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XJ pulling a 25 ft sea ray
- Thread starter jimbow912
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r33pwrd
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- Sammamish WA USA
weight would be helpfull... also does it have trailer brakes?
POSJ
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- Minot ND, Unfortunately
Boats don't generally weigh much, find out how much the trailer and it weigh. The only thing I would make sure is that it you keep your sway bars connected that way the trailer doesn't push the Jeep when you are going around turns. What model of boat besides length and make?
wtf? He's not talking about a jon boat here. That's probably a 5000 lb boat dry. The motor and tranny can handle it but the jeep has too short a wheel base and doesn't weigh enough. And a lift doesn't help anything.
bmyohn
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- Lake Orion, MI
I've pulled a 25' boat trailer once. Even that wasn't very much fun trying to pull up hill. Throw a 5,000 # boat on that trailer and there's no way you're stopping that thing.
bmyohn
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- Lake Orion, MI
The boat my folks have that I work on and use weighs 4,500lbs dry (25' Crownline - 454 big block). Throw a full tank of 58 gallons of gas in it and fluids that can easily be up over 5,000.
POSJ
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- Minot ND, Unfortunately
Yeah if it ends up weighing that much I wouldn't tow it with an XJ. If it combined with the trailer weighs less than 4k its borderline. Do you have upgraded brakes or axles swapped to something with bigger brakes?
SanDiegoOverland
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- San Diego
Maybe rent a uhaul pickup for a day?
If it doesn't break your rig, it's certainly going to take a few years off its life.
Renegade XJ
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- corona ca
I think it will PULL it fine, but the short wheelbase and weight is a big issue
muddypunk
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- Coupeville Whidbey Island washington
Short wheel base kicks butt for towing we have use our 77 Ramcharger with a 440 to tow 25 foot live stock trail our 27 foot sea ray yes it weighs more then an xj and yes it is shorter too works awesome to back up any where :greensmok
MoparManiac
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- Amherst, NH
Give me your ramcharger
ARB-XJ
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- Chesapeake City, MD
Get a trailer with brakes and you will probably do ok, just take it easy.
bmyohn
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- Lake Orion, MI
Even with brakes I don't think it's a good idea. My XJ has disc's all the way around. The trailer I used had brakes as well. Even just pulling the trailer you could tell it was there. Throw a 5,000lb boat on top of a 4-500lb trailer and that just stupid heavy for an XJ. Unless you can say I have pulled a 25' boat before with an XJ I wouldn't go around telling people that they are safe to try it. A 25' boat is twice as long as an XJ, sure it floats on water but it's definitely not light. Not a good idea if you ask me.
Thats B.S.
POSJ
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- Minot ND, Unfortunately
Maybe in your Socialist state...
ARB-XJ
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- Chesapeake City, MD
Where in the hell do you live? :bs::bs::bs:
Depends how far you are trying to pull the boat too...
So what you're saying is my F250 PSD can't haul my cherokee+trailer.
Oh crap, I better buy a semi.
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