Because I get asked all the time, there are several reasons why we didn't buy our new 2023 Jeep JT Gladiator with a diesel (in spite of how much we actually love them) and one of them was, its lack of towing capacity. I mean, you'd think that a diesel with tons of torque should be able to pull the most weight but in fact, it has a limit that's 1,000 lbs. LESS than a 3.6L.
Of course, a big part of why we decided to buy BANDIT, was to use him as a work truck and while we may never need to pull 7,000 lbs., I personally prefer to tow with something that has a greater capacity than is needed.
That said, Cindy and I recently got a chance to put BANDIT to work and to pull our dump trailer.
And, what we needed it for was to haul as much horse poop as we could take from a local rancher.
I'm sure this isn't surprising to some of you out there but composted horse poop is pretty heavy! It's essentially dirt and unfortunately, we weren't able to load up as much as our dump trailer could handle. And, this is where something like an ACCUAIR system would have come in handy.
However, even if we were able to get rid of the rear end sag, I don't think we would have been able to pull more than the half load we were carrying in the trailer. While the 3.6L certainly had enough power to get the job done, we were really whipping the horses to do it, especially on the mountain passes.
While it will take more than one trip to get all the horse poop we're wanting, we are happy that it can be done at all and with our little BANDIT.
Of course, a big part of why we decided to buy BANDIT, was to use him as a work truck and while we may never need to pull 7,000 lbs., I personally prefer to tow with something that has a greater capacity than is needed.
That said, Cindy and I recently got a chance to put BANDIT to work and to pull our dump trailer.
And, what we needed it for was to haul as much horse poop as we could take from a local rancher.
I'm sure this isn't surprising to some of you out there but composted horse poop is pretty heavy! It's essentially dirt and unfortunately, we weren't able to load up as much as our dump trailer could handle. And, this is where something like an ACCUAIR system would have come in handy.
However, even if we were able to get rid of the rear end sag, I don't think we would have been able to pull more than the half load we were carrying in the trailer. While the 3.6L certainly had enough power to get the job done, we were really whipping the horses to do it, especially on the mountain passes.
While it will take more than one trip to get all the horse poop we're wanting, we are happy that it can be done at all and with our little BANDIT.
