Labswine
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- First Name
- Steven
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- West Chester, Pennsylvania
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- 2020 Gladiator Overland, 2019 GC Ltd
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- Retired
Well, if you think about it, it's the TOTAL frontal area that they're referring to.Ive been told its just the frontal areas of the trailer, basically leaving the Gladiator to only tow very small trailers. This is the first time Ive heard of deducting the front of the jeep.
So, having a frontal area of let's say, in Gren71's case, 80 sq.ft. and the frontal area of our Jeeps is 36 sq.ft. then subtracting the area of our Jeeps from the area of the trailer would give you the balance of area subjected to the wind whilst towing which in his case was calculated to be 44 sq.ft., well under the total frontal area exposed of 55 sq.ft. as stated in our owners manuals.
Ergo, looking at the TOTAL frontal area, in Gren71's case, he's within specs because the Jeep breaks up some of that total frontal area all by itself.
At least that's the way I'm looking at it. Could be WAY off base but it seems to make sense.
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