Poison Spider Mesa - Iconic Moab Off-road Trail - Toyota FJ Cruiser and Jeep Wranglers Rock Crawling
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
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Poison Spider Mesa is a must-hit off-road Jeep trail in Moab. This is a Jeep Badge of Honor Trail. It is packed full of exciting obstacles and amazing views. In this video we have Jerry in his Toyota FJ Cruiser, Bill in his Jeep JL Rubicon Unlimited, Camron in his Jeep LJ crawler and Jimmy in his Jeep JK Unlimited. We went to the arch and then turned around on this trail due to some passengers not feeling well. Check out Bill dominating the Improbable Hill! Watch before heading to Moab Easter Jeep Safari!
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Time stamps:
Intro: 0:00
First obstacle (unnamed): 1:41
Optional crack type obstacle: 4:25
Rocky ledge (mandatory): 5:30
Optional big ledge: 7:35
Optional climb: 8:47
The Waterfall: 9:18
1st obstacle after The Waterfall: 11:50
2nd obstacle after The Waterfall: 12:53
Wedgie (V-notch): 17:13
Rocky climb (mandatory): 24:00
Big optional ledge: 24:40
High speed Mesa: 26:25
Colorado River overlook: 29:05
Little Arch: 29:44 - Авто та транспорт
Another impressive trail video, That blue Toyota really runs among the best of them,Thumbs up
Thanks Jeff! I agree, that FJ does really great and it just has a mild lift at 33s. You don’t need to have a crazy rig to enjoy these trails. Thanks for watching. - Geoff
Woooo!!! Is that FJ on 33s?? Crazy eh! What a machine and what a driver and great spotters too lol ... Great job man. I really enjoy yall's video. Thanks!!
I finally got to watch the whole thing. Nice job done by everyone! Bill in the orange Jeep wouldn't give up on that one climb!
Thanks John! Oh man Bill was the highlight on that climb! I didn’t want to try it 😂🤭
Great video .... Hey there John....
1. Your beard game is ELITE!
2. Stace is the best spotter you have ever worked with.
3. You’re footage is the illest on the web, brough, for real! Thanks for letting us get a seats to the action!
😂😂👍🏻👍🏻 miss you brough. I so want you to get 4x4 so you can come wheeling with us it will be so good like “wow brough!”
That wall the red Rubicon had fun with was great to watch and congrats to him on making it! Good job, Geoff.
Yea that was a huge climb! Bill stuck with it and made it! It was the highlight of the day! Thanks buddy
FJ Jerry!
That’s right! His first real challenging wheeling trip and he did awesome! Just put the lift on a month ago and got bigger tires for this trip. We’re so proud of him. Thanks for watching! - Geoff
You will see him in some of my other videos too
Amazing content! Planning to hit this up this summer! It was a long 1 hour video but I enjoyed every single second and didn’t even skip a second 😂 I felt like I was with you the whole time and know what obstacles we will encounter. Especially rooting for the red keep going up that almost 90 degree wall!
Thanks! I appreciate your comment! 🤘- Geoff
Nice footage as always. As often as you get out, we are destined to cross paths someday. Till then, peace out.
Thanks Doug! I appreciate it. If you see us give a shout and we can wheel together! - Geoff
Great video. Just did that trail this past September
Thanks! It’s a fun one for sure. We haven’t ran it in probably 6 years! We have done the tri-fecta a couple times since then, but the trail is definitely worthy on its own. Thanks for watching. - Geoff
Way to go! It's been years since I have run this trail in my FJ Cruiser, but I would love to do it again!!
Thanks! I appreciate it! 🙏 This was Jerry’s first time in Moab (he was driving his rad FJ) and he did such a great job. He’s ready for more modifications now 😂 Poison Spider is a cool trail. We hadn’t ran the trail in a while like you, just ran the part of it to run the trifecta the last couple of times we went
Looks so much fun. I need to get out to moab soon!
It was! You need to go!
Very good. Thank you
Thanks!
We did Poison Spider a few years back when the JL was brand new and stock. Haven’t been able to get back and try it agin on 37’s
It will be easier for sure! I do miss the days of wheeling trails with stock rigs and even 33s though!
@@Colorado4x4 be sure and tell Outlaw John hello for me next time you see him
Will do! Haven’t seen him in a little bit. We are full on winter here so not much of anything is going on except shoveling snow 😒
@@Colorado4x4 I understand that. We got sleet and freezing rain last night and getting it again tonight. Nowhere near what you get winter wise in Colorado
Freezing rain is no fun either! I grew up in Tennessee and know about that kind of stuff. 😝
Nice!! Way to go FJ Jerry. I need to get out there and run this trail soon. FJ Jerry get front locker, regear to 4.88, and rear extended travel, it will be a game changer for that FJ. Ever since I did that mod on my fjcruiser, its been so much better on off camber obstacles. Hopefully I can tag along someday, it looks crazy awesome
Thanks Felipe! He did great! Yes, this trail should be on your list for sure. He does need a front locker in that thing. Do you disconnect the front sway bar? Where do you live?
