Any real world experience? Jeep is an '01 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.0 and AWD. Needs an engine. Slight rust for the year, minor scratches and dings. My GF will give it to me.

My present truck (forced into work use when the company took our company trucks away in 2012) is a clean Ram 1500 4x4, 5.9 Mag with 70k miles. 13 MPG. I visit construction sites and work in severe snow and hurricanes alike. Can be lots of fallen trees and debris in the work zone. I carry mostly survey type equipment and safety gear, not hard work for the truck, other than off road and lots of obstacles/tight spaces.

The Jeep has 185k on it, and I'm wondering if it would be worth my while to put an engine in it. Maybe get 16 MPG? Full size trucks are so expensive to purchase, I'm wondering if it is good money spent to fix the old Jeep and have a dedicated "work" truck to save the pickup truck from getting scratched up, hogged up and worn out? Is the Jeep WJ tough enough for commercial use?

Last edited by GO_Fish; 03/03/14 10:36 PM.
Scott B. "I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!" 68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph 69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph 01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph