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If you have the trailer harness, I would suggest looking into a Curt T-harness. Then you're not confusing the truck's computer by putting extra load where it doesn't want it.

The staged pic is when we first got the JT last Aug, the other in front of the garage door was a week or so ago. The JT has a topper camper on it now.

I'm cheep and repurposed some salvaged slides. Not sure where they came from. The slides don't have locks to prevent them from coming out, so I'll likely use a bungee around the fridge when driving.

Did a quick interwebz search and didn’t find anythin, at least not in the Gladiator world, so I came up with my own. If you have a topper camper, or simply like the idea of being able to open the tailgate from inside, you may find this of interest. If not, move along. Nothing to see...

Several reasons, not in any particular order and not necessarily conclusive. I’m not fond of needing to open hatches of the sleeping area to enter or egress. That’s one of the main reasons we’re moving away from the JK with the Ursa Minor. The Ursa has been fantastic for us, but we’re not spring...

It’s a Snap Outfitters Treehouse. First one they’ve made for a Gladiator

I would be concerned about not having a decent seal on either the tailgate, sides or both. I don’t consider this to be an insurmountable problem. Just need to find the least complex solution

Mr Bill, thanks for your suggestion to move the topper forward. I had about 1/2” adjustment play. Unfortunately it made no difference. The rear wall of the topper is very close, to if not vertical, so that 1/2“ didn’t make any difference in the arc swing. It was worth a try! :)

Thanks for that idea. The company that made the topper installed it. I’ll have to look to see if that’s possible without getting too far forward of the front bulkhead. Guess that means putting the tailgate cap back on for a test. It was a pain to remove with all the clips.

I recently got a topper camper. The hatch and tailgate close and mesh beautifully. When closed or opened together. Because of the air-dam swoop, or whatever that profile is called, the topper hatch won't swing past it while the tailgate is closed, but the tailgate will open without the hatch...

I did a T-harness off the 12v socket and ran the power line up the A pillar.

That just plain sucks. Time for a Trunk Monkey?

ANSI standards on torque wrench accuracy is +/- 4% for “clicker“ style and +/-6% on screwdriver clickers. (I used to do the annual certification of wrenches for my work group) Achieving an accurate torque is subject to soooo many variables. The only way to truly know how much torque is applied...

A mute button on the kids would have been nice from time to time, but I don’t think that’s the kind of kid mods you’re asking for…

Looks like a solution in search of a problem to me. Might be handy to have at a shop that specializes in quick oil changes. As one who works in aerospace where accurate torques are imperative, I would question the longevity of accuracy.

Perhaps slightly off topic, but I find it a wee bit aggravating that a mid size truck suspension has to be beefed up for doing what a truck is supposed to be able to do! It's not just JT's, I had a 3rd gen Tacoma before and the talk on those forums was the same. Good grief! It's not like we're...

1st Jeep is the pictured ‘76 Cj7 I bought as a project from a friend in 2004. I’ll spare you the lengthy background story as to why I got it, but it ended up being a 2 yr complete rebuild. Was my daily driver for a few years. Wheeled it regularly at Rausch Creek in PA until I got tired of...

This. ^ Are you able to legally run studded tires during the winter?

I believe the tire compound hardens some over time, which can also be a factor.