First post here — I'm Brent, engineer out of Ramona, CA. Been overlanding about 20 years, currently in the market for a Grenadier. While I'm between rigs I've had time to dig into something that's been nagging at me for a while.
Genuine question for this group: do you know your actual payload number right now, with your rig loaded for a trip?
Not the sticker. Your number — with the tent, the batteries, the water, the recovery gear, the food, the people.
Most of us don't. I didn't. I started doing the math after a sketchy moment on a shelf road and realized I had no idea how top-heavy my setup actually was.
I ended up building a tool to work it out properly — payload vs. GVWR, center of gravity height, rollover threshold, tire pressure under real load. I want to put it through its paces on more vehicles before I release it.
Looking for 15–20 people willing to run it and tell me where it breaks. Free, works offline, no account required.
Anyone want to actually check their numbers?
Genuine question for this group: do you know your actual payload number right now, with your rig loaded for a trip?
Not the sticker. Your number — with the tent, the batteries, the water, the recovery gear, the food, the people.
Most of us don't. I didn't. I started doing the math after a sketchy moment on a shelf road and realized I had no idea how top-heavy my setup actually was.
I ended up building a tool to work it out properly — payload vs. GVWR, center of gravity height, rollover threshold, tire pressure under real load. I want to put it through its paces on more vehicles before I release it.
Looking for 15–20 people willing to run it and tell me where it breaks. Free, works offline, no account required.
Anyone want to actually check their numbers?
