the brake pedal trigger, and connecting up the feed wire that runs back to the hitch plug. Easy check would be see if you have the 7 pin round plug..
Also anything over 4500lbs (again I think) is supposed to have a weight distributing hitch. Not a big deal, but if the trailer doesn't come with it it's an extra couple hundred bucks.
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