So, what is everybody towing?

[Gladiator_92]

You could use some airlift bags and/or sumos my friens. Ya got a little squat going on there!

yeah man - my rig was like 1/2 inch from riding on the bumps. That particular trailer has a lot of tongue weight. Def need some support in the rear and it would tow this all day like nothing. Luckily it was only a 2 hours drive and not something I do often. Still drove great even though it looks a little gnarly.

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[EddyArnold]

Packn' up in the snow!

 

[wennybekon]

I'm pulling travel trailer

 

[NateKY]

Just a Jeep doing truck things.

 

[Labswine]

Just a Jeep doing truck things.

<Fat Albert voice> Hey, hey, hey...real hay </Fat Albert voice>

 

[farmjeep]

Just a Jeep doing truck things.

That is a Farm Jeep Truck doing farm things! Nice!

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Just a Jeep doing truck things.

Reminds me of how I used my first Jeep truck - my Comanche. Hauled anhydrous tanks into the fields from town, hauled fuel out to tractors, hauled a lot of seed out to the planter, you name it, I hauled it.
I used the KC off-road lighting to light up the area of the combine head at night when things got plugged up. It was almost daylight out there with that truck giving it everything it had.

 

[Fcmalie]

Picking up an OBI Dweller next week. Should be an interesting tow, GVW on the trailer is 5793lbs, so I will be close to my limit if we don't pack light.

 

[bzerob]

Any update on your experience towing the Dweller? Very interested in your feedback as I’m looking at the same unit?

what is your JT tow spec?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Any update on your experience towing the Dweller? Very interested in your feedback as I’m looking at the same unit?

what is your JT tow spec?

Mojave with automatic is I believe 6,000 pounds, same as Overland.
He's got a Mojave from the looks of it.

 

[Fcmalie]

Any update on your experience towing the Dweller? Very interested in your feedback as I’m looking at the same unit?

what is your JT tow spec?

Only towed it from the dealer to the house. With no WDH or airlift 1000 bags it towed the 5 miles ok lol. The next day my daughter and I tested positive for Covid, so might be another week before we go somewhere.

 

[BaliMawr]

My thought is, I would rather have a daily driver that I love and put up with it not being the best tow vehicle.

Exactly. I can't stand driving a full size truck around town with nothing in it.

 

[GotGladiator]

Mojave with automatic is I believe 6,000 pounds, same as Overland.
He's got a Mojave from the looks of it.

Oh dang, and I thought I am almost over the top with my tt weight. Yup, gotta pack very, very light in your case.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Oh dang, and I thought I am almost over the top with my tt weight. Yup, gotta pack very, very light in your case.

My trailer with car is just under 5,000 pounds. Tongue weight is about 500.
So I'm 1,000 under for towing capacity, and taking 500 away from payload (tongue weight counts against payload) I'm left with a bit over 500 pounds payload. I can haul quite a bit in the truck and be ok but I couldn't go to a show/swap meet with my car in tow and buy an engine and load it in the truck. It would have to go on the trailer with the car as a 500 pound engine in the bed of the truck would indeed put me over the top and not be fun as the back of the truck would surely drop more than I want.

I'm actually thinking of something I was very sure I'd never ever consider - air bags.
Not because of truck capacity, not because it can't handle it, but because when I tow at night with LED headlights every other vehicle that drives passed me flashes their high beams.
The rear drops enough that in Iowa people think I have my highs on.
I get "flashed" now and then as it is and my headlights are aimed perfectly - but when towing I get very angry people with megawatt blue LEDS and funky lights that likely aren't even street legal blinding me.
Normally it's the ones with lights piss-poorly aimed and likely not even DOT lights that shine their lights at me. So I may consider air bags to keep the headlights down when towing. People don't understand LED headlights around here, I guess.

 

[Fcmalie]

My trailer with car is just under 5,000 pounds. Tongue weight is about 500.
So I'm 1,000 under for towing capacity, and taking 500 away from payload (tongue weight counts against payload) I'm left with a bit over 500 pounds payload. I can haul quite a bit in the truck and be ok but I couldn't go to a show/swap meet with my car in tow and buy an engine and load it in the truck. It would have to go on the trailer with the car as a 500 pound engine in the bed of the truck would indeed put me over the top and not be fun as the back of the truck would surely drop more than I want.

I'm actually thinking of something I was very sure I'd never ever consider - air bags.
Not because of truck capacity, not because it can't handle it, but because when I tow at night with LED headlights every other vehicle that drives passed me flashes their high beams.
The rear drops enough that in Iowa people think I have my highs on.
I get "flashed" now and then as it is and my headlights are aimed perfectly - but when towing I get very angry people with megawatt blue LEDS and funky lights that likely aren't even street legal blinding me.
Normally it's the ones with lights piss-poorly aimed and likely not even DOT lights that shine their lights at me. So I may consider air bags to keep the headlights down when towing. People don't understand LED headlights around here, I guess.

That is the same reason I am considering Airlift 1000 bags or whichever brand. I'm already considering switching my LEDs to factory or Oracles for better adjustment. My current LEDs are nice and bright, but I can't adjust them much lower and I still get flashed without the trailer.

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