One of my favorite trails to do in AZ. Definitely more difficult running the trail clockwise. That long steep descent seems like forever when driving up it.
I agree Todd. In fact I was told years ago to only run that trail clockwise as in many areas it would be extremely difficult to pass a vehicle coming the other way
Your camera angles were spot on, especially through the boulder sections. Watching you do this trail was like watching an episode of Star Trek!? Yes the FJ is the ENTERPRISE and you are a combination of Captain Kirk and Scotty! The FJ (ENTERPRISE) boldly goes where no other 4X dare to go 😊👍👌🚙
That signature smile came beaming thru when your read “rock crawler, don’t go” lol! What a beautiful remote location! That fly over of what was up ahead made that much more exciting, thanks for another great one! Appreciate ya!
We have done this trail many times it gets better every time or worse depending on your perspective 😂🤣 We like it alot and will hit it hard this weekend 👍👍
hi! I m from Quebec Canada, I own a blue 2007 fj, got a 3' lift and performance air filter, I mostly like to drift in snow, and sometimes trail in summer. I must say, I m most impressed with your skills and guts! you re not scared to try, risk, and take a little damage on your rig, lol. I m a bit like you, it s no Caddy, lol. I just subscribed, watching this, wow, on a 10 scale difficulty, it must be 8-9... you re better than me, those big rocks? they can forget about me, lol. watching a few videos, I saw people breaking shaft joints. I admit it has me intimidated, like you, I mostly do this alone. breaking in the middle of nowhere alone makes me nervous, ha, ha! I have no winch, and my tires are winter 2 plys, not recommended in rocks. I keep it 4-5 level, I don t have much spare money for repairs either. snow drift is not too hard on the rig, and I love it above all else. I ll check your stunts though, you make it interesting, and have quite a cool sense of humor, lol. good show brother!
Thank you! Going out alone is a little risky, but it's pretty tough finding people to go with, and I carry lots of tools and extra parts for things most likely to break. Driving in deep snow is definitely fun!
There is actually a cool mine at the bottom before you go back up called the Oneida mine interesting history as you get to the creek to the left behind a bunch of bushes hard to spot if you don't know
The story behind the bridge is it was an old wooden bridge that got burned in the wild fire, then replaced with the one that you went over a few years ago, I first crossed that bridge in 1985 when it was in bad shape and creaked a lot.
@@offroadhub.official I guess I shouldn't complain, we only get snow higher up in the mountain forestry roads here in B.C and mud and rain in the Vancouver Lower Mainland areas . We do get alot of rain this time of year and get to do lots of flooded creek crossings if deemed safe. Check out our local UA-camrs ; The Story till now , Casey 250 and Dirt Garage . All a bunch of buddies who showcase alot of our terrain and trails up here in British Columbia. They have some pretty nice Jeeps and one bad ass Toyota lol . Cheers 🤙
@@11silver-bullets yeah I watch Story Till Now and Casey. You guys must have A TON of trails up there as they aren't travelling very far to create all their videos. I really hope to get up there this summer if I can!!
Ya we are surrounded actually. Most forestry roads from Vancouver city are only 30mins to an hour away give or take. We live in a suburb close to the mountains and only a 10 min drive.
The best way to cross a sketch bridge is to go slow. You want to keep the dead load as straight down as possible, avoiding rolling moments of inertia across the beam, possibly knocking a beam off of its shelf. Another thing is to try to get your tires directly over the beams.
Just subscribed. Awesome video! I absolutely LOVE your FJ! I’ve only been in the Offroad scene for a couple years now. Started off with a 97 TJ, now I have a little newer JL, don’t know if Jeep and Toyota actually have a rivalry going or not but who the heck cares. That thing is beautiful. Nice job man
Thank you! Glad to hear you've joined the off road community! Lots of people get all bent out of shape over Jeep vs Toyota, but I love both. It's about getting out and having fun! 👍
Nice driving. You make it look easy. You'd enjoy the Florence area lots of great trails...Woodpecker, Axle Alley, Elvis, Hackberry Creek to name a few.
