All girls garage installing a gooseneck on a JTD ???

[Chance575]

Showed up in my motortrend network email, episode isn’t up yet

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[Killroy Was Here]

Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
It would take a special kind of a fool to even consider towing a gooseneck with one of these trucks.

 

[Chuck]

Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
It would take a special kind of a fool to even consider towing a gooseneck with one of these trucks.

Guess that all depends on the size of the trailer. Although, a small custom gooseneck would be expensive and not practical. It would get the lookers tho

 

[Aonarch]

Dumb

 

[TimC]

Maybe they’ll make it a dually LOL

With a wind deflector on the roof

 

[Garemlin]

There are some lightweight 2 horse gooseneck horse trailers. Around 4-5k.

 

[Hootbro]

Well isn't that special.

 

[Wageslave]

Maybe they will try to tow a gooseneck trailer with that thing, then immediately start working on mods to the cooling system.

 

[Kindafearless]

I’m pretty sure there was someone else who did this and burned their gladiator to the ground :/

Found it:
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/wonder-what-happened.42921/

 

[Chance575]

Well episode is up

overland diesel, Bds lift kit on 37s
they installed 3/4 ton dodge gooseneck kit they cut apart and welded on top of the frame in between spring perches. Also some air bags and 4.88 gears

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
It would take a special kind of a fool to even consider towing a gooseneck with one of these trucks.

It's about money, clicks, monetization. You see stuff like this to get attention these days.
And Overland makes it even more of a joke. Just looking at it, it's a combination of stupid and dumb.
Overland has narrow axles - and they've stressed the heck out of things with those wheels to widen it.
I really hope they don't REALLY tow with that thing - and thankful it's not in Iowa.
You don't have to be smart to post a video or have a channel on YT. You just have to have a strong need for money and 15 minutes of fame.

 

[Killroy Was Here]

Well episode is up

overland diesel, Bds lift kit on 37s
they installed 3/4 ton dodge gooseneck kit they cut apart and welded on top of the frame in between spring perches. Also some air bags and 4.88 gears

As one who has professionally installed too many gooseneck & 5th Wheel hitches through the years to mention, that hack assed shit scares me, and I'm damn near fearless!

Anyone who cuts, drills, welds, or modifies any vehicle hitch is opening themselves up to a ton of potential liability issues if something goes haywire down the road.
Hope these dingbats have got some good lawyers on retainer. They might need them.

This is why ridiculous shows like this one are a perfect demonstration of how not to do something.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

As one who has professionally installed too many gooseneck & 5th Wheel hitches through the years to mention, that hack assed shit scares me, and I'm damn near fearless!

Anyone who cuts, drills, welds, or modifies any vehicle hitch is opening themselves up to a ton of potential liability issues if something goes haywire down the road.
Hope these dingbats have got some good lawyers on retainer. They might need them.

This is why ridiculous shows like this one are a perfect demonstration of how not to do something.

And yet - some will be influenced by idiots. There's no way I'd work in the same shop as clowns like that anyway. They are more actors than professionals.

And it's an Overland - of all the models/versions to hack up and over-load......... I don't give a rip if it is a diesel - pulling power isn't the question in any of this. (although if you can't pull it, you shouldn't be trying anyway)
The thing is also obviously squatting in the rear. Wonder how much over payload they are - and how close to payload max they are with the weight of the hitch and mods.

Tort comes to mind.

 

[The White Rabbit]

Yeah, what y’all said!

 

[rharr]

looks like bugger welds 3 pictures down....

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