jsalbre
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As mentioned above CAT scales are the most common. I'd say you'll find a scale at 50-75% of the truck stops you see along the highways.Stupid question, where can one find a scale?
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As mentioned above CAT scales are the most common. I'd say you'll find a scale at 50-75% of the truck stops you see along the highways.Stupid question, where can one find a scale?
Spoken like someone who has never encountered a deer.There was a guy running 8900 pounds gvw on his overlanding gladiator with tens of thousands of on and off road miles just fine. Will it wear it out quicker? Yeah. Will it drive worse? I'm 100% sure. Is it unsafe? Only if you drive like an idiot.
I'm just citing an extreme example of the truck not falling apart just because you added some weight to it which is what people seem to think happens if you go over the payload by 10 pounds. I'm not condoning an 8900 pound gladiator, but this idea that if you go to 6500 instead of 6250 your truck becomes an undriveable wrecking ball is just ludicrous. People drove and still drive trucks and cars that handle and brake even worse and they still get around safely. Its about understanding your vehicles dynamics. If you need to haul a heavy load, stay off the highway, stick to the back roads, and dont drive any faster than you need to.Spoken like someone who has never encountered a deer.
Anyone running that kind of weight on a Gladiator is a massive asshole who needs to be removed from the gene pool.
But this illustrates my point - things are ok until they're not. Say you know you can't take a 65 corner at 65 so you take it at 55 but now a deer pops up. Slamming your brakes will absolutely put you into oncoming traffic if not on your lid and hitting the deer is likely to upset the balance of your truck too. There gets to be a point where "common sense" actions to mitigate poor decisions become unreasonable. It's better to not put yourself in these situations and buy a vehicle appropriate for all the shit you want to carry.Hitting a deer is about 75% bad luck and 25% everything else. If the deer decides he's gonna play red rover 4 feet from your bumper and its pitch black, aint nothing gonna save you so just hit the brakes and stay in your lane.
Even with no load, these Gladiators steer and brake WAAAAAY worse than most cars. On the other side of the scale, there are plenty of box trucks and other vehicles that drive WAAAAY worse than a fully loaded Gladiator. These Jeeps will never be sports cars, and box trucks will never be Jeeps. It doesn't mean they shouldn't be driven on the road. It also means that IF someone maybe didn't have a load, or was driving a different vehicle, sure, maybe they would avoid the deer.But this illustrates my point - things are ok until they're not. Say you know you can't take a 65 corner at 65 so you take it at 55 but now a deer pops up. Slamming your brakes will absolutely put you into oncoming traffic if not on your lid and hitting the deer is likely to upset the balance of your truck too. There gets to be a point where "common sense" actions to mitigate poor decisions become unreasonable. It's better to not put yourself in these situations and buy a vehicle appropriate for all the shit you want to carry.
This is really why I have such hatred for most broverlander youtube channels because they've normalized running 1.5k over your GVWR and glorified all the crap you don't need to get out there.
Yep - 25 concrete wall blocks at about 50 pounds each in my Overland, no issue.not sure, all I know is I can toss 30 bags of wood Pellets in the back of my Mojave and it is fine,,, btw 1 bag is 40lbs so 1200lbs in the bed.