This is what happens when you take FULLSIZE trucks through the Rubicon JEEP Trail!!
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- I don't think I will ever be bored coming up to the Rubicon. The high sierras are quite honestly one of my favorite places on earth. Mixing camping, the high sierra, good friends and trucks and you have a recipe for an amazing week. Come along as we take several first timers through the Con, talk about what makes it so great, and fix our junk along the way!
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We've run Rubicon over 20 times since 1990 with a 78 CJ,304 T18,411 GEARS,31 WRANGLER RT TIRES,one piece axles,and only a Trak loc in rear.Having a spotter that knows what he's doing is why WE have made this run so many times (Barret,Sierra Trek,Rubicon)so much fun.Watching people with 50000 Jeeps with their lockers and no driving skills is entertaining. Get a competent spotter and it will take the stress and damage out of the equation. We take 3 days on our Rubicon trips because fishing and camping makes it so much better,good luck
Dude don't stop doing what you're doing another awesome inspirational off-road video😎😎📹🎥🍕🍻
thanks man. If I can do it, well then pretty much everyone can!
Have to keep watching these as inspiration to finish my build! I'm almost there.
Stop watching and go wrench on your junk!! Ha ha.
Wow James! Another great video - very well done. I had a blast and thank all the guys for making my first time on the Con, such a gnarly trail, SO enjoyable! Thanks for putting these together as it serves as a reminder and something I can share with family and friends who were not there!
Of course man. It was great to see you challenging the blazer. Pretty legit accomplishment to clean the trail on 35” with no significant damage! Great job!
Watching the full sized rigs is pretty cool. Especially the four door Chevy and GMC. I have a well built Cherokee if there is a chance of my son and I tagging along.
Quite impressive those full size crew cabs traversed that trail. Awesome video.👍🏻
Always a blast watching any full size get out and get it done.
Oh, im in love with that cateye silverado..
Bad ass video! Great 👍 documentation! Very nice well built Chevrolet’s and other trucks, thanks for your time documenting this!
Whoa, you all Completed the Rubicon with minor damage with Full sized! Impressive! I enjoyed the video.
Yes, good point the off road community carries good camaraderie.
I live on the east coast and I’m building a trail rig. I’m taking a work sabbatical next summer and hitting west coast parks and trails. It’s my lifelong dream. If I find a group hitting the Rubicon. I just may join in.
Awesome vid!!! I like seeing the big rigs crawling around.more of this type content.
Ah man count me in on the next one ehh guys. Johnny from laguna hills here. My dana 55 almost here from 08 F350 going on my 01 Silverado 1500 ext cab....
Thanks for the video, I've done the Rubicon a few times with my jeep but never in my blazer, might need to give it a try,
That is cool nice to see the big trucks going at it. Its the norm to see that but its doable. The point is just get out there and do it!!!
Awesome I love all the different rigs! We are headed to do some trails this weekend in Colorado. We shall see how bad it is with the snow!
Awesome! I loved seeing the 4 door trucks. We have a 2004 GMC 2500hd 4x4 that is a 4 door.
Great video! Those are some awesome rigs. I really love all the positivity! 🤙🏽
Thanks 👍
Love the positive vibe!😎
Binge watching your channel for months because I have a k5, you inspired me to get a squarebody burb, which I just got. Super excited to start building it
That is awesome!
Love the videos. Keep it up.
THIS IS WHEELING!!!! This is what it is all about. This video captures wheeling perfectly. I love the full size rigs. Reminds me of the olden days of four wheeling.
Thanks man. Really tried to strip away all the gadgets and gear and focus on why we spend $$ on gas, tires, trucks etc. the bottom line is ADVENTURE! And the average 4x4 is a very good vehicle for creating adventure! Stop wishing start doing!
Amen brother! I get tired of all the gear reviews and roof top tent and over landing BS. You guys nailed it with this. Yea, why do we spend all this money on tires and parts, why do we spend all the time fixing and wrenching on our rigs? Is it to look cool on Instagram or TH-cam or is it for the sake of four wheeling! This is it man. Love it.