As the saying goes, "Let's cross that bridge when we get to it." When the Canada/US border opens again, I would love to drive my 2012 FJ TT down from Vancouver and run some of the trails you've shown us. Especially in Moab.
I wish I still lived out in AZ. So many trails to play on. Wish I had my FJ when I lived there too... Check out the backside road from Mt. Lemmon.. Tucson
Around the early 1980's? the Viper Militia was practicing with explosives and unintentionally blew up the original bridge, which I think was wood. The state replaced it with what is there now. The last time I was up there there was a lot more building/equipment, so there must have been a fire or something.
The Sunflower Fire of 2012 (caused by idiots) took out almost all of the cool buildings that used to be around the mine and huge tumbler. The bridge is subject to erosion now and probably a little less safe each day. I don't think the forest service will fix it again but who knows.
Wow another one I haven't done in years, I really need to get out more. We used to run that the other direction back in the day. That area suffered a fire a while back and then some flooding. Thats why a lot of those big trees are dead as seen from the drone. The mine used to be really cool, but most of it lost during the fire. also did this once with ice/snow, young and dumb...
Wow, very remote. The wash Terrain is totally mountain lion turf. Do you ever get the creeps setting up the camera all alone? Cuz I don't see you with a side arm ever. I carry a 357 mag with me all the time I'm off road. And yes, I did have to use it once. In Johnson valley California. We have feral dog packs. Mostly they run away. But one time they kept coming. Even after a warning shot. Anyway just a thought.
Wow! Feral dogs? 😳 I have had the creeps about mountain lions, but have never actually seen any signs of them. I figure I'm making a ton of noise coming up the trail and they'll avoid me... The most dangerous animal I've met on a trail was a human that wanted to fight...
@@offroadhub.official well that gives me something to think about. What do you do when a crazy person comes at you wanting to fight, and you're armed. Both good and bad.
@@stevegreen245 when I've actually had the creeps about mountain lions and bears, I'll give a horn honk before I get out of the vehicle just to give animals extra warning. Most animals don't want anything to do with a noisy human.
Great video - great videography. Thanks... Hoping to do this with a buddy (I'll be the spotter) in maybe April.... Question: WHO maintains that bridge? State? County?
@@offroadhub.official Thanks,now I need to get another GPS unit,as my other 1 took a dump on me during my Colorado trip last August! Happy Teails to Ya!!👍👍😁😁
This has always been one of my favorite trails. The rules back 20yrs ago was to only run it clockwise. It is much more difficult going clockwise so many started running it counterclockwise. Saw an old man in a stock Diahatsu Rocky run it back in 2017. Great video
The bridge out on the 25a portion of the trail was blown up by the viper militia in the 90s, they turned my club back at gunpoint once. I believe they are still in federal prison.
respect. big guy walks to set cameras. alot if time gets put in for content. love your channel
Thank you! It's true, I spend a lot of time outside the vehicle!
One of my favorite trails to do in AZ. Definitely more difficult running the trail clockwise. That long steep descent seems like forever when driving up it.
Yeah I'll have to do it the other way next time. It would be like a totally different trail.
I agree Todd. In fact I was told years ago to only run that trail clockwise as in many areas it would be extremely difficult to pass a vehicle coming the other way
Your camera angles were spot on, especially through the boulder sections. Watching you do this trail was like watching an episode of Star Trek!? Yes the FJ is the ENTERPRISE and you are a combination of Captain Kirk and Scotty! The FJ (ENTERPRISE) boldly goes where no other 4X dare to go 😊👍👌🚙
Wow, I've never thought of a Star Trek comparison, I just hope no Klingons show up... Thanks for watching as always!
You are doing such a great things hello from iraqi and kurdistan fj cruiser team
Hello! Thanks for watching!
Solid driving on a difficult trail solo...
That signature smile came beaming thru when your read “rock crawler, don’t go” lol!
