Jeep Pickup (Gladiator)
Saw this on the net....Jeep is going back into the pickup market... Thought it was interesting....and sorry if I am the last one to know and it has already been posted....
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FishOnOne wrote:intheburbs wrote:mich800 wrote:intheburbs wrote:
Kinda curious what's different about the Gladiator that they more than double the trailer tow rating of the Wrangler Unlimited. 7650 lbs towing capacity, which is a gigantic leap over the 3500 of the Wrangler. So what was the limiting factor in the Wrangler? Frame, brakes, receiver, axles, other? Looking at the specs, not sure how "3rd generation Dana heavy-duty axles" compare to the Dana 44? Is it more like a 60?
I am thinking wheel base is a pretty big factor. If you have spent much time in a wrangler even the unlimited wheeelbase versions they are not the best on road vehicle. I have yet to be in one that wasn't a wandering SOB on pavement. I cannot imagine a high profile 6k trailer behind one.
You did read my sig, right? ;)
Both of my Wranglers are rock-solid; so much so that I let my teenage kids drive them all the time. And when I rotate tires, I take them out on the highway at, shall we say, extralegal speeds, and again both rock-solid. Right up into triple digits.
A guy at work owned a jeep for ~1 month earlier this year and after driving it from Houston to San Antonio he couldn't stand the ride with the wandering problem. He traded it on a new Land Rover.
He`s definitely not the smartest out there if he bought a Land Rover! those are probably the biggest POS on the road.
