Hello everyone, I'm new to this site. The guys over at moparts.com said I should ask this over here, so here it goes.
I'm looking at purchacing a 2000 Durango, 4x4, 4.7L, leather, all that fun stuff. It had some body damage in the past, enough to total it (no frame damage), but all this has been fixed. I know the guy that has owned it for the past few years, so I trust him when he says it's in good shape even with its nearly 180,000 miles. This is really the only car in the area where I live that both my girlfriend and myself can agree opon. She'll be driving it when I'm not needing to tow something.
I intend to do some mild landscaping work out of this, and will be towing about a 6x12 trailer (rated at 3500lbs, so nothing TOO serious) with it a good amount of time, which means I'll need to add a receiver hitch to it and possibly a front brush guard and winch. It also has to double as a (second) family car as well. Most of the time I'll probably only be towing my rather small riding mower and pusher.
I have never owned a D before. I know I'd probably do better with a truck, but it needs to serve a lot of needs, INTERNAL space being one of them. I also tend to drive about 30 mins or so on the interstate, but probably not towing anything.
Do you guys think this would work good for my situation? How are they on towing power? How well do the transmissions hold up? I like to go off the beaten path from time to time, so how well does the 4WD work? I don't intend to be towing cars with it or anything, but could I without much alteration?
I know that's a lot of questions, but I plan on possibly buying this tomorrow. Thanks for any info!
I'm looking at purchacing a 2000 Durango, 4x4, 4.7L, leather, all that fun stuff. It had some body damage in the past, enough to total it (no frame damage), but all this has been fixed. I know the guy that has owned it for the past few years, so I trust him when he says it's in good shape even with its nearly 180,000 miles. This is really the only car in the area where I live that both my girlfriend and myself can agree opon. She'll be driving it when I'm not needing to tow something.
I intend to do some mild landscaping work out of this, and will be towing about a 6x12 trailer (rated at 3500lbs, so nothing TOO serious) with it a good amount of time, which means I'll need to add a receiver hitch to it and possibly a front brush guard and winch. It also has to double as a (second) family car as well. Most of the time I'll probably only be towing my rather small riding mower and pusher.
I have never owned a D before. I know I'd probably do better with a truck, but it needs to serve a lot of needs, INTERNAL space being one of them. I also tend to drive about 30 mins or so on the interstate, but probably not towing anything.
Do you guys think this would work good for my situation? How are they on towing power? How well do the transmissions hold up? I like to go off the beaten path from time to time, so how well does the 4WD work? I don't intend to be towing cars with it or anything, but could I without much alteration?
I know that's a lot of questions, but I plan on possibly buying this tomorrow. Thanks for any info!
