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- #31
Yeah I gotcha'. Some guys aren't worried about hauling and towing and so this works perfect. It really is an awesome truck.Thank you! Of course, I’d be thrilled if payload/towing were greater. But, for me it’ll do just fine. It’s a fun and cool daily driver and if I need to pull a small trailer, etc I will be just fine. However, I do understand the let down others feel. Maybe with Gladiator generation 2 they will be able to engineer around this limitation.
For the guys who do haul and tow, I don't think Jeep can work around this issue. As you see, they've already increased the GVWR by 150 lbs. to try and salvage a little payload. And still, with the massive weight of the Rubicon EcoDiesel Gladiator there just isn't any more wiggle room. That's probably a 5,400 lb. truck. To put it in perspective, my 2020 Ram Crew Cab North Edition EcoDiesel only weighs 5,500 lbs. (but the GVWR is 7,200). We tend to think of diesels as work horses, but unfortunately the GVWR on the JT is going to prevent this diesel from ever being worked hard.
Anyhow, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Sweet truck. Just wanted to mention the payload as an FYI to other guys.
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