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Episode 756 – Gladiator Off-Road Group

This Week In Jeep

Off-Road Group Adds Capability To 2023 Gladiator  

In 2021 Jeep Added the Willy’s Package to the Gladiator (Sport Trim) 

  • Rock rails and shocks from Rubicon
  • Limited slip diffs front and rear
  • Unique 17″ black wheels w/32″ M/T (instead of 31 A/T stock)
  • Blacked-out grills, and other enhancements inside
  • 2023 gets “Off-Road Group” exclusively for the Sport trim
  • Trail-focused features at a big discount.
  • Auxiliary Switch Group, currently a $495 option on the Sport, featuring four programmable auxiliary switches, 
  • a 240-amp alternator, and a 700-amp maintenance-free battery
  • These 3 can not be optioned on the Sport for any price: 
  • Upgraded Sport suspension, 
  • 17-Inch x 7.5-Inch black aluminum wheels instead of the Sport’s steel rims 
  • 32-Inch BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain KM2 tires instead of the 31.5-inch all-seasons fitted as standard
  • The package will cost buyers $895, saving 60% off an a la carte price of more than $2,000 
  • Not on the configurator yet
    • Dealers have received bulletins on it and ordering should open soon

Jeeper Pulled From Wreck Moments Before Being Struck By Train

  • Soon to be a viral video
  • Portage Michigan Fire Dept responds to a 2-car accident call at 6:20 am last Friday
  • Chevy Cruz – in the intersection of Shaver Road and West Centre Avenue – 
    • heavy front-end damage
    • Jeep Wrangler (what’s left of it) rolled on its side 
      • Sitting on R/R Tracks (time was ticking)
  • The driver of the Jeep was still inside the vehicle
  • The firefighter assesses the victim within seconds of arrival, Police officer leaves
    • Jeep driver Pinned / back pain / unable to move
    • The second Firefighter walks on the scene 
    • At 11 secs in the vid – a man in a gray sweatshirt points up tracks

(trains a-comin’)

  • The second firefighter drops the medical bag and rushes into action 
    • (Seeing what is about to happen)
  • 16 seconds into the video – The driver is pulled from the wreck
  • Less than 30 secs later – A train Plows through the scene throwing the Jeep like a wad of paper

The driver of the Jeep was taken to a local hospital for treatment. 

The driver of the Chevy Cruz was uninjured. 

Video Link Here: Michigan firefighters pull man to safety moments before train plows into overturned Jeep: video | Fox News

Tech Talk with Jeep Talk

TOPIC/QUESTION: Quick Tip – Ratchet Strap Uses

A few episodes back, Wendy was talking about favorite items to keep in the Jeep, a must-have tool for out on the trail. My choice was a ratchet strap. Preferably you have more than a few. While out on the trail, I find they come in handy for those emergency situations when you need to hold something to something else, and welding or rebolting isn’t available, oftentimes a ratchet strap can do the task. While the ratchet strap may be a handy little thing to add to your tool bag, you might want to keep a couple of nasty ones in the toolbox too. I say nasty because the straps you use to hold down cargo, maybe even inside the Jeep, shouldn’t be full of oil and grime, and when used more like a tool, straps tend to get dirty just like a wrench. Now I don’t have any tips for using a ratchet strap instead of a wrench, although that would be a neat trick. They can be used for several other things under the Jeep. I like to use one or two any time I’m installing new control arms to help clock the axle and pull it into position. Combined with a floor or bottle jack under the pinion, and some creative work with a pry bar here and there, they always drop in nice and easy. The same can be said for when you need to line up different parts of the exhaust system. Moving one side of the exhaust into place to line up with something else is easy by ratcheting it into place with a strap. Just don’t forget it’s under there (like I did recently) before starting the Jeep up, or you’re going to shrink that strap’s size real quick. Need help lifting a tire into place, get creative with the straps. Need to hold that bumper or light in position while you get the first couple of bolts in, Ratchet Straps! Maybe that new latch mechanism is still a week out… hold that rear hatch or door shut with a ratchet strap. Ever do a brake job and can’t find the right way to keep that caliper out of the way? Ratchet straps!  Use a ratchet strap like a clothesline, but for drying painted parts. Strung up taught, you can hang bent pieces of wire or coat hangers and hold freshly painted parts to dry. … see where I’m going here? There are hundreds of uses for a ratchet strap in, on, under, and in proximity to your Jeep. You’re only limited by the size of the strap, and your imagination.  …..But if you get hurt that’s all on you. 

Links Mentioned in this Episode

NEXEN Tires USA https://www.nexentireusa.com/

Trails 411- POWERING Your Adventure https://www.youtube.com/user/backcountrydriver

The 4×4 Radio Network http://4x4radionetwork.com/

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