What a great video. Very unique to many other 4 wheeling channels out there. Very refreshing. Thanks for sharing
Thanks man.
Great video with a mixture of rigs on the CON. The Fullsize Invasion has me wishing I never sold my K5. Keep producing these vids. Excited to one day build a full-size 4-door rig for the wife and growing kids.
Glad you like them!
K5 my favorite truck 💪💪💪, nice drive the Ram guy!!!
Beautiful trail! The Rubicon has been on my bucket list ever since I got started with 4 wheel drives and I bought my first 4 Wheel & Off Road magazine in 1984... I'm 50 now. Too bad I'm on the east coast.
road trip! There was a group from Kentucky running the trail right in front of us
I love your off road videos. I’m trying to make some on my k5 as well
Ahhhhh a group of boys after my own heart. 👍👍👊👊👏👏👏👏✌✌
@Merricks Garage the way you inserted the Jeep at 6:50 looked awesome, never seen that kind of edit! This is the first video of yours I watched, and I'm really impressed 👏... great quality and funny too! Looks like a ton of fun and a great group of people. Looking forward to your channel. These rigs are very impressive too, haven't seen so many straigjt axle swapped vehicles in one place, let alone crew cab chevys....lol.
Lol! Thanks for the kind words. Glad you are here!
nice video and great thinking about that nice we're living in....God bless my friend
That Sierra looks so dang good. I have one but it’s gas. I want to put the diesel style mirrors on it and the same headlights that are on the Sierra in this vid. Maybe I’d eventually Lbz swap it but I’m broke at the moment lol
15:30 amazing views 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Love full size rig❤️
Awesome video mate! Sick to see the difference in wheeling over in the states. 👍 from aus
Yes but not as extreme as your 4WD 24-7 guys :). I can’t imagine heading out on the trails like they do up to 15 days at a time.
That Grey K5 with the purple is one of my favorite K5s. I have seen some other videos of it in Calico and another place. Great video!
Go check out Amber on Instagram. @amber_purplek5
@@MerricksGarage will do! Been wanting to see more of that K5 loving the purple.
Totally bad ass. I know mine is only 1/2 ton axles, but I’ll still be able to get to places I’ve wanted to go. Then if the 1/2 ton axles fail to many times I’ll do 60’s. Awesome video 👍🏻
Exactly! No need to build it until you know what is gonna break. If you plan on going much larger than 35’s you will start having some issues but careful driving you can manage. In short, don’t bounce the truck up obstacles!!
a Comanche is NOT a full size truck. its a Cherokee with a Mullet...
Sorry, forgot to check with the internet first 😂
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@@MerricksGarage We forgive you, just don't let it happen again!
I love that truck man, back in my teens my uncle had the Stepside bed in his Honcho
God damn sexiest pickup I ever saw
You right Comanche it's an ligth truck not a Full size but did awesome...
that green silverado is sick dude love the bumpers on it 👌
Yea he has done a ton of great work in this beast. I did a walk around video of it. You should check it out!
Really cool !!
@13:40 is - should call it it run around lol
Awesome!
Like how you got the others perspective 👍🏻👍🏻
You dudes rock in the rocks! Nuts but you rock.
Only thing that would raise my opinion of y’all would be if you told me at least of couple of those guys were in their daily driver
That’s my daily driver. Drove it there and back.
Nice video bro 👍🏽✌🏽
Thanks 💯
Crawling isn't a cheap sport... it's about the same as the 2A community... always repairing, fixing or buying something else. This is just badass
GREAT WORK DUDE! ID LOVE TO TAKE MY BURB THERE
That would be a big truck to get through. I’m just about to begin my suburban build! Great platform
The vegetables turned back to vegetables 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This video was epic. California should pay you for tourism. I loved watching this! I kept saying to myself ‘my carburetor wouldn’t like that angle’ lol. I’m looking forward to getting back out on the trails, but fire cleanup still has them closed. Thanks for the motivation, and taking us along on the trip.
