How much weight have you towed with your Diesel Gladiator?

[NHJeep4x4]

The most I have towed with mine is around 5,500 lb, pulling a car hauler (with electric brakes) with a project Jeep or a tractor on it. That was with stock 31 inch tires. The power was good. I wasn't towing through the mountains or anything like that, so I can't comment on that piece. I did not have cooling issues. I only wished I had a weight distributing hitch and sway control, that was the only negative for me, those would have made it much easier to control.

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[kstanley44]

Short answer. Tapped into the factory ports, bottom of oil filter housing. From there to an Amsoil bypass filter/housing to Derale cooler w/fan. Returned to oil pan.
Search my post in Diesel cooling for Detailed info. Ask questions on that thread.

Thanks,, will go to that thread for more information..

 

[Sandman 4x4]

why not try to rent something for the weekend that is close to what you want and see how it does before you put down a big pile of money.

https://www.outdoorsy.com/rv-rental

Yea my suggestion would be the biggest enclosed UHAUL trailer with double axles. Then find heavy objects to add weight. Then see how it does as you drive to the nearest truck stop that has a Cat Scale.

 

[gjk5dave]

This topic comes at a great time for me, been camping solo in a little DIY overland trailer with a RTT and kitchen (1000lbs) in my JKUR until I bought this JTRD that already had a RTT on the topper, my wife went with me last weekend and had a blast (was a girls scout leader for 12 years and only camped with a bunch of kids and was over it) and wants to go again tomorrow with the overland trailer but we both know a small camper with a head is in our future. I am looking at mostly 3400ish DW campers and sweating it knowing our most likely spots are 6000 ft of elevation gain in 45 minutes.

 

[Tlicious556]

I'm surprised that you feel the 3.73s are a little too deep for the factory 33" tires, but I'm glad to hear it for towing. Jeep probably thought that was the best gear offering that balanced the steep divide between moderate towing and unloaded fuel economy. Unlike Ram, Jeep didn't give us a choice. My 2020 Ram EcoDiesel has the optional 3.92 gears with factory 32" tires. It's a towing machine but doesn't get the great fuel economy like the standard 3.22 gears, but that's okay since I wanted to prioritize towing over fuel economy.

when you say it gets less mpg are we talking it goes from 25mpg to 15 or 25 to 22?

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