I highly doubt the size of the Jeep is a concern. Libertys weigh 4000+ pounds.

 

Wheelbase is a very big concern. I have a 18foot car hauler that I tried to pull with a GMC Jimmy one time, all I had on it was my 300 pound Quadracer. Never again would I be that silly. The Jimmy had the power to pull the trailer, but even with the atv as far forward as it could physically be, that trailer would step out of line and would push the suv around a bit. I pull it now with a full sized truck loaded up with 3 face cord of wood and have no problems. Now I think you are fine as your trailer is significantly shorter and MUCH lighter than mine, just be aware that your wheelbase has a lot to do with the overall towing experience, and a Liberty doesn't have much length.

 

Shouldnt have any problem.. I tow 2 full size UTEs with my Lifted Wrangler and do just fine.. Even used to tow an 18ft Bass boat with it.. And im sure that was nearing or more than the suggested tow rating.. as well as longer than the jeep.. haha
Handles and tows JUST fine.. And i think my wrangerl is smaller than the Liberty.. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Scooter86 and 400Catdriver make very good points.

I posted something last night about this, but my internet WI-FI went down. Anyways, For what you are planning on towing, you will be fine I think. Watch your tranny, and dont overwork the motor pulling hills. The trailer is a bit longer than I would feel comforable pulling with a liberty, but since you are going to be spreading your weight out with the 2 quads it may work out ok. If your motor is struggling like you say it is, that would only indicate to me to keep a closer eye on oil levels, your coolant temp guage. and definetly install that tranny cooler. Heat is what kills an automatic tranny. Beyond that, Keep the quads on 4 wheels, hit the trails and have fun...

true your wrangler is smaller than the Liberty, the diference lies in the stance, yours is wider, and since its lifted, I am going to assume you have had some suspension work done. Yours also probly has the 4.0, or the 4.0HO, and one of his concerns was how it pulled hills. Your 4.0 is going to pull well compared to his 4cyl? Might be the 3.7, but they arent much better. I would feel more comfortable with a wrangler than a liberty. But this is about his liberty, and his concerns about his towing.

(I am ignoring LittleBill since he lack of tact and his misguidance has already sent kickass210 off in the wrong direction about towing)

 

I have a 2003 Liberty limited. Trailer is 8x10 Big tex. Trailer Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is 3000 lbs. Trailer weight is 990 lbs. I haul 2000 lbs. of firewood in the trailer. Not a problem at all. Just make sure the your trailer tongue weight is about 10 to 15 % of the GVWR and you will be fine.

 

Just another two cents...I have a bowl full of pennies! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

I think the trailer and load outwest is quoting is reasonable but I certainly wouldn't want to go beyond that. It's the length and weight of the tow vehicle that would concern me. I tried pulling a 19 foot boat with a Ford Explorer Sport and the combo was completly unstable. The single axle boat trailer had no brakes and it tried to push that Explorer sideways when slowing down especially in the turns. I've done a lot of towing and that certainly wasn't safe enough for me.

Everybody has their own comfort level. I pull either a 28 foot race hauler or a 18 foot flatbed with an '06 Powerstroke Lariat. Obviously, that gets the job done for these trailers. The 18 footer could be pulled with a full size half ton, and has been, safely. But, I wouldn't want to pull it with one of those smaller or mid-size trucks.

You CAN pull heavy loads with a small vehicle but that doesn't mean it's a safe thing to do.

 

My wifes vehicle is an 05 Liberty with the 3.7 V-6 (210 hp) and it came equipped with a Mopar tranny cooler. Now while I wouldn't pull a big travel trailer with it there is certainly no trouble with a quad or two. The vehicle is rated for 5000lbs and it is certainly not an underpowered vehicle. I don't drive it much myself but every time that I do I am always pleasantly pleased with the power. On a few occasions when my truck was unavailable I used it to tow my quad & snowmobile about 300km each way on the highway to my buddies cabin for the weekend. No problem whatsoever! Highway speed was no problem and I didn't find any problems with the hills. Actually it towed better that the Toyota Tundra that I had at the time from an engine standpoint. But like before I wouldn't be dropping a big travel trailer on it although something about 3500lbs would be okay. One drawback to the behicle itself is that it is a pig on gas...holy crap is it bad. Funny thing though is that when towing the double snomobile trailer loaded with a SP500 & a GT550 plus gas & gear it only burned about 10% more fuel.

 

I looked at your pics and I used to tow ATV's kind-of like you do, except both of mine were sideways on the trailer. (See my pics). This was a lot of wind drag. About a month or so ago I purchased a 5x14 ft. trailer ($945) so I could tow our 2 sportsmans one in front of the other instead of sideways. (I tow with a Ford Ranger with 5000 lb. towing capacity, off-road package and 4.0L V6) Since I purchased the longer trailer, tow the ATV's one in front of the other and tow without the mesh end-gate (it acts like a big parachute), it tows soooooo much easier. I can set the cruise while going down the interstate and it rarely kicks out of overdrive and can easily hold 70-75MPH. If I'm in hills I manually click out the overdirve. It's actually a pleasure towing the ATV's now. But talk to your dealer in the service dept. and see what he says also.