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Gladiator bed box depth / height is 17.5" from floor to top of rail

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I will look into that. Thank you. Efficiency is my main concern. Being out for days art a time, power drain is important.
get a dual battery setup itll be fine & if your camped in 1 spot too long without running your vehicle get a solar panel to keep thinks topped up theyre cheap now
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get a dual battery setup itll be fine & if your camped in 1 spot too long without running your vehicle get a solar panel to keep thinks topped up theyre cheap now
Already on that path. Being an electrician by trade I am focused in efficiency and redundancy. If I'm efficient and solar goes down it's less if a problem. A lot can go wrong, its prudent to minimize any and all damages.
 

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Bed depth not bad at all, especially because the JT is not meant to be a construction truck.

Dying to ask a Jeep engineer why the 3.6 power is still underpowered compared to other modern V6s of the same size?!? I can only assume the 3.6 average output is meant for reliability.
I'm sure they will give some engineering spiel about the engine bay being smaller than most other vehicles causes overheating issues tied in with the limited space for exhaust routing requires a lower power output and engine workload to provide reliability. IMO they just need to hurry up and bring back the straight 6.
 

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If it is, then it's exact the same as my current hilux and the 47L ARB fits perfectly as is...one win
 

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Bed depth not bad at all, especially because the JT is not meant to be a construction truck.

Dying to ask a Jeep engineer why the 3.6 power is still underpowered compared to other modern V6s of the same size?!? I can only assume the 3.6 average output is meant for reliability.
I agree.
Let's just hope the gladiator eventually gets the 3.0 i6 turbo FCA is working on.
 

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yep looks like 17 3/4 " to me
 

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This. A million times this. I sincerely hope a 17" tall low power, highly efficient fridge is developed. Preferably from dometic or Engel. This really has been my only concern with the bed height. Really the truck at all aside from cost.
I just measured my 63-qt ARB. The specs say it is 17" tall...but it appears to be closer to 16.5".
 

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Got a few measurement pics of the bed at the St Louis Auto Show before they roped it off. Top of bed floor rib to top of bed wall is 17 1/2" (As stated previously). Top of wheel arch to top of bed is 10". Back of bed to back of wheel arch is 27". (I believe in Jays' post of specs it said distance between wheel arches and bed width and length so didn't try to measure it)

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Thank you! So the wheel notche base are same height as half raised tailgate? Plenty can be done with that, like a second tier.
 

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I will look into that. Thank you. Efficiency is my main concern. Being out for days art a time, power drain is important.
I ran my 37qt ARB classic for several days at a time in my JK with a single battery with no problem. I kept the fridge in the Jeep and on all summer to keep my bottles of coke cold and it worked a treat. ARBs are not into very efficient, but they are much more tolerant to rough treatment and off-road use (they can run while up to 30* off vertical iirc, while others must be close to flat when we they’re running).
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