Longest road trip you've taken in your Gladiator?

[CMac]

5200 miles in 12 Days

National Parks

• Petrified Forest
• Grand Canyon
• Zion
• Bryce
• Canyon Lands
• Arches
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison
• Mesa Verde
• Great Dunes

State Park, National Forest, POI

• Monument Valley
• Horse Shoe Bend
• Antelope Canyon
• Humphrey Peak Flagstaff
• San Juan Mountains
• San Juan National Forest
• Rio Grande National Forest
• Treasure Falls
• Chimney Rock Monument
• Dixie National Forest
• Little Sahara
• Turner Falls
• Bridal Falls
• Lake Powell
• Colorado River
• Dolores River
• Mile High Road (Red Mountain Pass)

Towns/Noteworthy

• Page AZ
• Flagstaff AZ
• Moab UT
• Gateway CO
• Durango CO
• Telluride CO
• Quray CO
• Silverton CO
• Pagosa Springs CO

Trails/Event

• Overland Expo West (Flagstaff)
• FR 552 Lockett Meadow (Flagstaff)
• NP230 (Lake Powell)
• The Barracks Trail UT (Near Zion)
• Gemini Bridges Trail (Moab)
• Shafer Trail (Moab)
• Potash Road (Moab)
• Mineral Bottom (Moab)
• Crips Hole (Moab)
• Elephant Hill Waypoint 1-2 (Moab)
• Black Bear Pass Waypoint 12-14 (Telluride)
• Medano Pass Waypoint 1-9 (Great Dunes NP)
  
  
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This….is amazing.

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[aqcjeepGlad]

Drove mine 11 hours one way stopping only for gas. Mojave with hardtop. I was a little concerned (not really more like aware) of comments people had made about solid axles etc. but I came from a 1998 TJ so I had some understanding of Jeeps. My drive home was fantastic, no effort steering or keeping it in the lane. Talked on the phone via the internal microphone and speaker for about 2 hours, no one complained about the noise and I had no problem hearing people. Is it perfectly quiet?? No but very reasonable. If not for the fact it gets about 9 MPG less than my SUV I'd drive it on every long trip I take.

 

[Free2roam]

Update to post #40
Just got home 2803 miles.
One engine code. Had dinner t scanned in Cortez Colorado. Something about to much fuel. They said you should be good. Couldn't clear it. But we had stopped for about two hours along the way and it cleared itself never came back.
Trip itself.
Left home

• First stop The Extraterrestrial Highway 375
• Dropped by the Alien-Inn on Hwy 375
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• Stopped at an unnamed road that goes off into the desert any guesses?
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• Hoover Dam on the way to Kingman
• Next stop first night Airbnb in Kingman Arizona.
• Pulled off in Flagstaff Arizona to order my Ovrlnd camper.
• On to Albuquerque and our next 4 days at our next Airbnb.
• Checked out Jemez hot springs.
• Off to Hernandez New Mexico to see some family history. My Great grandfather X5 built this church. Depicted in the famous Ansel Adams picture Moon Over Hernandez.
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• Then we headed to what seemed like the bulk of the trip.
• Took the northern route through New Mexico.
• Hit 4 corners.
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• Hit Mesa Verde National Park
• Page Arizona/Horseshoe Bend. Definitely didn't disappoint
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• On to our next Airbnb in Kanab Utah
• We were trying to do two trips one to a slot canyon would have been pretty sweet to get some wheeling in. But we ended up going to the North Rim Grand Canyon. Spent all day cruising around. Taking pictures ohhhhing and ahhing. Pretty spectacular!
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• Drove across Nevada on Hwy 50 dubbed "The Loneliest Road In America" that doesn't even come close.
• 2803 miles later we arrived home. Fur babies were well taken care of.

 

[Chappy11BRN]

Chapel Hill, NC to Moab, I found the ride just fine. Compared to my 05 TJ, the JT rides like a caddy; the hardtop with homemade headliners helps. On my way, I was able to hit trails in WV, CO, and UT. I have the bestop supertop, at 5' 10'' I was able to sleep sideways in the bed on a sleeping pad. This didnt provide the best sleep, but it was good enough.

 

[jeventures]

Get the adaptive cruise control to lower fatigue and improve safety on long hwy drives. It’s incredible the difference it makes at the end of a long day. Comfort is quite good all day but if you want the best comfort get a current gen land cruiser.

 

[MemphisMississipp]

Just curious, what's the longest you've driven in one day and in one overall trip? Did you find the Gladitor fatiguing on a longer highway trip? I got my quotes on a Rubicon and a Mojave and am just wavering on the Gladiator vs a few other options I also liked for different reasons.

Mississippi to Pennsylvania and back. Hauled new camper on way back. Made it a three day trip and enjoyed myself. I guess about 2500 mile round trip

 

[JeepRage]

Boston to Outer Banks in 2, 7 hour days in my Mojave with family and dog. Heading home tomorrow in a straight 13 hour shot, 700 miles.

I was expecting the worst, but as long as I kept it under 75, wind noise wasn't terrible and got around 18.5mpg.

Oh, and Adaptive Cruise is a game changer. Must have option.

 

[fosgate]

3,438 days and 86 1/2 hours of seat time from Chicago to Moab, off-roading for 5 days and back to Chicago.

 

[Gimpy]

We went from MN to West Yellowstone Round trip 2600 miles. We pulled a airstream Basecamp avg 13 mpg, very pleased with the setup.

 

[SpeedNeed]

Do any of you long-haulers have some tips for bugs building up on the windshield?

 

[Kevin_D]

Do any of you long-haulers have some tips for bugs building up on the windshield?

Stop and wash frequently.
A, “Bug deflector,” doesn’t help much, and washers/wipers are pretty much useless unless the bug is very fresh.
And don’t forget to clean the headlights, too.

Kevin

 

[brianinca]

1400 miles to Lassen NF/NP to see all the volcanoes, then loop East around Lake Tahoe to go into Gold Country and camp at at altitude. Seven days, very relaxing, almost no cell service, BEAUTIFUL country I'd never seen before. Well, I was in Arnold CA for work 15 years ago, but that's different to visiting the Sequoias there!

Lassen NF (actually in Shasta Co)

Stanislaus NF at Pacific Crest / Mosquito Lakes

Around the old "camp fire" with a view

 

[tommyp]

Do any of you long-haulers have some tips for bugs building up on the windshield?

Tractor trailer/rv long handled squeege are way nicer than the short ones.

 

[brianinca]

I've carried Rain X extendable squeegee's in all my cars since getting an H2 in 2006. CHEAP and cheerful reason to visit Wallyworld. Then you never have to depend on the crap squeegees at any gas station.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rain-X-8...h-Easy-Twist-Lock-Extension-9271XPDQ/45016346

Tractor trailer/rv long handled squeege are way nicer than the short ones.

 

[xcantuaj]

There is lots of positives in this thread about road trips but driving faster then 70mph is where things get exhausting. Having to correct steering and the feeling like the truck is being attacked by the wind demons. The rig never feels stable on the freeway.. I drove the new bronco with 35s and drives way better on the freeway. Is it the axles ? Also...I had an F150 which is basically a box on the freeway....drove like a dream. I don't get it.

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