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08-15-2006, 04:46 PM

You folks have me concerned again. I'm a prospective TM buyer, with a leased 2006 Jeep Liberty with almost three years left on the lease. It has a factory installed class III trailer package. GCWR is 10,150 (curb weight 4,033), max trailer weight 5,000, tongue load limit 750, but a wheelbase of 104. It has a 3.7L 6-cyl gas engine and an automatic transmission. We expect to use a TM to take our sea kayaks (on the Jeep's roof) mostly to Maryland's eastern shore, which is essentially flat. However, we live in Pennsylvania's Poconos. By Rocky Mountain standards the Poconos are bumps in the road. Out here we call them mountains anyway. Home is at 1,300 feet (see, bumps), but we have to climb to that over a relatively short drive. We may also want to take the TM and the kayaks to New York's Adirondacks or up to Maine.

We looked at a 2720 and a 3124 last week. The queen bed in the 2720 is kind of turning us against that. We're old enough to no longer sleep through the night, and one of us would have to climb over the other to get to the bathroom. The 3124's king bed would allow us to sleep in line with the hall, so we'd be less disruptive of each other. Naturally, the TM dealer told us that "whatever we're driving will pull whatever he's selling" and the Jeep would be fine with a 3124.

Not to impune the dealer's honesty, but you folks seem to bring out facts the dealer didn't. If we stay out of the Rockies will we enjoy towing a 3124 with a Jeep Liberty, or should we not buy a TM now and get a real tow vehicle three years from now and keep sleeping at the Hilton until then?

08-15-2006, 04:46 PM	#5
TakingTerns Guest Posts: n/a	Jeep Liberty, again You folks have me concerned again. I'm a prospective TM buyer, with a leased 2006 Jeep Liberty with almost three years left on the lease. It has a factory installed class III trailer package. GCWR is 10,150 (curb weight 4,033), max trailer weight 5,000, tongue load limit 750, but a wheelbase of 104. It has a 3.7L 6-cyl gas engine and an automatic transmission. We expect to use a TM to take our sea kayaks (on the Jeep's roof) mostly to Maryland's eastern shore, which is essentially flat. However, we live in Pennsylvania's Poconos. By Rocky Mountain standards the Poconos are bumps in the road. Out here we call them mountains anyway. Home is at 1,300 feet (see, bumps), but we have to climb to that over a relatively short drive. We may also want to take the TM and the kayaks to New York's Adirondacks or up to Maine. We looked at a 2720 and a 3124 last week. The queen bed in the 2720 is kind of turning us against that. We're old enough to no longer sleep through the night, and one of us would have to climb over the other to get to the bathroom. The 3124's king bed would allow us to sleep in line with the hall, so we'd be less disruptive of each other. Naturally, the TM dealer told us that "whatever we're driving will pull whatever he's selling" and the Jeep would be fine with a 3124. Not to impune the dealer's honesty, but you folks seem to bring out facts the dealer didn't. If we stay out of the Rockies will we enjoy towing a 3124 with a Jeep Liberty, or should we not buy a TM now and get a real tow vehicle three years from now and keep sleeping at the Hilton until then?