hepcat
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- Roger
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- 2022 Gladiator Overland
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I found a post specifically about what folks are towing with their JT diesels, but I thought I'd start a thread for everyone to discuss what they tow with their JT and what challenges you've had towing with them.
I am an old, retired guy. My hard-off-road 'wheelin' days are behind me. Back in the old days when men were made of steel and ships were made of wood (well, the late '70s and into the '80s anyway) Dick Cepek on El Cajon Blvd in El Cajon (San Diego) was THE off-road outfitter. Most of us drove Jeeps that were more or less stock in those days.
With my (then new) '79 CJ-7 Golden Eagle and later my '81 Scrambler, I did the heavy-duty back country camping with tents and then a couple of different campers. Of course things were different then. If you wanted a true off-road "camper" you bought an old military trailer and built it. The favorite camper(s) I had were an early Scamp 13 and later a Combi-Camp tent trailer built in Denmark. I spent a LOT of time in the desert dry camping with those setups in the washes and arroyos. In those days there weren't any published tow ratings. We towed what we thought we could tow safely.
But now I'm interested mostly in being comfortable. Until early this month, I had a Born Free 32RQ motorhome on a Chevy Kodiak chassis that I towed my '16 JKU Rubicon behind. We'd establish a base camp somewhere reasonably easy to get to and use the Rubicon to explore. Then I bought the JT Overland and decided we'd be better off towing a trailer doing the same routine. So, the JKU got traded for the JT, the big motorhome got sold, and after doing the math on weights, we picked up an Airstream Globetrotter 23FB queen.
So, here's what we now tow with our JT. It's done fine for the 500 miles from Ohio back to Iowa. Our future travels await us. Let's see what campers you all tow with your JTs and tell us how you use them.
I am an old, retired guy. My hard-off-road 'wheelin' days are behind me. Back in the old days when men were made of steel and ships were made of wood (well, the late '70s and into the '80s anyway) Dick Cepek on El Cajon Blvd in El Cajon (San Diego) was THE off-road outfitter. Most of us drove Jeeps that were more or less stock in those days.
With my (then new) '79 CJ-7 Golden Eagle and later my '81 Scrambler, I did the heavy-duty back country camping with tents and then a couple of different campers. Of course things were different then. If you wanted a true off-road "camper" you bought an old military trailer and built it. The favorite camper(s) I had were an early Scamp 13 and later a Combi-Camp tent trailer built in Denmark. I spent a LOT of time in the desert dry camping with those setups in the washes and arroyos. In those days there weren't any published tow ratings. We towed what we thought we could tow safely.
But now I'm interested mostly in being comfortable. Until early this month, I had a Born Free 32RQ motorhome on a Chevy Kodiak chassis that I towed my '16 JKU Rubicon behind. We'd establish a base camp somewhere reasonably easy to get to and use the Rubicon to explore. Then I bought the JT Overland and decided we'd be better off towing a trailer doing the same routine. So, the JKU got traded for the JT, the big motorhome got sold, and after doing the math on weights, we picked up an Airstream Globetrotter 23FB queen.
So, here's what we now tow with our JT. It's done fine for the 500 miles from Ohio back to Iowa. Our future travels await us. Let's see what campers you all tow with your JTs and tell us how you use them.
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