What a beautiful remote location! That fly over of what was up ahead made that much more exciting, thanks for another great one!
Appreciate ya!
Thank you! I was a little concerned when I read that... But it turned out to be a great ride!
I love your content so much because it’s real life shit you have a practical build not some crazy over the top jeep on 44s love the content man
Great video, enjoyable content - better music this time too and the drone footage was great!
Thank you!
CAN"T BELEIVE YOU DID THIS ALONE.LOL. LIKED THE MUSIC GOING OVER THE BRIDGE. WHEN MY BALLS GROW UP I'M GONNA TRY THIS TRAIL BUT NOT ALONE.
Yeah I don't recommend doing trails solo, like I do. It's not for everyone. It's an amazing trail! If you can find folks to go out with DO IT!
is it Thursday already! right on time. thanks again for the hard work giving us some great entertainment. be safe!
We have done this trail many times it gets better every time or worse depending on your perspective 😂🤣
We like it alot and will hit it hard this weekend 👍👍
It's got a little bit of everything. I loved it! Have fun out there!
The music just prior to crossing the bridge! LOL
LOL, like in Jaws !!!
I look forward to watching these uploads before bed! Feels like I’m on the trail with ya
you are definitely not afraid to do this trails alone. I give you mad respect for that.
Hey man thanks for the ride along....Peace
Great driving BTW!
Thanks! It was an awesome day!
hi! I m from Quebec Canada, I own a blue 2007 fj, got a 3' lift and performance air filter,
I mostly like to drift in snow, and sometimes trail in summer.
I must say, I m most impressed with your skills and guts!
you re not scared to try, risk, and take a little damage on your rig, lol.
I m a bit like you, it s no Caddy, lol.
I just subscribed, watching this, wow, on a 10 scale difficulty, it must be 8-9...
you re better than me, those big rocks? they can forget about me, lol.
watching a few videos, I saw people breaking shaft joints.
I admit it has me intimidated, like you, I mostly do this alone.
breaking in the middle of nowhere alone makes me nervous, ha, ha!
I have no winch, and my tires are winter 2 plys, not recommended in rocks.
I keep it 4-5 level, I don t have much spare money for repairs either.
snow drift is not too hard on the rig, and I love it above all else.
I ll check your stunts though, you make it interesting,
and have quite a cool sense of humor, lol.
good show brother!
Thank you! Going out alone is a little risky, but it's pretty tough finding people to go with, and I carry lots of tools and extra parts for things most likely to break. Driving in deep snow is definitely fun!
I just did this retrain in my stock Jeep wrangler today. What a doozie.
Nice camera shots man! I felt like I was there!
I installed sliders after doing that trail, did it clockwise, before the fire. Thanks for the memory.
1 dislike is the bridge inspector.
LOL... Maybe! Can't please everyone.
it looks like you went counter clock wise.. definitely gets your blood rate up!!
I did go counter clockwise. I think it's probably a fun trail either direction, but I would have saved myself some worry had I gone clockwise...
Nice trail and adventure. After seeing your Busywild trail video, not sure anything else can be considered difficult. Lol
Trails can be difficult even if I don't take any body damage... LOL
That was a great one, such great drone footage as well
Thank you! Drones are such amazing tools and technology!
Going tomorrow. Thanks for posting.
That's awesome! Have fun!
There is actually a cool mine at the bottom before you go back up called the Oneida mine interesting history as you get to the creek to the left behind a bunch of bushes hard to spot if you don't know
I look for it next time. Thanks for watching!
Your bids are awesome and great at wheeling!! Modded 4th gen 4runner here
The story behind the bridge is it was an old wooden bridge that got burned in the wild fire, then replaced with the one that you went over a few years ago, I first crossed that bridge in 1985 when it was in bad shape and creaked a lot.
Interesting that it used to be wood. The "bridge out" signage was relatively new, certainly within the last couple of years in terms of age.
