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Originally Posted by Taprod
Not sure if it will help but about 3 months ago I towed a Mars surveyor from Canberra to Newnes (blue mountains) and back, via Oberon. I’ve got the 8 speed pentastar.
Dry, the surveyor is about 750kg but I had it pretty heavily laden, probably would have been about 1100kg.
The Jeep handled it with aplomb. The roads were quite narrow (but sealed) and there were plenty of long and short hills. When I hit a hill, I didn’t try and stay at 100, I let it drop back to about 80 or 70 depending on the circumstances.
Barely any noticeable change in transmission temp and I’m betting I could have pushed it a bit harder but felt there was no real benefit apart from maybe shaving 10 minutes off a 3 hour trip. Fuel usage sat around 16L/100km.
The pentastar is in its element between about 2800 and 3800 rpm.
I don’t reckon you’ll have any dramas
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PS, it’s funny that this topic comes up now because I’ve just started looking into forward fold campers, specifically the lightweight forward folds like the Ezytrail Stirling Z.
Reviews on most camper trailers seem hard to find. There are plenty of infomercials inserted in camping and 4wd tv shows though
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