Disco towing a . . .?

[k12]

Can a 98 disco 1 w/4.0 safely tow a jeep wrangler on all four using an A frame?

What about a 2wd chevy S-10 using a tow dolley?

[aussie disco97]

Mate are you having a lend of us, pulling our pisser or just generally mucking around.

[02disco2]

por que?

[John C]

I towed a D90 on a large trailer (w/brakes) using my 96 D1.... it was scary!

I had to run a few red lights in NYC cause I couldn't stop at the intersection.

Just my experience.

[k12]

02disco2,

Por que necisito que ir a mi familia en Mn, y quero darle mi hermano mi automobile. Y por el jepto, este verana, mi familia y yo queremos ir a moab, Ut, for vacacion, y necesito usar mu jepto en los trails!

Lo siento por mi espanol, pero yo trailo.

I am going to have to just try it and see what its like because doesnt seem like many people have tried it.


I am not having a lend of you, nor a I pulling on your pisser.

[John C]

Es posible pero no recomendable. Nuestros coches son muy pesados.

Buena suerte.

[TerryS]

Why Not? In any case, when you do it, post a picture here. Or, better yet on some Jeep forum. It's good for the image.

[TerryS]

Originally Posted by John C

I towed a D90 on a large trailer (w/brakes) using my 96 D1.... it was scary!

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John, tighten up the sensitivity on your brake controller, the trailer, by itself, ought to stop the whole parade. I'm just assuming, of coarse always a dumb thing to do, that it is a four wheeled trailer, electric brakes.

[John C]

Originally Posted by TerryS

John, tighten up the sensitivity on your brake controller, the trailer, by itself, ought to stop the whole parade. I'm just assuming, of coarse always a dumb thing to do, that it is a four wheeled trailer, electric brakes.

Yep, it was a four wheel / electric brakes.... my biggest problem was that the roads were slightly wet...

Actually, I was looking for and excuse to hit a NYC taxi...

[02disco2]

I have never pulled a vehicle with an A-Frame connection. But, I have pulled my smaller cabin boat (18 ft Open Bow) and it doesn't have trailer brakes. Needless to say I had a very difficult time stopping and actually slid through an intersection when it was raining. Scared the crap out of me. The funny thing was, the boat and trailer only weigh in at rougly 2000 lbs. My city boat pulls around like a dream and it weights roughly 5800lbs loaded up with 65 gallons of fuel and the trailer. It does have four wheel surge brakes though.


Nice Spanish by-the-way. I was really having a hard time understanding the post from our friend Aussie Disco97. Must have been a break down in the Engish language somewhere along the line.

[troverman]

The SWB Disco should be able to tow a Wrangler or the S-10. Could be slow on the hills, though.

[k12]

Thankfully, on the trip with the s10, there are not any real hills. On the otherhand, the trip to moab will be going across CO and the eastern parts of UT, so will be some "hills" , but, if need be, I will just disconnect the jeep for the hills. I hope the disco has the torque to get the job done and the tranny is not a weak link. I'll also be giving the cooling system a real workout w/ 100+ temps in august in UT.

Kieran

[troverman]

On the real steep hills, use 1st gear if you have to, its ok for the V8 to be revving at 5,000 RPMs. In fact, its much better to keep the revs up than have the engine dogging, because it will overheat the cylinder head and can cause head gasket failure / craked heads. Depending on how slow you can go, you can put it in low-range / drive, then you will have no problems. You should have enough, though.

[k12]

I have been wondering what the rev range is for the 4.0, as there is no indication on the tach of when to watch it. My 5.0 mustang gets into the yellow at 5 and red at 6. They are both pushrod v8's so I guess it should be about the same?

[Gordo T]

You shouldn't have any problem as long as you keep an eye on the tranny temps as well. Better to gear way down on any steep or long uphill grades.