@@Colorado4x4 Hi .. I don't run any front or rear sway bars. I'm in southern California, Murrieta. I recently did some offroading in southern Utah Sand Hollow, crazy dunes and obstacles, Moab is next on my list, hopefully next year
Nice! Jerry was talking about getting front sway bar disconnects so he can get a little more flex in the front. He did just install that lift recently, I think it is a Toytec 2.5” lift. We haven’t hit Sand Hollow yet but it looks like so much awesome wheeling out there. We do want to hit the Rubicon some day too!
@@Colorado4x4 honestly, because of fj cruiser front IFS, sway bar disconnects doesn't do much for travel, it makes big difference in rear if you got extended coils/shocks. I ran Rubicon in June of this year in my fjcruiser with a Toyota group (Rubithon) the views and trail was awesome.
Ah. Makes sense. I don’t know much about the FJs other than they do great on the trail. The front locker would have been handy on Hell’s Gate when he had to winch out. The Rubicon is just a bucket list trail that we will hit someday!
I will NOT be doing that! Lol.
It’s not bad! You can do it! 😂
I'm going out to Colorado and Utah in September. (From Florida).
I've been to Colorado twice and did all the famous trails in the San Juan's including Black Bear pass.
This year I'll also do some in Utah. Looking forward to White Rim trail the most.
It's hard to risk to much vehicle damage when you have to drive the vehicle 2500 miles home!
Sweet! We haven’t ran White Rim but it looks awesome! Check out Elephant Hill too. Got to hit Hell’s Revenge as well. So many awesome trails out there and it will be a great time of year. Shoot, I know what you’re saying about having to drive home because I think it all the time when we go to Moab and have to drive back to Denver and it’s no where near the trip length back to Florida! - Geoff
Poison Spider "was" on the to do list. I don't think my SR5 4Runner is set up for this trail. 2" lift and no lockers. It does have full armor/bumper/winch. The locker situation may get remedied, though. (Currently waiting on a quote) You showed the really tough parts of the trail, which other videos I have watched don't show. Yours made me realize I probably shouldn't do this trail.
Hey Dave. What size tires do you have? The FJ Crusier is on about 2.5” lift and skinny 33s. I can’t remember if he used his rear locker at all. Poison Spider is tricky and it kind of throws different challenges at you. I think if you went with a group that could help spot, you can get through it. I know that if you ran it with us, I wouldn’t have any concern, but it comes back to your comfort level. Have you ran other trails in Moab? - Geoff
@@Colorado4x4 My SR5 has 275 Wildpeaks. Not quite 33's but close, 32.8."(?) I have done 2 trails in Moab in a Chevy 4WD pick-up, Gemini Bridges and one other "easy one" ? I have only done Tenn trails in the 4R. Wife's uncle took us out. 3 days, 3 different trails. He taught me a lot and I learned how all of the 4x4 gizmos worked. I did not have a lift or any armor on those rides, so I bailed on the one really tough (to me) trail. I have done the Slickrock trails on a Mt bike, but that's a different animal. Oct. will be my 1st real off-road trip to Moab.
Experiencing what my bone stock ride did in Tenn., I am looking to push my limits in Moab, but your Poison Spider video showed me that I probably could not do it without an experienced spotter. I am hoping to hook up with some one at the other trailheads so I am not wheeling with one vehicle. I will have a novice spotter with me though. FWIW my risk level does seem to be a bit higher than most people. But I do have limits.
Thank you for the reply!! ;) I did not expect one and I do appreciate it. I also really enjoy your videos. They have a lot of important info that other videos never mention.
P.S. I would love to tag along on one of your trail rides sometime.
Your 275s are plenty of big for some Moab fun. I grew up in Tennessee!!! Got my fair share of mud wheeling and then graduated to rocks when I moved out here in 2000. 😂 So it sounds like you’re good to go. You know how your rig works and it’s modified so you’re ready to hit the trails. You’ve got enough lift and big enough tires to really enjoy it. A novice spotter will become a good spotter pretty quick as long as they have a good eye and care about doing a good job, so I wouldn’t worry about that. You’ve got to learn at some point! You can hook up with someone else at the trailhead or even post on the Moab Friends for Wheeling Facebook page to find someone to go wheel with. But if yo my can’t find someone, I wouldn’t worry about it too much. There’s so many people on the main trails and most all of them are good people that are willing to help if needed. Here is what I would do. Hit Baby Lion’s first ua-cam.com/video/zMuicSXHUE0/v-deo.html to get a feel of the slickrock. Air down those tires to maybe upper teens pressure to start and see how they do. You won’t pop a bead there and you usually only pop a bead when there is some serious side load on the tire and you’re at a low pressure like 10 pounds or less. After Baby Lions Back go hit Fins and Things. ua-cam.com/video/Iz042O3w-Oc/v-deo.html Fins and Thins is kind of like the intro to Moab wheeling. The preamble if you will. Then maybe the next day hit Hell’s Revenge. Hell’s Revenge is the best Moab trail. Period. I’m finishing up a trail guide series and I’m not done yet! But it covers everything you need to know and should really help you be prepared. ua-cam.com/video/TKkVv5RtdO4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/1UHfCYymSXo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/gZrO1Uzfw50/v-deo.html If you feel good after those trails then give Poison Spider a shot. I think PS is definitely more difficult than the previous two trails but it’s amazing and worth it for sure. Keep me updated when you go out. We usually buzz out there several times every year. - Geoff
What kind of add on towing mirrors are on that FJ?
Sorry, I have no idea