Gladiator Bed Load Rating

[JeepnJohnny]

Hi all,

I’ve looked on Jeep’s site, but can’t find what the gladiator’s bed load rating is. Just the bed. Does anyone know?

Thanks,
John

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[TrailHiker]

It depends on the specific trim package you get a d the extras you have added. The number is listed on the truck’s driver’s side door pilla, along with the Vin number. Hint, it is the rear axle max weight rating. In practice, the bed cargo and passengers and cargo in the cab all total must be within the max cargo rating also. So there is no hard and fast number of how many lbs you can carry in the bed, and it depends on where in the bed you place the weight (in front or behind the rear axle).
cheers

 

[JeepnJohnny]

Thanks for your reply. It’s the rubicon with pretty much every package. I’ll take a look at the door for the numbers.

John

 

[Blade1668]

I've hauled over 800 lbs of bagged concrete and some wood in my Max-Tow it just started to level up the back. I limit myself to 12 bags or less that's about my limit for loading and unloading.? I'm about done for after that now.

 

[TrailHiker]

A MaxTow Sport is going to have a larger cargo capacity than the fully loaded Rubi. The weight of the additional Rubi bits reduces the truck’s cargo capacity.
If you need to haul stuf or tow trailers, than the MaxTow package is what you need. On the other hand, if charging over difficult trails and rock crawling is importan, than the Rubi is then obvious choice.

That said, a Rubi can still tow 5600-7000 lbs trailer (not that I would want to) and haul some cargo, just not as much as the MaxTow Gladiator. I have a Sport S with MaxTow rear springs to increase towing tongue weight and help keep the bed level when hauling additional cargo. The springs do not increase the max cargo, that is on the axle specification.

Also, if towing, your trailer tongue weight counts as cargo, so you need to take that into consideration to when working out your cargo capacit.
cheers

 

[ACAD_Cowboy]

Use the cargo and axle weight rating as your guide.

The steel of the box can endure much more than you can reliably fit in it.

Out of curiosity, whats the plan, why is the very specific cargo box rating of interest?

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