dougl
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- First Name
- Doug
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- Apr 5, 2020
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- Location
- Rocklin, CA
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- 2020 Gobi JTR, Toyota Tundra, Mazda 3
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Just rented a JTR (fairly loaded) for the weekend and we’re ALL IN. We put around 500 miles on it and was pleasantly surprised how well it did all around (highway/backroads/around town). I had a CJ7 and Wrangler back in the 90’s so I already knew about the fun factor. Looking forward to getting back into the Jeep family.
Looking into the future we may end up with a travel trailer, so we did some tow testing/comparison with a friends trailer. The trailer was a GD Imagine 2600. The trailer’s dry weight is 5700lbs, it had ~200lbs of gear and we added ~350lbs between the 2 of us – trailer tongue weight is ~600lbs. The setup was under the JTR’s max (on the higher end), but longer/heavier that we’d go with, a good higher end test for us. We used a weight distribution hitch, not too much rear end sag when we hooked up the trailer. My buddy tows the trailer with an F150 v6 ecoboost, so that’s what we(he) compared with. I realize it’s not an apples to apples comparison but that’s what we had. Overall the JTR performed well on the flats, getting on the highway braking was all good, my buddy was impressed. We had a pretty calm day so not much wind to deal with. The JTR struggled on our test hill, it’s a short (~3/4 mile) run that’s pretty steep, ave grade is ~5.6% - pitch on the Uconnect Offroad app hit 7 at one point. Going up the hill the JTR max out around 30/35 mph, 3rd gear I think (not positive) – comparing that with the F150 we went up at ~45mph and had power to spare.
So finally to my question: Would the Max Tow have performed any better (hill test) than the JTR under the same conditions? In reality we wouldn’t be towing that size of a rig but curious to know if under the same conditions, within the max capacity of the JTR, are there an appreciable performance differences in towing between the Max Tow and JTR. Since a lot of places we’d go from here require some decent mountain climbs I want to make sure we’ll have the most capable setup possible – not sure if I can wait for the diesel.
Truth be told I don’t need the Rubicon. I won’t be doing serious 4x4’ing (hats off to those who have the stones to drive your $50k+ vehicle over VW sized boulders). It’ll be my daily driver (short 6mile work commute), home depot/yard hauls, light trails, snow trips to the mountains and eventually towing. I’d want to keep the trailer around 6k lbs fully loaded - including gear and people/dog(in the jeep of course). I do like the look/stance of the JTR and thought the leather seats were more comfortable than the cloth (took a test drive at the local dealer of a cloth JTR). Thanks in advance, great forum – I’ve been learning a ton the past few weeks
Looking into the future we may end up with a travel trailer, so we did some tow testing/comparison with a friends trailer. The trailer was a GD Imagine 2600. The trailer’s dry weight is 5700lbs, it had ~200lbs of gear and we added ~350lbs between the 2 of us – trailer tongue weight is ~600lbs. The setup was under the JTR’s max (on the higher end), but longer/heavier that we’d go with, a good higher end test for us. We used a weight distribution hitch, not too much rear end sag when we hooked up the trailer. My buddy tows the trailer with an F150 v6 ecoboost, so that’s what we(he) compared with. I realize it’s not an apples to apples comparison but that’s what we had. Overall the JTR performed well on the flats, getting on the highway braking was all good, my buddy was impressed. We had a pretty calm day so not much wind to deal with. The JTR struggled on our test hill, it’s a short (~3/4 mile) run that’s pretty steep, ave grade is ~5.6% - pitch on the Uconnect Offroad app hit 7 at one point. Going up the hill the JTR max out around 30/35 mph, 3rd gear I think (not positive) – comparing that with the F150 we went up at ~45mph and had power to spare.
So finally to my question: Would the Max Tow have performed any better (hill test) than the JTR under the same conditions? In reality we wouldn’t be towing that size of a rig but curious to know if under the same conditions, within the max capacity of the JTR, are there an appreciable performance differences in towing between the Max Tow and JTR. Since a lot of places we’d go from here require some decent mountain climbs I want to make sure we’ll have the most capable setup possible – not sure if I can wait for the diesel.
Truth be told I don’t need the Rubicon. I won’t be doing serious 4x4’ing (hats off to those who have the stones to drive your $50k+ vehicle over VW sized boulders). It’ll be my daily driver (short 6mile work commute), home depot/yard hauls, light trails, snow trips to the mountains and eventually towing. I’d want to keep the trailer around 6k lbs fully loaded - including gear and people/dog(in the jeep of course). I do like the look/stance of the JTR and thought the leather seats were more comfortable than the cloth (took a test drive at the local dealer of a cloth JTR). Thanks in advance, great forum – I’ve been learning a ton the past few weeks
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