Good Morning ☕
Wish I was there in my Fj following . Looks nice and warm,
freezing up 🥶 here in B.C
Gotta go south to find trails that aren't snowed out! Everything in my home state of Idaho is impassible until about May.
@@offroadhub.official I guess I shouldn't complain, we only get snow higher up in the mountain forestry roads here in B.C and mud and rain in the Vancouver Lower Mainland areas .
We do get alot of rain this time of year and get to do lots of flooded creek crossings if deemed safe.
Check out our local UA-camrs ;
The Story till now , Casey 250 and Dirt Garage . All a bunch of buddies who showcase alot of our terrain and trails up here in British Columbia. They have some pretty nice Jeeps and one bad ass Toyota lol .
Cheers 🤙
@@11silver-bullets yeah I watch Story Till Now and Casey. You guys must have A TON of trails up there as they aren't travelling very far to create all their videos. I really hope to get up there this summer if I can!!
Ya we are surrounded actually. Most forestry roads from Vancouver city are only 30mins to an hour away give or take. We live in a suburb close to the mountains and only a 10 min drive.
Another great video!
The best way to cross a sketch bridge is to go slow. You want to keep the dead load as straight down as possible, avoiding rolling moments of inertia across the beam, possibly knocking a beam off of its shelf. Another thing is to try to get your tires directly over the beams.
Thank you. Hopefully I don't come across another sketchy bridge for awhile!
Just subscribed. Awesome video! I absolutely LOVE your FJ! I’ve only been in the Offroad scene for a couple years now. Started off with a 97 TJ, now I have a little newer JL, don’t know if Jeep and Toyota actually have a rivalry going or not but who the heck cares. That thing is beautiful. Nice job man
Thank you! Glad to hear you've joined the off road community! Lots of people get all bent out of shape over Jeep vs Toyota, but I love both. It's about getting out and having fun! 👍
Nice driving. You make it look easy. You'd enjoy the Florence area lots of great trails...Woodpecker, Axle Alley, Elvis, Hackberry Creek to name a few.
I actually started Hackberry. I was alone, and it didn't seem like a good idea to keep going! 😄 Thanks for watching!
Hi there! Is Woodpecker doable in a 4-seater RZR?
Nice job.
Thank you! 😄
As the saying goes, "Let's cross that bridge when we get to it."
When the Canada/US border opens again, I would love to drive my 2012 FJ TT down from Vancouver and run some of the trails you've shown us. Especially in Moab.
I want to get up to Vancouver and see your trails! It looks amazing up there!
THANK YOU!
Nice ken, ! I definitely missed out 👀👍🏽
So cool! Subscribed!
What’s your suspension, how much lift, size and tires? Diff drop?
Awesome trail such remote places ....... FJ better be 100% :) ......CHeers
I'm relying on that Toyota reliability!
There’s a cool picture at 20:51. I always know when I missed a video because I’ll notice new body damage all of a sudden 🤣
Ken - excellent driving and a very entertaining commentary. Well done!
Any plans to do some body work on the poor ol FJ.
Really enjoyed...thanks.
I'll fix up the body a little here and there over time. Thanks for watching!
I wish I still lived out in AZ. So many trails to play on. Wish I had my FJ when I lived there too... Check out the backside road from Mt. Lemmon.. Tucson
I'll have to look into that next time I'm down there. Arizona has tons of trails, that's for sure!
Gnarly!
Around the early 1980's? the Viper Militia was practicing with explosives and unintentionally blew up the original bridge, which I think was wood. The state replaced it with what is there now. The last time I was up there there was a lot more building/equipment, so there must have been a fire or something.
The Sunflower Fire of 2012 (caused by idiots) took out almost all of the cool buildings that used to be around the mine and huge tumbler. The bridge is subject to erosion now and probably a little less safe each day. I don't think the forest service will fix it again but who knows.
Wow another one I haven't done in years, I really need to get out more. We used to run that the other direction back in the day. That area suffered a fire a while back and then some flooding. Thats why a lot of those big trees are dead as seen from the drone. The mine used to be really cool, but most of it lost during the fire. also did this once with ice/snow, young and dumb...
