Bent Frame - 2021 Gladiator Mojave

[foo.c]

This is a big thing people are overlooking. Not saying this is OP's problem but as an example, I can imagine someone saying " I just hung 250lbs of gear on my hitch, not even close to the tongue weight ". Then a dynamic event happens that amplifies that to 4000lbs and the frame bends. If you are using the trailer hitch and go off road, I'd stick to well maintained dirt roads only.

Not to mention at least with a trailer you have rebound from the trailer wheels. A hitch mounted tire carrier? Your frame is the rebound.

Yep, and it's even worse if whatever in there is flopping around.

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[ShadowsPapa]

I posted this in another thread here -


if you drop a 10 pound ball 4 feet (48 inches), and it stops in a quarter inch, then the force at the bottom of the fall is

.
2,000 pounds of force on your foot from a 10 pound ball falling 4 feet.

Imagine hitting a pavement dip with a 1,000 trailer tongue - up she goes, down she comes, STOP! The force would be crazy and the leverage of that hitch sticking out back there - more physics (levers)
Even a spare tire could generate a few thousand pounds of force if sent upward by a dip and then came down to a sudden stop.

 

[tampahoosier]

It has happened. Subaru is not Jeep. More than one person has said they've had a claim denied and when they went to another dealer, the dealer looked up their VIN and saw the warranty had been voided.
It's stupid crazy that a dealer can even do that - it should be up to some other entity or via an agreement by multiple shops that there has been abuse.
Can't compare Jeeps to other shops. They have their own systems and own way of doing things - even independent of their corporate sisters (the Alfa family of vehicles, for example)

Truth!

You're harping on what I said earlier. Ridiculous that the system allows a dealership to total null and void the warranty. How that doesn't have more approvals at a higher level is beyond me.

Not to mention at least with a trailer you have rebound from the trailer wheels. A hitch mounted tire carrier? Your frame is the rebound.

As soon as I read that part of the post I thought oh man he's toast. They are gonna say that there is so much weight on the back that yeah, it bent the frame. I imagine it's not a dinky light little 33" tire he had on that thing either. So yeah, if he had a trailer on it AND a large tire on a rear bumper tire carrier that could easily have been over the tongue weight. As others have pointed out the lack of details is a bit alarming. You don't just bend a vehicle frame by driving down the road and within vehicle limitations.

 

[Glad_he_ate]

stilll going?? Beauler …beauler ??? I’m on nights too sleep ?? What’s sleep ??

 

[AZCooWhip]

Ok you non working slugs ...it’s early here in the Great 48. What did I miss.

 

[hjdca]

The issue is more of "bottoming out" rather than weight. If your springs are already at full compression when loaded, then, any amount of bouncing is putting stress on your frame. If you want to put a spare tire on your hitch, then, you better have springs and shocks that can handle it and give you plenty of spring travel off-road. -- adjustable shocks, high rate springs, and air bags can help. Most likely, if you do not bottom-out the suspension, the frame will not bend. A good rule of thumb -- if the truck is not level when loaded, and the rear end sags, then, you are in danger of bottoming out the rear suspension on bumps.

 

[Glad_he_ate]

And I’m still mad as hell they took the _her off the end of my name! I got no warning or anything just logged in one day and my name changed !!

 

[Glad_he_ate]

I’m just going for that 100 pager …just doing my part

and here is a dick joke for all…
What's the difference between a dick and a bonus check? Someone is always down to blow your bonus.

 

[Bonanza]

I don't think there's a single instance of bent frames in the history of automobiles where it isn't the owner's fault. In for 100.

 

[Higher_Ground]

"Bend but don't break"

How straight do you need it? Bent isn't broken.

 

[syreeves]

also the overlanding fad of completely overloading vehicles and going offroad.

EDIT: Aka this guy:



Rolling at 8,000 lbs constantly.

Wow - i think that guy in the video actually believes all the marketing shit he reads about his products...

 

[HjStrater]

Shadow Papa by my computations you have spent almost 10% of your waking time posting on these forms in the last two years.

He took a few months off once. People got worried about him.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

>And I’m still mad as hell they took the _her off the end of my name! I got no warning or anything just logged in one day and my name changed !!<

Well, they could have changed it to Three of Five, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01

 

[AZCooWhip]

At this point ...what difference does it make.

How about a little Bill Murray and the fuzz ball.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

At this point ...what difference does it make.

How about a little Bill Murray and the fuzz ball.

He's taking that little fellow out to go chuck some more wood..............

(woodchuck day doesn't sound as sexy now, does it?!)

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