Towing a Vehicle?

[Numba1goalie]

Ok, so I know the towing limit is suggested at 5,000 lbs. but I was curious to know if anyone has ever towed a car, or jeep in this matter, anywhere from 10 miles to 200 miles with their VX?

I have a 1993 Jeep Wrangler that I have been working on for a while and it is now in the state where it would just be dumb to drive it on the road by how built it is. So I want to trailer it, or maybe even just put it on one of those towing rigs which the front two tires are connected and the rears just roll.


The VX is the closest vehicle I have that is able to tow anything so lemme know with whatever comments or suggestions or experience you have. Thanks!

[dkmiller68]

I towed a jeep 1500 miles last summer. Check photo in my gallery. I added a tranny fluid cooler for added insurance (approx $50 ebay). There are several sizes and I bought one of the smaller ones. Installation was easy. Trailer towed easy (trailer weights 1200 lbs...jeep was 2200 lbs. total weight max for this trailer is 3500 lbs...so I was 100 lbs short of full load). Putting 10% of total weight on trailer toungue, it was the same as adding 350 pounds to VX. So, adding the human weight to the toungue weight, you want to stay below our rated load...what is that about 650 lbs????
Mileage suffered.
I didn't install a tranny fluid temp gauge but did monitor temp by feeling shifter shaft, and, it did get hot about 65 mph on hot days (then I would slow down).

[Triathlete]

And Spazz trailered Swordies VX with his VX. Pics in his gallery also.

[Joe_Black]

I trailer my 3000 lb. rally car on an 1800 lb trailer with no problems. Would love to have a 14' aluminum low-deck trailer instead to make loading/unloading easier, but the current combo with the VX gets the job done. Just add the total weight up sensibly and use good judgement.

[Maugan_VX]

make sure your brakes are in good shape!

[PeteVX]

I tow a 23 ft boat on a dual axle trailer all the time, think the weight is around 4,000 to 4,200 lbs, it tows no problem but does bounce the VX around a little because of the short wheelbase. The last couple of weeks i've had a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder loaner while the VX is in the shop, the longer wheelbase pathfinder is a lot smoother for towing but the VX handles it pretty well all things considered.

Pete