Little boulder field

[Longhair1957]

After crossing a few bigger fields and not getting any pics. Had my wife get out and video. However her directing over boulders has a little to be desired!

[media]https://i.imgur.com/djaNrbU.mp4[/media]

 

[xerts1191]

Oh hell yes

 

[Jack Dupp]

Where was this? Which size tires do you have?

 

[mtptwo]

My Bronco could do it better, assuming that Ford ever ships the dang thing.

 

[XJThrottle]

My Bronco could do it better, assuming that Ford ever ships the dang thing.

With a bucket full of spare tierods...

 

[baja]

That place looks familiar, I ran a Baja Bug through there a few years ago.

 

[Longhair1957]

Table mesa east too seven springs. The three more towards 7 springs were much bigger. The one is so big that people just made a bypass. Once the boulders settle. It’ll be passable. In the last 6 months this trail has gotten much more rutted and rough washed out areas. So basically, I love it.
We found this time, that coming from seven Springs and heading towards table Mesa. Of course we hit many more vehicles. But it did give us the opportunity to watch all of these people try to navigate these Boulder fields. And then me and my wife just drove across to him and that’s why we forgot to even video the damn things.

 

[XJThrottle]

Share the detail on your Jeep.

 

[Longhair1957]

Share the detail on your Jeep.

Well, it’s Yellow.
Nothing special,
21’ jeep,
2” mopar lift.
35x12.50x17 Geolanders.
Apex sway bar disconnect.
Smittybilt front bumper
BodyArmor 4x4 rear bumper.
Rugged ridge rails.


Plus setup to TOAD.

 

[Azrckcrawler]

That is a fun trail. Last time we ran it was after a good rain and the wash was running with several feet of water.

If you enjoyed that, try the Sunflower mine trail. We ran it a few weeks ago, nice boulder crawl past the mine.

 

[Longhair1957]

I’ve done the sunflower mine trail, 20 years ago, I’ll bet it’s changed

 

[DoubleAlpha]

It'd be challenging to walk those boulders. Incredible what a showroom Jeep can do with just a few easy mods. I thought these were 37s but it's the camera angle. How does it ride on the road with those Geolanders compared to stock?

 

[Azrckcrawler]

It'd be challenging to walk those boulders. Incredible what a showroom Jeep can do with just a few easy mods. I thought these were 37s but it's the camera angle. How does it ride on the road with those Geolanders compared to stock?

I have been wheeling some for of vehicle off-road in Arizona since 99 and yeah, the Rubicons our as close to out of the box ready as you can get. Armor and 35's on a two door will take you just about everywhere and even some places you shouldn't go. Attached a photo of one of my friends who runs the same tires on a 2 door (same trail), they should come from the factory with them. 4 Doors could use a little more tire due to the wheelbase with 37's being the sweet spot.

The 35" Geolanders came on the Jeep when I purchase it just over a year ago. I thought I was buying 37's as all the pictures of the Jeep showed 37" BFG's on beadlocks. The Geolanders are very well behaved and quiet for a mud terrain. I have had people comment on how quiet they were when they rode in the Jeep. I pretty much only drive the Jeep to and from the trails (or shooting spots) so take that for what it is worth. I also have the insulated top inserts and the previous owner applied dynamat the entire tub. The 35's have 4k miles on them now, almost half of that was a trip to Colorado last summer running the mountain passes around Ouray and then back to Arizona. No complaints on the pavement portion and worked great off-road at 12psi. Would buy them again if I was going to stay with 35's but I will eventually go 37's and the Patagonia Milestars are a surprisingly good big tire for their price point.

 

[Azrckcrawler]

Seems the good stuff mostly went down in the 1st part oft he year as the google images app sends me those "Remember this back in XXXX". Here are the rockcrawlers I built/wheeled. My light duty wheelers have spanned a Nissan pickup, LJ, couple of 4Runners and now the JK Rubicon.

 

[knockonit]

SURE MISS the crawling days, just got too old to crawl out from under after i broke something, putting the tj crawler up for sale, do miss having a jeep to scoot around in, maybe, just maybe.
congrats on the ride and fun to be had
Rj

 

[Longhair1957]

I’ve been wheeling in AZ Sense the early 70’s. Started with Baja bugs. By 77 I bought my 67 bronco. Fixed it up full cage, bFg tires. White spoke wheels. Painted bright yellow w/ flat black hood.
I never got into the true rock crawling. I always have to drive my vehicle daily. Can’t afford one just to crawl.

The geolanders handle good on road and I’ve zero problems off-road yet. I run 26 pounds on road, 12 pounds off-road.

 

[DoubleAlpha]

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the previous owner applied dynamat the entire tub.
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Thank you. Also, interesting to see someone would go through the trouble of applying dynamat on the tub of a late model Jeep. I guess I am not the only one concenred about tyre noise....

 

[Azrckcrawler]

the previous owner applied dynamat the entire tub.
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Thank you. Also, interesting to see someone would go through the trouble of applying dynamat on the tub of a late model Jeep. I guess I am not the only one concenred about tyre noise....
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The stuff is so cheap these days and it's a great mod that keeps on giving if you drive a lot. I did my last two 4runners, Son's 95 YJ and the rear cargo area of the current Jeep.

Fwiw Chrysler really cheaped out on the little stuff. Paper thin carpet with no felt and almost no mastic panels under that. The carpet in our last 4runner had multiple layers of materials to damp noise plus mastic pads on most of the tub floor.

 

[knockonit]

I always has an issue with sidewalls, but hey its been at least 4 years since i was out, lot of trails in az, have really sharp rocks, and pretty sure i found every one, three in one day, and thats what put my crawler in the shade as what was a trial run with a friend on his rebuilt rig turned into a heat stroke for me, slowed ole guy down, glad i had a friend or two along to assist.

sure do miss it though, the really tough hard stuff is for the young at heart, which is not me.

i was a fan of the cooper sst i believe, but my rig was a trailer queen.
Rj