aljimenez
'13 LTV Serenity on '12 3
Just finished a trip from the central coast of California, to three nights in Death Valley, one night in Las Vegas, and seven nights riverfront at the Colorado River below Lake Havasu on the California Arizona border: about 1,200 miles.
We flat-towed a '94 Jeep Wrangler with a soft top (~3,500 pounds) and this included a couple of very steep hills on Highway 190 into Death Valley that are pretty awful; owning a ScanGauge, I kept LOD below 95% which meant 30mph in many portions of climbs. There were many sections of the trip with high gusty winds. I installed tire pressure monitors on the Jeep while in tow (TST screw on) and a ReadyBrake brake assist system. While it is obvious there is a towed vehicle attached, the entire system worked well; I could easily do 65mph on flat freeways with LOD in the 60's. Our average mileage has been 15.7 since owning the Serenity and this trip had around 13.5 which means towing and watching LOD carefully lowers mpg by about 2.
The reason for towing the Jeep was to do some offroad trails in Death Valley where we met our daughter and husband who rented a Jeep there. We visited the Racetrack and Johnson Canyon. My wife and I then did some offroading along the California-Arizona border around the Colorado River.
We flat-towed a '94 Jeep Wrangler with a soft top (~3,500 pounds) and this included a couple of very steep hills on Highway 190 into Death Valley that are pretty awful; owning a ScanGauge, I kept LOD below 95% which meant 30mph in many portions of climbs. There were many sections of the trip with high gusty winds. I installed tire pressure monitors on the Jeep while in tow (TST screw on) and a ReadyBrake brake assist system. While it is obvious there is a towed vehicle attached, the entire system worked well; I could easily do 65mph on flat freeways with LOD in the 60's. Our average mileage has been 15.7 since owning the Serenity and this trip had around 13.5 which means towing and watching LOD carefully lowers mpg by about 2.
The reason for towing the Jeep was to do some offroad trails in Death Valley where we met our daughter and husband who rented a Jeep there. We visited the Racetrack and Johnson Canyon. My wife and I then did some offroading along the California-Arizona border around the Colorado River.
