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    Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 7:50pm
Welcome and congrats.  Hope spring comes quickly cause you're gonna love the pod.
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Welcome!!Smile
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I really hope your truck's towing ability is better than mine was, and your towing situations are different from what is normal for me in my part of the country. My Dakota was an '07 and the tow rating for that year's 3.7 was a max of about 5000 lbs., which my truck was pretty close to. My truck's rating was fine, but it's real world ability just didn't fit for me. Maybe the newer Dak 3.7 has a higher rating.
 
There have been a lot of us on this site and the other RPod site that have thought our tow rigs would satisfy us while towing our Pods; we've been disappointed and moved up to slightly more able or much bigger towing rigs. I believe that my Dakota would have done fine for me--if I had lived in a different part of the country with fewer foothills and passes to have to always deal with. Best of luck and enjoy your trailer.  
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Well..I figured the four wheel drive would help in hills and such (if need be), as for gas milage.  Well...we all know how that goes.
 
Dodge lists the max towing capacity at 6850 lbs.  standard at 2000 lbs.  So I didn't really expect to have any problems towing with it.
 
 
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Posts: 111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:43pm
Congrats and welcome!  The boards are full of helpful advice, they sure helped us!  
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Welcome!
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Posts: 267 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 7:17pm
The 3:92  rear end didn't help much, and the Dakota probably weighs more than your Jeep. Also, does the Jeep come with a 5  speed auto, or is it equiped with a four speed like the v/6 Dakotas? That would make a world of difference.
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I do pretty good in the mountains also.  But, I got rid of my factory 3:73 gears and went with 4:11's.  More power at the expense of mileage for off road use.

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Posts: 267 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 4:35pm
Welcome, and I hope you like your 177 as much as we like our 175. They're pretty nice little trailers. They have plenty of room for many of us, and lots of nice features.
 
Sorry to give you a different perspective from TerryM on towing with the 3.7 engine. If you're pretty much a flatlander your Dakota will probably do well, but in hilly country, not so well. Do a search on my posts and read the one under "mileage" to get my perspective. My Dakota just didn't fit well with how and where we tow. Hopefully your needs will be different.  
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 4:07pm
Welcome to the group!  I hope you enjoy and use your Pod often.  Some of us guys don't like to sweat either....a bathroom an A/C are two of the reasons I got out of a pop-up.  When it get's hot, an afternoon nap in air conditioning is just fine. Smile
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