When I was watching the crew cab I was saying ‘that’s the longest rock slider I’ve ever seen!’
Lol. I wish. I do love Cali though. Everyone seems to think that Cali is just LA and the Bay Area. It is so much more. Mt Whitney, Yosemite, the lost coast, Mojave desert, the sierras, Lake Tahoe. There is so much awesomeness. Yea our laws can suck but you can surf and snowboard world class waves and mountains in the same day!! That’s insane!
Ok. I too have a ‘94 2nd gen reg cab long bed. 🤔
As a former owner of a K5 and current owner of Crew Cab Silverado, it was awesome to see you guys do the trail in those bad ass Bow Ties! Keep Wheelin! 🤙🏻💪
There was a 2nd gen dodge tipped over on a jeep trial near me couple weeks ago
That will be me on the rubicon next summer
“You go off-road to get away from the noise...” rattle rattle glug glug go those sweet diesel, SAS Chevy’s👌
Well during the day it’s not so quiet. When you stop and listen and all you can hear is the wind in the pines..... well that is heaven to me.
Merricks Garage there is a time for enjoying the melody of good sounding engines, and a time for peace and quiet
@@MerricksGarage I've got a 12v stuffed in '93 SAS Chevy. I happen to be quite partial to the glug glug of an old diesel engine! Taking a ridiculous man made contraption out in the middle of God's great creation to hear the wind through the pines....well that's just what old trucks are for!
@@brianb.9154 exactly!
James if your not busy sometime during the last 2 weeks of August? I want to invite you to run Fordyce!
I'm taking my Hummer H1 there next week for the first time👌
H1? There are gonna be some really tight rock squeezes
@@MerricksGarage ill send you a damage report when I get back, lol
Awesome. I've been wanting to see full size Chevy's on the rubicon. Where's the suburban? Haha.
Lol. This is blazer territory
The GMC crew cab.... what is it running for lift/ tires?
Fun😁
Greetings from spain. Just got a k5 looking forward to taste some dirt
What’s the wheeling like out in Spain?
I’d like to complete this one day. I have a 02 Avalanche, leveled on 35’s. But want to go 6 inch lift on 37’s. I may not have great articulation with 37’s thou. 😬
solid axle swap it, so u can push the wheel base foward to properly clear the 37s
Im from Placerville and id take my 72 Ford one ton on 38 & 44in Monster Mudders thru and my 73 GMC Step Side with one ton running gear thru there !! Its a Drivers Trail and if ur Not a Wheel man ,, U WILL PAY THE PRICE !!
Who'd give this great vid a thumbs down? Seriously that is exactly why i wheel....💯💯👍
Serious. I mean I don’t care and I don’t take it personally but 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Gotta be Jeep guys
Dam right I would take my full size SAS duramax dually on them trails but with open differentials I don't think so👎🏿😡
Love to know what front bumper that is on the Sierra if customer I want one build for mine
What's the lift and tire size on those full size rigs? I live out in Vegas and would like to eventually try this trail out.
What PSI are your tires at? I usually run 9-15 depending on the trail.
What tire pressure did you run on that full size truck?
Thanks for posting this video. I ran the Rubicon last October in my Jeep but I’m considering taking my F250 through. Not sure if I can pull off 37’s or if I should go bigger. Thoughts?
37 all day. That’s what the 2500 is on
Man Just saw that the guys from filthy addiction off-road is in this video.
Heck yea, rad guys. They had some bad luck later on in this trip (the Jeep ate a rod I think) but they wheel hard!
I have a 2001 4x4 hd 6.0 crew cab long bed and i want to build like your it would be nice if you can help me on what I need I'm going for a Dana 60
I wanna take my 97 4runner on this so bad
Can a independent suRubicon? SUV go across the rubicon?
Great video! Would love to get a link to the green Silverados build thread or any other info on the bumpers/armor
There is a video on my channel about the build.
@@MerricksGarage Thanks didn't realize that!
