Jeep Galdiator work truck

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khazixian@reddit

Would do this with a comanche. More weight on the wheels lol

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BlackSwanMarmot@reddit

Isn't the gross weight rating on those kinda low?

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bicycle_bill@reddit

Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. (Even as a Jeep owner myself) those boxes alone eat up half of the payload capacity.

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Civil-Departure-512@reddit

How much could those boxes weigh?? Those gladiators have a best in class 1700lbs payload

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xrelaht@reddit

Full of tools? Easily a thousand pounds. But that leaves a lot of capacity, even with a couple guys up front.

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ZakAttackz@reddit

'Bout the same as the frontier or the taco.

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xrelaht@reddit

Up to 6200 lbs. Whether that's an issue depends on what it's being used for. I see Tacoma work trucks pretty frequently, and those have similar GVWR.

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doned_mest_up@reddit

We’ve had this internet going strong for forty years, and finally someone messed it up and misspelled something!

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Maker0fPain1@reddit

Nice to see one of these shitheaps used for more than trips to Walmart. This utility modification is the only Jeep modification I've seen that makes it looks more useful and better on the eyes.

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My girlfriend just bought a gladiator (we live in Baja and prerun a lot of offroad race courses) and the guy at the dealership said this was the first gladiator he had ever sold where the person had even mentioned going off road 🤣😅

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Maleficent-Door6461@reddit

Pickup trucks in general are 99% of the time just used for trips to walmart, especially Ford trucks..

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txkwatch@reddit

Weird. But probably a lot more useful off the pavement than a heavy diesel pickup.

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BroccoliRobTN@reddit (OP)

Dirty wheels and tires, too, probably on a construction site or likewise! It's weird but makes total sense. It was just a first for me.

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benhereford@reddit

Could be a mobile mechanic too

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Saint_The_Stig@reddit

I mean, that level of dirt is nothing, it's like dirt road level. Any truck is perfectly fine on your average work site. Hell your average car does well enough for most workers if it has enough space.

It makes sense unless you think about it for more than a minute. I imagine it costs way more than a common work truck conversion and you get that legendary modern jeep reliability...

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CommiesRunThisPlace@reddit

Um....WAT? No. Just no. On so many levels. Cost. Reliability. Practicality. Etc.

Tell me you've never actually been down a dirt road in a work truck...without telling me.

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txkwatch@reddit

I've pulled a few out with my jeep that got buried to their axles. I've never driven a diesel 3/4 ton off road myself.

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CommiesRunThisPlace@reddit

I've pulled out Jeeps with my Isuzu. Your point?

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txkwatch@reddit

Let me slow this down for you. Where I live there is lots of water, mud, and big rocks. Large front end heavy pickups don't do very well here. I have never driven a diesel work truck off the pavement because that is literally the worst tool for the job here. I've watched one chain up to a stuck one and bury itself to the frame trying to pull it out in the same goo.

This jeep work truck would actually probably do a great job navigating here. No one was asking about isuzus. Take your aggressive ass to the mall in it and buy some looser fitting lulu lemons.

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jj999125@reddit

Sounds like the perfect environment for a unimog

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TheWildManfred@reddit

That seems rather overkill if a midsized truck would do fine...

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TheAbstracted@reddit

But why a Jeep? Why not a Tacoma, Frontier, or literally any other mid-size truck that would be cheaper and more reliable?

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txkwatch@reddit

Big rocks and independent front suspension don't always get along great.

I've owned some toyotas and they are great. If there was a modern fj40 with solid axles and coil springs I'd rather have that if I could afford it. If it was a work truck I was mostly on dirt roads and stuff with I'd be all about a Toyota truck.

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TheAbstracted@reddit

My mistake, I didn't read the original comment throughly enough and didn't realize we were also talking about off-road capabilities as well.

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txkwatch@reddit

I dunno who down voted you, but Toyota does great in some off road environments. A lot have limited slip rear ends and pretty solid gearing especially in 4 low from my experience. I've had a Nissan 4x4 but didn't keep it long.

I live in Arkansas and most my off-road is in the Ozarks, jeep is really the best thing for my environment.

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KittenThunder@reddit

Look at their username, there is no reasoning with these type of people lol. They’re just angry you talked badly about their big tough manly diesel truck

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quantum-quetzal@reddit

I spent a summer doing conservation work in an F250. There were plenty of times where the size was annoying on forest service roads. Something like this Gladiator would have been a much better vehicle for my crew.

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camocondomcommando@reddit

I've never been down a dirt road in a work truck.

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BroccoliRobTN@reddit (OP)

I definitely haven't ever been down one in one. Just as a layman who knows nothing on the subject, it seemed sensible to me, but I'm wholly grateful for the thorough correction.

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moving0target@reddit

What's the good news?

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meanoldmrgravity@reddit

I love oddball work truck conversions.

I saw a Sierra HD Denali in NC, probably $200k for a very successful tradesman.

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TheWildManfred@reddit

During Covid my dad's work van got t-boned and insurance paid for the closest thing they could find on the rental lot. Which was a Denali for 2 weeks and a Wagoneer (just as they came on sale to the public) after that. I've never seen the interior of a luxury SUV coated in grout dust before or since...

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Coreysurfer@reddit

Galdarn nice

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jdb326@reddit

Ngl, I like the looks

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Fuzzy_Toe_9936@reddit

i dont hate it tbh

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KnownEggplant@reddit

I.... kinda love it

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DeathByGoldfish@reddit

So, it breaks down constantly, and is more expensive than a basic white work truck?

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SubtractOneMore@reddit

Weird to pick a truck that spends so much time not working

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Maleficent-Door6461@reddit

probably spends more time running than a F150 😂

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Jeffyhatesthis@reddit

For when you dont want to make it to the job site.

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costafilh0@reddit

This guy trucks!

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Maleficent-Door6461@reddit

probably better than a F150 or 2500 for what he does

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tomato432@reddit

this is a midsize truck so it wouldn't be competing with either of those, the main reason is probably just the fact that ram hasn't had a midsize truck since the dakota went away

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Gingerbreadman_13@reddit

I forget that in the US, the Gladiator is considered midsized. Because in South Africa, where I live, pick-up trucks (or bakkies as we call them) are one of the most popular categories of cars here. But we have Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers (which for us are already considered big) and the Gladiator is substantially bigger than our standard pick-ups. Like, obnoxiously big. They’re not super popular here because they’re just too long for our average parking spots. Ford F150s would be like monster trucks here if we got them again, especially the ones with bigger configurations, like double cabs with a long bed. Ford briefly sold them here for a while but they didn’t sell well except to farmers in very remote, very flat and wide open places like the Free State (one of our provinces). And we got the smallest configuration of the F150 with a shorter bed and that was still too big.

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