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So, what is everybody towing?

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Just picked this up today. It’s to help with moving the kids around college and for other
small chores. It’s only 450Lbs empty. Don’t even know it’s back there :)

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Here are a couple of Gladiators towing VORSHEER XOC Trailers. The Gladiator does great job of towing these XOC's. We were very impressed with the Gladiator's performance.

You will need a trailer brake controller added to your Gladiator to allow the truck to engage the trailer's 12" electric drum brakes. This picture was before the trailer brake controller was added. They still towed well but for safety, we highly recommend adding the trailer brake controller ASAP.

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Both of these Gladiators and the XOC Trailers are available for rent out of Salt Lake City from National Parks Overland. Send us a message if you're interested in setting up a rental.

The VORSHEER XOC trailers are also available for purchase from VORSHEER Trailers.
 
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Pulled the old Jeep trailer out of mothballs today.

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Just curious about what is on the road behind our JT's.

Here is what I am pulling.

Moby1 Off road trailer. Pretty loaded up and only around 2500lbs (32 water tank empty)...

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Wow! Nice rig!
 

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My GFA teardrop, just completed a 2200 mile tow from NC to NY/Cd border. It comes in at about 2200lb if the tent were on the camper but I put it on the bed for long tows to help with the fuel mileage. Only managed 11.6 over the whole trip which really sucks but otherwise it did ok. 65mph is the sweet spot, anything over that and it really starts to struggle. 55-60mph I could get 13.5 or so. 4.10 gears, 35’s...


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12 MPG which ain't bad!

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12 MPG which ain't bad!

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Dunno how you did that - I got a whopping 13 with an EMPTY 1500 pound all aluminum flatbed.
Chevy did that with a 3,000 car on a trailer that weighed 800 pounds more.
I normally do 20 without a load.
The MPG is really nice empty, but really scary when hauling a light empty flat trailer.
Something's amiss. It acted like I was hauling 4,000 pounds behind it. I honestly have to say it struggled.

Can't say it sensed the trailer - at least the turn signal didn't change like it does on other trucks, still the same only 3 blinks while Ford and Chevy up it to 5 blinks with a trailer. The only change I noticed was that it was gutless up the hills with the flatbed, kicked down to 4th quite often and 5th up every little hill, spent most of the time in 5th and 6th, hit 7th on the downhill and I think I saw 8th a couple of times on the long downhills.
 

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Went this week to get my new Patriot Campers X1 trailer, which is a 1200 mile each way trip from VA to OK to pick it up. Rolled into OK late last night, picked it up from Exploration Outfitters this morning and got the first 500 miles on it today. Pulls great, the Gladiator is a far better tow rig than my Tacoma. Averaging 12-14 MPG pulling at 72 MPH over varying hilly terrain, so I’m good with that. It weighs about 2000 pounds as it sits, probably will be closer to 2500-2700 loaded up.

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Went this week to get my new Patriot Campers X1 trailer, which is a 1200 mile each way trip from VA to OK to pick it up. Rolled into OK late last night, picked it up from Exploration Outfitters this morning and got the first 500 miles on it today. Pulls great, the Gladiator is a far better tow rig than my Tacoma. Averaging 12-14 MPG pulling at 72 MPH over varying hilly terrain, so I’m good with that. It weighs about 2000 pounds as it sits, probably will be closer to 2500-2700 loaded up.

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Love it! More pics after you outfit it please.
 

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Easy towing with this one. Maybe 1200 lbs or so plus the generator. Timbren suspension and electric brakes.

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Does that model have a bathroom?
 

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The Tag models do not have a bathroom.
 

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