It's a really fun trail. I think most people run it the other way, I just didn't know. Snow would make it WAY more difficult! 😳
I'm in AZ too, got so much I need to explore still! There's a couple off road groups on Facebook I'm a part of, would love to join you sometime
Keep an eye out for the next time I'm in Arizona! I always love having people join me!
Dude pulls up in an FJ Cruiser like: "Get in loser, we're doing Jeep shit"
Hopefully you are headed up to Payson now and Heading to Payette Draw, one of my Favorite places to go wheeling.
I didn't make it to Payette Draw. I'll be back to Arizona for sure though!
This Trail looks super fun. Gonna need that 8.2 swap for the lexus before I try it 😂
It's a great one! Definitely put it on your "must do" list!
Must take this trail back way , it is more challenging , I made this trail December 18/2022 to despite the old year
Wow, very remote. The wash Terrain is totally mountain lion turf. Do you ever get the creeps setting up the camera all alone? Cuz I don't see you with a side arm ever. I carry a 357 mag with me all the time I'm off road. And yes, I did have to use it once. In Johnson valley California. We have feral dog packs. Mostly they run away. But one time they kept coming. Even after a warning shot. Anyway just a thought.
Wow! Feral dogs? 😳 I have had the creeps about mountain lions, but have never actually seen any signs of them. I figure I'm making a ton of noise coming up the trail and they'll avoid me... The most dangerous animal I've met on a trail was a human that wanted to fight...
@@offroadhub.official well that gives me something to think about. What do you do when a crazy person comes at you wanting to fight, and you're armed. Both good and bad.
@@stevegreen245 when I've actually had the creeps about mountain lions and bears, I'll give a horn honk before I get out of the vehicle just to give animals extra warning. Most animals don't want anything to do with a noisy human.
@RollinRat hopefully I don't run into any of those... I did run into some guys hunting them when I was on the moss creek trail.
TrailBoss!
Great video - great videography. Thanks... Hoping to do this with a buddy (I'll be the spotter) in maybe April.... Question: WHO maintains that bridge? State? County?
Thank you glad your liked it I don't know who claims responsibility for the bridge. Have fun!
How ya get to that trail,as I would like to check it out this Summer when I'm tent camping up in Flag!
The bottom of the loop is at:
33.943656,-111.450349
Careful out there!
@@offroadhub.official Thanks,now I need to get another GPS unit,as my other 1 took a dump on me during my Colorado trip last August!
Happy Teails to Ya!!👍👍😁😁
Hey Ken. Watching from Vancouver bc, Canada. Lovin the content.. Quick question.. What are you using for a tow rig?
Sorry for the late answer. I pull the FJ behind a 2000 Dodge 3500 dually 5.9 diesel on a 16 foot trailer. Thanks for watching!
I believe most locals run it clockwise or the opposite direction
I'll try it the other way next time!
He was doing the trail backwards
Who was? Almost everyone was travelling in the same direction.
This has always been one of my favorite trails. The rules back 20yrs ago was to only run it clockwise. It is much more difficult going clockwise so many started running it counterclockwise. Saw an old man in a stock Diahatsu Rocky run it back in 2017. Great video
Sorry for a possibly stupid question, but what size tires are you running? Are those 33's or 35's.
They are 35's.
Commercials every 2-4mins crazy money.
Sorry, UA-cam controls that, not me 😐
First like, ha!
Congratulations! Thank you!
Red light stop green light go broken bridge go very fast
I was pretty worried, but I've heard since that is been that way for years and everyone drives over it. 😄
Stock hight jeep do this trail
I don't see why not. Thanks for watching!
The bridge out on the 25a portion of the trail was blown up by the viper militia in the 90s, they turned my club back at gunpoint once. I believe they are still in federal prison.
Are you sure ? I thought thay blew the sunflower mine bridge ? Ether way how crazy I's that .