What did you do WITH your Gladiator today?

[Freems]

Pulled out some dead bushes with the winch.

Nothing beats a good yard tool.

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[tannerjdixon12]

Nothing too crazy - but went and picked up our new TC Teardrop camper this weekend! Looking forward to getting this out on the trails with our JT.

yes, we did color match the Jeep Earl Gray. It isn’t perfect, but to the naked eye it goes together great!

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Wasn't "today", but just got home from Jasper Jeep Jam in Jasper, Arkansas.

Can't complain about those numbers. Winter blend fuel, heavy head winds towing a ~1600lb trailer at 70mph on 35s. Best MPGs I saw was 17mpgs avg for the first 200 miles while there was no wind. After that it was heavy head wind the entire time.

 

[DanW]

Wasn't "today", but just got home from Jasper Jeep Jam in Jasper, Arkansas.

Can't complain about those numbers. Winter blend fuel, heavy head winds towing a ~1600lb trailer at 70mph on 35s. Best MPGs I saw was 17mpgs avg for the first 200 miles while there was no wind. After that it was heavy head wind the entire time.

Nice! WIth all that load, you were still within 1/2 mpg of a naked, stock Chevy Colorado Bison's EPA highway rating of 16. I scratch my head as to why they can't get more mpg out of a turbo while Jeep's barn door Gladiator can do much better with a NA, port injected V6.

That trailer is cool, btw!

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Nice! WIth all that load, you were still within 1/2 mpg of a naked, stock Chevy Colorado Bison's EPA highway rating of 16. I scratch my head as to why they can't get more mpg out of a turbo while Jeep's barn door Gladiator can do much better with a NA, port injected V6.

That trailer is cool, btw!

*3.0 This is a dirty diesel. Doubtful the 3.6 gasser would have seen anything close to this under the same conditions.

Take out he heavy head wind and winter blend fuel and I'd wager I'll see around 20mpgs average towing this trailer.

And thanks on he trailer comment. I built this in 2022 as a base camp setup. I should have went a tad bigger, this is a 5x8 and with the galley I barely have enough length to sleep not curled up. Looking to sell and either go slightly larger to a 5x10 or stay with a 5x8 but no galley and pop-up wedge roof. Would also like a square drop rear vs having the slanted rear, you lose a lot of usable space with the slanted rear. But I learned a lot building it and it's treated us good.

 

[GlennBeck]

*3.0 This is a dirty diesel. Doubtful the 3.6 gasser would have seen anything close to this under the same conditions.

Take out he heavy head wind and winter blend fuel and I'd wager I'll see around 20mpgs average towing this trailer.

And thanks on he trailer comment. I built this in 2022 as a base camp setup. I should have went a tad bigger, this is a 5x8 and with the galley I barely have enough length to sleep not curled up. Looking to sell and either go slightly larger to a 5x10 or stay with a 5x8 but no galley and pop-up wedge roof. Would also like a square drop rear vs having the slanted rear, you lose a lot of usable space with the slanted rear. But I learned a lot building it and it's treated us good.

My Apocalypse Rated JT is happy to get 13MPG, downhill with a tailwind.

 

[NC_Overland]

Dropped it off at the body shop to finally get an old comprehensive claim fixed. My new bumpers finally arrived. I can’t wait to get it back and put my new bumpers on. It’ll look new again soon!

 

[NC_Overland]

Went and hit the beach at Fort Fisher. Weather was finally tolerable!

I miss that so much. I used to be out there every summer.

Old pic from when she was brand new and stock…

 

[NC_Overland]

Nice! WIth all that load, you were still within 1/2 mpg of a naked, stock Chevy Colorado Bison's EPA highway rating of 16. I scratch my head as to why they can't get more mpg out of a turbo while Jeep's barn door Gladiator can do much better with a NA, port injected V6.

That trailer is cool, btw!

The Bison and ZR2 have always had considerably worse performance numbers and MPG numbers than other 4wd Colorados and Canyons. I had a Canyon AT4 and now I have my dads old Z71 Colorado and both get great mpg and are powerful.

 

[DanW]

*3.0 This is a dirty diesel. Doubtful the 3.6 gasser would have seen anything close to this under the same conditions.

Take out he heavy head wind and winter blend fuel and I'd wager I'll see around 20mpgs average towing this trailer.

And thanks on he trailer comment. I built this in 2022 as a base camp setup. I should have went a tad bigger, this is a 5x8 and with the galley I barely have enough length to sleep not curled up. Looking to sell and either go slightly larger to a 5x10 or stay with a 5x8 but no galley and pop-up wedge roof. Would also like a square drop rear vs having the slanted rear, you lose a lot of usable space with the slanted rear. But I learned a lot building it and it's treated us good.

Actually with only 1500lbs, it just might see 15+. I get 14.5 towing a 2500lb boat that pushes more wind around than that nicely shaped trailer. But it certainly wouldn't have the authority over it that the diesel would!

 

[DanW]

The Bison and ZR2 have always had considerably worse performance numbers and MPG numbers than other 4wd Colorados and Canyons. I had a Canyon AT4 and now I have my dads old Z71 Colorado and both get great mpg and are powerful.

Yeah and it makes no sense. But the Bison is EPA rated at 16 across the board. They have tall final drive ratios, too, than the Gladiator Rubi.

The Bison has about the same size gas tank, too, maybe 1 gallon less. When my brother gets his we'll know the story. We'll be taking some long trips where I should see 18-20mpg depending on our speed. We'll know at the first fill up, for sure.

I told him to strap a gas can in his bed next to that big spare tire. LOL!

I saw a white Bison at a Chevy dealer Saturday. VERY nice looking truck!

 

[NC_Overland]

Yeah and it makes no sense. But the Bison is EPA rated at 16 across the board. They have tall final drive ratios, too, than the Gladiator Rubi.

The Bison has about the same size gas tank, too, maybe 1 gallon less. When my brother gets his we'll know the story. We'll be taking some long trips where I should see 18-20mpg depending on our speed. We'll know at the first fill up, for sure.

I told him to strap a gas can in his bed next to that big spare tire. LOL!

I saw a white Bison at a Chevy dealer Saturday. VERY nice looking truck!

They’re very cool! I’d rather open the checkbook for going nuts at AEV on my JT though. The Colorado and Canyon are great trucks, but IMO they’re best suited at the Z71/AT4 level.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Used its receiver as a work bench/holder to assemble the new bike rack........
A lot better than sitting on the floor building it on the floor - built it in the receiver while sitting on a chair.

 

[Wmkresse]

Nothing too crazy - but went and picked up our new TC Teardrop camper this weekend! Looking forward to getting this out on the trails with our JT.

yes, we did color match the Jeep Earl Gray. It isn’t perfect, but to the naked eye it goes together great!

The only Gladiator I would trade my Rubicon for is an Earl Rubicon. Don’t ever sell it

 

[tannerjdixon12]

The only Gladiator I would trade my Rubicon for is an Earl Rubicon. Don’t ever sell it

That’s awesome to hear - I have no intention of letting this go. I want it to become my beater many years down the road but I plan to keep it rolling as long as I possibly can! We love it.

I feel like earl gray is very divisive - some people love it, some hate it. But I think it’s awesome. Very unique. We’ve owned it two years now and I’ve maybe seen one other Earl JT around.

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