Toads

[Mike McMahan]

Leroy, I have owned Jeeps since about 1987, CJ-7s, Cherokees, Grand
Cherokees and Four or five Wranglers. My grand Cherokee was a really
nice car, probably only one not towed behind an rv but I have no
reason to think it would not be as good as the others. Over the
years I have used every contraption known to man to tow a vehicle
from a chain, tow strap to an enclosed trailer. Towing my Jeeps with
a tow bar is the easiest way to take a vehicle with you. My Cherokee
was sold with 192000 miles on it and the girl who bought it was still
driving it the other day. I think you will be happy with this
setup. I do not even use the expensive tow bar setup(too much of a
PITA) but I don't know what is available for a Grand Cherokee.

Barbara and I (no children of our own) raised my niece from when she
was 10 until she got out of school. I admire anyone who can take on
the responsibility of raising three. Hopefully we will see you guys
this year. We are talking about going down to the Keys for New Years
this year instead of South Padre. Maybe we will see you. Mike &
Barbara McMahan 89PT40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
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> Don,
> I am in a very unique and complicated situation in that I have
given the responsibility of rearing my 3 beautiful Step-Grandchildren
from three different fathers at going on 65. Perhaps you can put that
together in some format. We have permanent custody. I have not so
respectfully advised the non-child support paying familes where to
stick it. The children are 10 months, 5 years and 9 years. I did not
plan on that so significant adjustment are needed. I have been
draging a trailer around with my wife's 92 Z-28 Camero Convertible
25th Anniversary Edition on it but that is a PIA, and where ya gonna
put 5 folks in that thing. It is a collector car with 33,000 original
miles. Gonna sell it on ebay.
> So, I am looking at 2000-2001-2002 Grand Cherokee's used because I
know hauling the kids around will use the vehicle up over time. As
well, I am trying to teach the children the benefits of RVing so that
when they grow up perhaps one of them can haul me around, if I live
long enough. For the last 10 years I have been jacking around in the
tile and stone business just because I enjoy the business. This week
I completed my continuing education requirments to reactivate my CA
CPA certificate which has been on ice since 1992. My idea is to
perform tax return preparation, build a client base and perhaps use
something like data storm to perform the preparation if on the road.
I have yet to conclude if that will work. We will see. If not, I will
open an office and do it somewhere.
> Thanks for the help, it appears that Jeep Cherokee's for the most
part are towable, if there is an N in the transfer case shifter.
> This post is not all BB stuff, but I learned long ago good advise
requires facts. Otherwise, it's a problem.
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
> Royale Conversion
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Bradner
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Toads
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> Which of the jeeps are you considering?
>
> We towed a Hyundai Santa Fe (Front-wheel drive 5-speed) for 4
years, but about 2 years ago we got into geocaching, so 4-WD became
somewhat important. Both my wife and I like the overall look of a
Wrangler, but it had some negatives for us. First was space inside -
got to fit the Golden Retriever and whatever we need to bring back
from shopping, at a minimum, and more is better. Second was on-road
ride, which my wife found harsh for her not-so-great back. On the
first one we considered one of the new 4-doors, but I think that
ruins the visual appeal of a jeep, and the ride wasn't any better.
>
> We settled on an '07 Liberty, bought last December once I knew
what color the Bird would be Been pretty happy with it, except we
had an intermittent shudder that took a long time to pin down.
Finally the dealer came up with a TSB that said it could be the
torque converter, and once they changed that out it was fine.
>
> We have a Limited with Selectrac, so there's full-time 4WD as
well as part-time, in an automatic. Stick the transfer case in
Neutral and the transmission in Park and tow it away away. I haven't
tried to remove the steering wheel lock, so I have to have a key in
the unlocked position, but there doesn't appear to be any power draw
to speak of in that position. I had a key made that does not have the
security lockout, so it can be used to turn the key on but not start
the vehicle.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
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> On 8/27/2007 at 3:13 PM Leroy Eckert wrote:
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> >Thanks to all that replied. I'm giving some thought to selling
the
> >trailer and going to a toad.
> >Leroy Eckert
> >1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
> >Niceville, FL
> >Royale Conversion
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