Off Road Question

[erhoth]

So this has about a 17 inch shorter wheelbase than a Jeep Gladiator. What is this truck capable of off road without tearing it up? Thanks

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[grampadirt]

Not sure I'd take it off road...it's too nice to mess up.

 

[erhoth]

Not even moderate mountain pass trails?

 

[grampadirt]

You'd be taking a chance of scratching that nice paint job and therefore dropping it's resale value.If you wanna get it dirty ,scratched or worse get a truck that's got some scratched already.

 

[Erik the Awful]

As I was told when I started racing, "Never race a car you can't walk away from."

 

[RichLo]

^ yep

And... The best self defense is not putting yourself into a situation where you need to defend yourself.

When adrenaline is pumping your logical mind goes out the window. "I just have to get up this hill no matter what happens to the truck" or "I just have to finish this race with 0 oil PSI because I'll get $100 if I finish"

Even if you don't majorly damage the truck going off road, rock chips and turn into rust bubbles real quick! And if you keep buffing out branch scrapes you'll run out of clear coat real quick also.

 

[erhoth]

All good advice and I get it. But...

 

[grampadirt]

OK,I see a ''but'' in there,So looks like you're gonna do it.Just be careful,ever off road before?

 

[351FUN]

They're very capable on certain things, terrible at others, and you comparing it to a gladiator doesn't bode well. Jeeps are good at rock crawling and anything that's low speed high articulation. They're awful at dune running, fire roads, paved roads, pretty much anything but rocks. You only have about 5" of wheel travel, so anything needing some articulation is out. The IFS shines at anything with speed (meaning 20mph and up). You'll be fine in mud, some trails, dunes, things like that, but high articulation trails will be rough.

 

[618 Syndicate]

Buy a dedicated trail or mud rig. You can buy em cheaper than you can fix what you have after you trash it. And you will.