I wondered about crawling with full-size rigs? I mean I’ve seen it done. I watch busted knuckle films & bleepn Jeep,mischief maker tv religiously! But it’s all jeeps,tube frame buggies some Toyota’s which are all bad ass but no full size. I’m thinking of buying a ram charger for hella cheap, just not sure how good of a crawler/off-roader it would make? Off road would be good just crawling. Anyway great vid liked & subbed!!
Awesome platform. If you wanna bring stuff and camp and enjoy yourself the fullsize is the way to go!!!
Do it ramcharger for the win
Looked like fun! What kind of tire pressures did most run?
Between 8-10
I'm in Cali and my truck will be done within the next 6 months. How do I hook up with you guys?
I love seeing those full sized Chevy trucks. Is it possible to get a long bed crew cab square body through the Rubicon without getting body damage? I’d love to do that but I also don’t want to destroy my truck. 😀
Did you watch the whole video?
Yes, but did any of those big trucks suffer body damage?
Not sure my K5 would make it but I have to do this run!
@Agent J going as a passenger is a good way to see and experience the trail
@Agent J Yeah, my friend Pat rode with me as he didn't want to take his Jeep... :O He took a bunch of good video of us being fools though! I was glad to have a passenger!
Enjoying God’s Creation Indeed Sir!!
I have seen the most hideous destructions of new Jeeps driven by pure tools on the Rubicon. If you want a good laugh ride a bike through and watch the destruction derby at your leisure! It is one to behold on a busy day.
Truth. I happened to run the trail this year during a land cruiser event. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Ha ha.
You sir sound like Tom green
With diesel prices now …. He’s now a farmer 👨🏼🌾🤦🏻♂️
Awesome full size Chevy Trucks! Anyone notice - all removed IFS for solid axles! Sweet upgrade. What shops do you recommend to do this? How much did it cost??
Does the owner of the gmc have a youtube?
Bowtie Brigade 💪🐓🏆
Im doing this in augest in a jeep xj with a limited slip rear an an open front i want to try the soup bowl but i dont think ill be able to complete it
You are gonna have your work cut out for you with a rear LSD and no front locker
@@MerricksGarage ya im working on a locker hope i can get it before the trip
What gearing do these full size rigs use?
Well there is a lot of torque in these engines so prob not as high as you think. I run 4.56 and so do most of the rest.
Do you think the big gm trucks would have made it without the solid axle swaps?
Depends how they were driven but most likely yes.
11:27 Would love to know dimensions or brand of sliders the GMC has.
they are custom built. And very very long!
Based on your experience here, would a flat-bed help the full-sized trucks with departure? Thinking about doing something like this myself
It would but building a heavy duty skid is prob easier and maintains the use of the bed!
@@MerricksGarage It’s nice to have “the box” for sure. Love your diesel Burb project by the way.
What size tires are the full size trucks running
between 37 and 40
Are you part of Suzuki Khan
Im a driveshaft away from completing my 91 xj and collecting parts to sas and 1 ton my 2001 silverado i have the D60 for rear what's a good axle for the front i only want to run 37s.
You can get away with a Dana 44 if you build it, but just go Dana 60 imo
@@MerricksGarage What make and year D60 should i look for ?
Depends on transfer case but for simplicity go with a ford super duty
💪🏾💯❤️👏🏾👏🏾
My bronco does shit like that easily
'89 FSB
As for Full-full sized trucks, I also had an OBS F-TreeFiddy longbed onna trails and SURPRISINGLY, didn't get stuck
About how much lift would you say you have on your blazer?
I would say between 6-7”
I want to do this so badly
What’s stopping you
@@MerricksGarage money
It’s free to do. Just gas $. Go do it!
How can I join your group
At the end... on the table, are those tool boxes or lunch boxes?
They are tool boxes but I use them for camping stuff.
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They're a nice idea.
The Milwaukee packout stuff has changed how I pack. So many options that all lock together. I love them!
No commentary from the dude in the gold Duramax?
Couldn’t get everyone.
What kind of fuel mileage is that guy getting in that duramax?
The anticipation is killing me!
And you know how this one ends!!!
Me too! Just got back from an errand in time to watch it... :)