Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
03-16-2006, 12:39 PM
#31
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Re: Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> truck.
>
> If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
>
> Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> GCWR.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> dmacintire wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > me if I need something bigger.
Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> truck.
>
> If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
>
> Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> GCWR.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> dmacintire wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > me if I need something bigger.
03-16-2006, 12:39 PM
#32
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Posts: n/a
Re: Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> truck.
>
> If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
>
> Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> GCWR.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> dmacintire wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > me if I need something bigger.
Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> truck.
>
> If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
>
> Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> GCWR.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> dmacintire wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > me if I need something bigger.
03-16-2006, 12:39 PM
#33
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Posts: n/a
Re: Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> truck.
>
> If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
>
> Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> GCWR.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> dmacintire wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > me if I need something bigger.
Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> truck.
>
> If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
>
> Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> GCWR.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> dmacintire wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > me if I need something bigger.
03-16-2006, 02:07 PM
#34
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Re: Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
I have even seen them with a dually pickup with team markings pulled
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.
03-16-2006, 02:07 PM
#35
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
I have even seen them with a dually pickup with team markings pulled
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.
03-16-2006, 02:07 PM
#36
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
I have even seen them with a dually pickup with team markings pulled
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.
03-16-2006, 02:07 PM
#37
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Re: Towing with a 2001 GC 4.0 Inline 6
I have even seen them with a dually pickup with team markings pulled
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.
over that was pulling a monster 'cigar' boat with the same decals. The
'big' tow truck was pulling up to take the boat away....
The cops carry these portable scales in the trunk....
I have heard and read about the non existent laws in some places or what
folks claim are non existent or non enforced.
I am the same as anyone, I will push it to a point too. The cop that
nailed me said he didn't care about what I pulled on the dirt logging
trails, but no way was I pulling that trailer through town. He let me
get a tow to the other end of town where I jumped back on the bush
roads.
The bad part is, 'he was right'! That sucker tried to walk away with my
truck coming down a ravine wall in the BC Rockies with a 1 lane bridge
at the bottom.... That was hairy. The only way to hold steering was to
have it in neutral with the emergency brake on and literally inch it
down. Took a couple hours for a 1/4 mile. Ohh to have had a 4x4 with a
winch.... It was drives like that that made us want a 'real' 4x4 so my
wife bought the CJ7 to replace the truck with... :-)
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> How about towing a trailer, with another trailer hitched to the back of it?
> Some of the things that they get away with in the States, would make your
> hair stand on end. If you already have straight hair, it would curl it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44199795.FBFB7F5B@sympatico.ca...
> > Here in Canada the cops have this nasty tendency to know what the GVWR
> > is on vehicles. They will even point out the nice little sticker on the
> > door frame for you as they are writing up tickets and calling the tow
> > truck.
> >
> > If your maximum allowed is 5000 lb, believe me they know this....
> >
> > Been there, had to drop the empty bunk bed trailer and have it towed
> > away. 'I' don't believe the gutted trailer was over, but the dual axles
> > on it implied it was capable and designed to be over my Chevy 1/2 ton's
> > GCWR.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > dmacintire wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for no question mark, Looking for verification that this should
> > > work, I'm a little concerned, do to postings I have read. Some people
> > > say no problem and other say no way. Factory spec say 5000lb but
> > > referance the gear ratio of 3.73. I have not checked my gear ratio so
> > > it may be 3.07, I got the 3.55 off the web. I got a warm a fussy from
> > > all the sales reps I talked to at the RV Show, but that could just be
> > > talk to get the sale. Last year I even talk to a hitch guy and was
> > > told it was ok. Who do you trust? I guess some small trips with tell
> > > me if I need something bigger.