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towing
I'm a new guy, no boat yet but I am looking and the V20 looks like a decent boat for my pruposes. I've looked through this sight and haven't seen any comments on tow vehicles. Is anybody using anything lilke a 2001 G Cherokee with a 4.0L six?
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10-24-2010, 08:58 AM
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Not a Cherokee but I use a 6 cylinder Honda Pilot. Similar in size and weight I would guess.....If you are rated for 4500 tow capacity on your truck you'll be fine. 3500 lb capacity on your vehicle and you are getting close to the max capacity I would think.
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10-24-2010, 10:45 AM
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I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee... 157,000 miles on it. I use it all the time to tow my boat. My latest long distance tow was earlier this year when I towed my boat from Florida to New Jersey.. (about 1600 miles if I recall correctly) Came up Interstate 95 at 70+ miles an hour speed average, without so much as a hic-up. If your Jeep is in good shape she'll do fine.
WARNING!!!!!!! DO NOT tow a boat with your Jeep if the trailer doesn't have brakes. The Cherokee, while it has a great, torquey engine, suffers from being light weight. Your boat and trailer will have so much mass and inertia at speed that it can (and will ) push your vehicle much farther in a stopping situation then during a normal stop. You haven't lived until your car is pushed through a stop sign at the bottom of a hill. (Yes, speaking from experience). As long as your trailer has a working brake system, then yes, the Cherokee will tow your boat easily and safely. (Use 4 wheel drive when coming up out of the launch ramp..it's easier) See you on the water. 
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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10-24-2010, 07:31 PM
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Thanks for the input, it will be a lot easier to buy a boat if I don't havel to buy another vehicle first. I do plan on having trailer brakes, but I'm on the west coast of Florida. The biggest hill I have here is probaly the boat ramp.
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10-24-2010, 08:03 PM
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Breaks are for people that rather work then fish! They broke all time any way!
I use to tow with a 94 S10 Blazer no issues at all! And yes tow up ramp 4x4 in low slow and steady
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1986 V20 Old Fishermen never die, we just SMELL that way!!
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