Jacksonville FL area

[Starzofchaos]

Awesome! Thanks for the hook up! I'll be out in the Jax area in June~July of this year. I have no clue when I will be able to bring my boat out... I'll try and bribe my dad that has a truck to drive out and visit for a weekend. My Jeep Cherokee will die if I try to pull it for 7 hours across the pan handle.

I haven't fish the east cost before, so how is the wave action? I got a 18v Fisherman. Its a awesome boat for inshore and some near shore. The last time I taken it 20+ miles out in the gulf of mexico... It beat me pretty bad. That was in 1-2 foot seas with the occasional 3ft' er.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Starzofchaos

Awesome! Thanks for the hook up! I'll be out in the Jax area in June~July of this year. I have no clue when I will be able to bring my boat out... I'll try and bribe my dad that has a truck to drive out and visit for a weekend. My Jeep Cherokee will die if I try to pull it for 7 hours across the pan handle.

I haven't fish the east cost before, so how is the wave action? I got a 18v Fisherman. Its a awesome boat for inshore and some near shore. The last time I taken it 20+ miles out in the gulf of mexico... It beat me pretty bad. That was in 1-2 foot seas with the occasional 3ft' er.

Starz, don't put your Jeep down. If it's an inline 6 cylinder 4.0L engine in reasonable shape that thing will pull a V20 all day long without a whimper. I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee with auto trans that I've used several times to pull my boat to and from Fla.. a distance of roughly 1300 miles and 21 hours of towing. 7 hours should be a walk in the park.

[Starzofchaos]

I have no problem towing it around town, the problem is on the highway. The max speed I can get it to go is 65 that is going down hill. The 96 motors produced around 190hp / 230lbft ,and most dyno results that I have seen on the internet for that year was 130~140 on the ground with the auto tranny. So around 25-30% power train loss which is normal. If I re-geared the rear end to 4.10 I would have no problem towing it at highway speeds, even be able to use the over drive on the highway.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Starzofchaos

I have no problem towing it around town, the problem is on the highway. The max speed I can get it to go is 65 that is going down hill. The 96 motors produced around 190hp / 230lbft ,and most dyno results that I have seen on the internet for that year was 130~140 on the ground with the auto tranny. So around 25-30% power train loss which is normal. If I re-geared the rear end to 4.10 I would have no problem towing it at highway speeds, even be able to use the over drive on the highway.

You'll have to re-gear both the front and rear pumpkins if you have 4wd.

I don't understand though. Like I said, I have the same engine in my 98' and I tow at around 70-75 with no problems on I95 when I can get away with it.

[Starzofchaos]

I think the problem lies in the t-top and what else stick up and around the jeep. It causes a bit of drag when pulling it down the highway. I borrowed a co workers 2500 Ram truck to bring it up here last summer. The MPG down w/o a load was around 22mpg. On the way back up it was running around 18mpg.
I have no idea what the weight is. I know its less than 3000lbs or so.

[bradford]

Ask Ferm about what he used to drag around with his pink jeep.

[awthacker]

Originally Posted by Starzofchaos

Awesome! Thanks for the hook up! I'll be out in the Jax area in June~July of this year. I have no clue when I will be able to bring my boat out... I'll try and bribe my dad that has a truck to drive out and visit for a weekend. My Jeep Cherokee will die if I try to pull it for 7 hours across the pan handle.

I haven't fish the east cost before, so how is the wave action? I got a 18v Fisherman. Its a awesome boat for inshore and some near shore. The last time I taken it 20+ miles out in the gulf of mexico... It beat me pretty bad. That was in 1-2 foot seas with the occasional 3ft' er.

You'll find that you have to pick and choose your days. It's tough being a weekend warrior on the east coast. Should get plenty of good trips in during that time frame though. Summer is usually good until the occasional tropical storms/hurricanes start to roll by in July.