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#321047 - 10/31/07 09:30 PM
what size enclosed trailer for 4 dirt bikes?
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I'm about to get a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 4 liter inline 6 cyl and I want to mate it with a trailer that will tow well for long distances so I can get to different enduro events and other adventures. The jeep can comfortably carry four riders, so I want to carry four bikes. I'm thinking about a 6ish high 7x14 v nose, dual axel, all aluminum (no steel) with 15" Al wheels (same as the jeep), and dual barn doors (not the ramp door). Also the side door I'd like larger, not the narrow type. I'm not sure if I want the box inside the wheels or have the wheel wheel part of the box ......
Do you think the jeep can handle this?
I (still) have a 5x8 with (rusted to pieces) steel frame and aluminum box, and I live at the beach, so that's the reason for an all aluminum trailer this time, steel just doesn't hold up here ........
I'm not ready to buy yet, got property taxes to take care of first, but I want to know what get (and where) when the time happens.
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#321050 - 11/07/07 04:05 PM
Re: what size enclosed trailer for 4 dirt bikes?
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slap a roof mount A/C on it with a generator tucked inside ... set for pretty much anything that is a nice looking trailer but I bet it's not cheap!!!
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#321051 - 11/07/07 04:25 PM
Re: what size enclosed trailer for 4 dirt bikes?
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The jeep can handle it but it will be working pretty good. If you are patient and can drive 60MPH you won't have any issues. We had a little larger trailer I hooked to a cherokee (I think 18' box 2 axles enclosed) etc.. jeep pulled it suprisingly well.
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#321053 - 11/08/07 08:59 AM
Re: what size enclosed trailer for 4 dirt bikes?
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In reply to:
The jeep can handle it but it will be working pretty good. If you are patient and can drive 60MPH you won't have any issues. We had a little larger trailer I hooked to a cherokee (I think 18' box 2 axles enclosed) etc.. jeep pulled it suprisingly well.
60 huh? there's a model parked down the road from me, don't know who owns it yet ......, but maybe I can go and give it a test pull out to the freeway ? I'd be using my present cherokee, not the grand cherokee .... but I do know that the GC does pull a boat thru the mts, just never for more than an hour-ish at any of the few times it did. I wonder if there's much of a difference between the 6'7" width and the 8' width? .... and 14 vs 16ish length ...... I'd hate to think that I could have has a 8x16 instead of a 7x14 ...... for not much more effort on the jeep's part .....
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#321055 - 11/08/07 09:39 AM
Re: what size enclosed trailer for 4 dirt bikes?
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