Anyone towed with a Liberty CRD?

#1

I occasionally see these in my price range. I found these outrageous claims on the web last week. My current truck gets 9mpg towing.

"Our Jeep has the heavy duty trailer towing package. I pulled a 16’ car hauler trailer and Alfa Romeo from San Jose to Washington State and got 20 mpg. That’s a 1,000-mile journey. The only change that would have made the trip more pleasant would have been the addition of an equalizer hitch. I didn’t know about such things at the time. "

from http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f28/crd-mpg-towing-capacity-517862/

#2

I believe Natalie black in the florida region tows with one

Drive-gear.com

#3

What I’m most interested in is whether they can really get 20mpg towing a car on an open trailer.

#4

What is on the trailer makes a big difference. If the only thing in the air stream is a car, then based on my years of open trailing with various tow vehicles, and all the reading I’ve been doing on the Cherokee Ecodiesel, I bet you get your 20mpg at 65mph.

A tire rack or something else big in the airflow, or 75mph, and you won’t. Aero drag goes up to the cube of velocity.

#5

I’ve heard horor stories of people towing with light weight tow vehicles. Just cause it can pull it, doesn’t necessarily mean that it should pull it.

Ray