RV Towing with heavy load question

[mikemwj2000]

Has anyone ever carried a heavy load (equivalent to 900 pd motorcycle + 200 pds in ramp) in the bed of your Gladiator Rubicon WHILE THE GLADIATOR IS BEING TOWED BEHIND an RV using Blue Ox tow bar

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[Gvsukids]

Has anyone ever carried a heavy load (equivalent to 900 pd motorcycle + 200 pds in ramp) in the bed of your Gladiator Rubicon WHILE THE GLADIATOR IS BEING TOWED BEHIND an RV using Blue Ox tow bar

What is the payload capacity of the Rubicon?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

What is the payload capacity of the Rubicon?

To add ..
Of THAT Rubicon as stated on the door sticker.
It will be a lot of weight at the rear. Could it want to not track true?
Interesting question

 

[Gvsukids]

To add ..
Of THAT Rubicon as stated on the door sticker.
It will be a lot of weight at the rear. Could it want to not track true?
Interesting question

Load the Rubicon and motorcycle on a trailer and carry the ramps on the trailer. With a long enough trailer, the motorcycle and Jeep could fit without taxing the Gladiator.

 

[MPMB]

To answer OP question - nope.

Quick search shows the JT is roughly a 53/47% split, front/rear. That's only a 150# difference.

So you'll be adding 950# in the bed, right over the rear axle, to put the rear bias at 56.5%. I'd say it might be a handle at speed or in windy conditions.

Also check how much weight is going to be on the tailgate.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

To answer OP question - nope.

Quick search shows the JT is roughly a 53/47% split, front/rear. That's only a 150# difference.

So you'll be adding 950# in the bed, right over the rear axle, to put the rear bias at 56.5%. I'd say it might be a handle at speed or in windy conditions.

Also check how much weight is going to be on the tailgate.

Yes, and height of the weight matters as shown in towing test vids.
Weight on tailgate may vary with bouncing.

 

[mikemwj2000]

To answer OP question - nope.

Quick search shows the JT is roughly a 53/47% split, front/rear. That's only a 150# difference.

So you'll be adding 950# in the bed, right over the rear axle, to put the rear bias at 56.5%. I'd say it might be a handle at speed or in windy conditions.

Also check how much weight is going to be on the tailgate.

The loading system keeps weight off the tailgate, the rear weight is supported by the hitch - see photo

 

[mikemwj2000]

The loading system keeps weight off the tailgate, the rear weight is supported by the hitch - see photo

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Need to watch weight on the hitch - these all have a maximum hitch weight rating.
The weight will be far back on the the truck.. You have also extended the hitch out back quite a distance with something like that, taking away some hitch capacity. Extenders reduce hitch weight abilities - that's an extended hitch.
Unlike a trailer pushing down on a ball just behind the receiver tube, this would be putting that weight out quite a ways. I'd wonder about that weight being so far back. I did an experiment with a platform in my receiver and found moving the weight back just inches made a huge difference in how much weight was taken off the front axle and how much droop there was. Shifting the weight forward just a few inches resolved.
Maybe in a full-sized truck, but I'd sure want to take some local trips and experiment a bit before ever just taking off with that much weight sticking out 2 feet behind the receiver.

 

[mikemwj2000]

Need to watch weight on the hitch - these all have a maximum hitch weight rating.
The weight will be far back on the the truck.. You have also extended the hitch out back quite a distance with something like that, taking away some hitch capacity. Extenders reduce hitch weight abilities - that's an extended hitch.
Unlike a trailer pushing down on a ball just behind the receiver tube, this would be putting that weight out quite a ways. I'd wonder about that weight being so far back. I did an experiment with a platform in my receiver and found moving the weight back just inches made a huge difference in how much weight was taken off the front axle and how much droop there was. Shifting the weight forward just a few inches resolved.
Maybe in a full-sized truck, but I'd sure want to take some local trips and experiment a bit before ever just taking off with that much weight sticking out 2 feet behind the receiver.

Ya, concerned about the change in weight capacity, can’t find an answer to that either

 

[mikemwj2000]

What is the payload capacity of the Rubicon?

1500

 

[ShadowsPapa]

1500

Is that what your door sticker says? Each truck has its own number..........don't go by the marketing charts or the internet numbers.

 

[MPMB]

1500

Hmm... not for Rubicons.

Is that what your door sticker says? Each truck has its own number..........don't go by the marketing charts or the internet numbers.

The internet never lies!!!

Mine's about 1000# before any of my additions.

 

[brsnow2585]

That looks like it'd pick the nose up considerably, which would take a lot of weight off the tow bar. I could see that making the front end getting squirrelly being flat towed. The bed load rating on a Rubicon is about 900-1000 lbs, don't have the actual number handy, I haul water with mine, 330 gallons in the bed is way over but it doesn't mind. That's a tote in the bed just a little forward of the back axel, so it does put the nose down a little too. If possible, you might try putting the motorcycle in the other way, the back wheel carries the bulk of the weight, getting that weight further forward would help keep the nose of the truck from getting drifty.

 

[Gvsukids]

What about a carrier that hooks to the motorhome, and then set up the flat tow of the Rubicon?

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