747KGs // 1647LBs

[basicGlad]

Ordered 5/9
Manufactured 19/9
Delivered 27/9
PDI-ed 28/9
Accepting delivery 30/9 (Monday)

Sport S, Manual Transmission, No tow package, premium soft top, engine block heater, cold weather group, aux switches!

THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE MAX PAYLOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[giskard]

Nice! I wish I could get your GVWR with a tow package too ...

 

[Murgatroid]

Nice! I wish I could get your GVWR with a tow package too ...

Jeeps options list changes everything, if you want max GVWR you can't have max tow, if you want max tow you can't have any of the good off road options like disconnects. It's a complicated mess when you start trying to decide, I put my goal on max tow and never noticed or thought about that that the hard top would cut down on my GVWR which could effect max tow with tongue wt and what else I'm taking along.

 

[giskard]

Jeeps options list changes everything, if you want max GVWR you can't have max tow, if you want max tow you can't have any of the good off road options like disconnects. It's a complicated mess when you start trying to decide, I put my goal on max tow and never noticed or thought about that that the hard top would cut down on my GVWR which could effect max tow with tongue wt and what else I'm taking along.

Actually, the max tow package does give you the maximum available GVWR off 6250 lbs (same as a Rubicon or Sport S with no tow package). It's just that it also weighs more so you don't get the max payload capacity. Since I want a manual transmission and the ability to tow I'm stuck with the lower GVWR of 5800 lbs for reasons that are not obvious.

 

[Murgatroid]

Actually, the max tow package does give you the maximum available GVWR off 6250 lbs (same as a Rubicon or Sport S with no tow package). It's just that it also weighs more so you don't get the max payload capacity. Since I want a manual transmission and the ability to tow I'm stuck with the lower GVWR of 5800 lbs for reasons that are not obvious.

My understanding it the manual can't take the load, now don't know if that is the clutch, or it overheats or just why it won't pull as much.

 

[WXman]

Obviously 1,600 is not the limit...

 

[giskard]

My understanding it the manual can't take the load, now don't know if that is the clutch, or it overheats or just why it won't pull as much.

From what I've read the clutch is the weak point. Though keep in mind they have to test these under extreme conditions (60 mph uphill in the heat). That makes the advertised tow capacity pretty conservative under tamer conditions (like the flat plains I normally tow over). It's pretty rare that I have a need to tow over 4000 lbs anyway, so I'm planning to stick with a manual.

Getting back to the original subject of this thread - the transmission has no effect on the truck's payload capacity. As @basicGlad has proven here the max payload is achieved with a Sport S with the manual and no tow package. Most likely due to the lower weight of the transmission.

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