The most overloaded JT I have come across

[Rhoni-T]

Is that a ultralight hanging off the back?

That is what I see too.

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[Goheels0917]

This is why you never buy a used jeep lol. Learned my lesson longgggg time ago.

 

[rr11]

It looks like my wife helped him pack for a weekend.

 

[DirtySaylor]

Or rather, picture of

Is it me or is that bed bending downwards like the JT with a bent frame from an overloaded trailer off road did?

LOL so retarded. Why not just trade it in for an RV at that point?

 

[Blade1668]

let me know what you come up with, I am tired of my rack dragging.

I just got to have good weather, time ect and I need to pick up some gas for my welder and cutting torch.
I already chopped off a stick of 2×2 3/16 square tubing. Then had a medical "vacation" and bad weather. The medical stuff cost me $$ and not being up to full speed.
Many years back I built an adjustable "mountain bike" rack and cooler /table rack for my LJ to keep from dragging, the bike rack disappeared some where.

Here is another one that makes me smile!

Well at least that truck might not be overloaded on manufacturer build spec.

 

[Blade1668]

I see he must have also posted a picture of his AR...!

* EDIT. No 100-round Beta-mag...-5!

Well a Beta-Mag might be helpful for ballance with that train wreck.

 

[SoGlad]

For posterity, this was 1400 lbs of boulders on the Mopar 2.5 inch lift. It rode well and the 8 speed was peppy pulling into traffic.

 

[869 KPH]

For posterity, this was 1400 lbs of boulders on the Mopar 2.5 inch lift. It rode well and the 8 speed was peppy pulling into traffic.

Does the lift include new bump stops? I've hauled loads like that in my 1/2 ton but wouldn't want to go over max payload in the JT. I think I'll just borrow a trailer or something.

 

[SoGlad]

Does the lift include new bump stops? I've hauled loads like that in my 1/2 ton but wouldn't want to go over max payload in the JT. I think I'll just borrow a trailer or something.

As photo suggests the bumps have room with 1400 lbs. I wanna know for a concept I am working on. JT can take a beating as advertised, even with trail mods.

 

[869 KPH]

As photo suggests the bumps have room with 1400 lbs. I wanna know for a concept I am working on. JT can take a beating as advertised, even with trail mods.

Yeah but if you added 2.5" of lift doesn't that change where the springs can safely bottom out? I'd think if you have a gap here of less than 2.5" and these are the factory bump stops then you've over-compressed your suspension ... right? I mean I could easily be wrong, that's just what makes sense to me.

 

[SoGlad]

Yeah but if you added 2.5" of lift doesn't that change where the springs can safely bottom out? I'd think if you have a gap here of less than 2.5" and these are the factory bump stops then you've over-compressed your suspension ... right? I mean I could easily be wrong, that's just what makes sense to me.

Oh I see your concern now. The kit comes with a block that limits the travel and keeps the spring in it's working range. The block beneath the bumper in the photo is an add on. Changing the stop would change the load transfer characteristics to the axle in an overload condition. It was probably easier to change the plate height than to manufacture a new set of stops and re-study all that stuff.

 

[869 KPH]

Oh I see. The kit comes with a plate that limits the travel, also in the photo.

Oh weird, I see that now. I would have assumed add a taller bumpstop, not a block to the axle. That is impressive then. Wonder if they just derate the payload as a CYA precaution.

 

[SoGlad]

Oh weird, I see that now. I would have assumed add a taller bumpstop, not a block to the axle. That is impressive then. Wonder if they just derate the payload as a CYA precaution.

We'll the 1400 lbs was an actual test I ran. I had the vehicle weighed and then loaded and re-weighed. Also took a photo. I wanted to capture a functional number to design by.

 

[Labswine]

Dunno...brought home ~2,000 lbs of hardwood flooring in the back of my Overland. Weighed one box when I got home, then multiplied the number of boxes. A little sag in the rear but otherwise, the truck didn't really know it was there. These things are quite capable machines!!!

 

[MPMB]

Yeah but if you added 2.5" of lift doesn't that change where the springs can safely bottom out? I'd think if you have a gap here of less than 2.5" and these are the factory bump stops then you've over-compressed your suspension ... right? I mean I could easily be wrong, that's just what makes sense to me.

Springs can compress to coil-bind. Then they can't compress any further. But it's rare that vehicle suspensions can actually have that much travel. And it's uncomfortable, to boot. Bumpstops help prevent it, and to save the frame from hitting suspension components, but if there's an added block, that's probably designed to prevent excessive roll or suspension bind at full rotation.

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