I don't have enough ground clearance. I didn't realize so much public land had all the roads blocked off. You can't get away from the pay sites and enjoy any public land without big overland 4x4.
You need to lift, enough for bigger tires to get your axle and differentials higher. I have a 96 Jeep Cherokee Honestly only a couple inches over stock ground clearance. I still get around tho. Its all tire placement.
. See what kind of shit I could get through? I only have 3 wheels touching the ground in this pic. This was done on 2in of lift, and 235/75R15 tires. Nothing crazy at all. My friend in a lifted suburban was behind me. We ended up doing this trail again in reverse to get back to camp. A mile or so after this we where blocked. We then had to do 3 point turns near a cliff, and redo all this trail again.
Fun times.
Nice ride! Picking a good line is key. I ran a stock ‘93 Cherokee all over Arizona backroads for a few years. It never failed to get me to my destination and back. Lol, AZ has some gnarly ass trails that will beat your shit up. My buddy Paul ran a Cherokee chasing illegals along the borderlands for years. Anymore if I can, I like to base camp and use my quad to get in deep. Easier and faster. Backroads are the best! Starting to see more and more closures though and that sucks.
AZ has some gnarly ass trails that will beat your shit up.
I was looking at some old pics. . Doing it again in reverse was fun. Also was getting dark and we needed to get back to camp.
I really like my K02's.
Edit: and 3" lift with oversized tires. Rubs occasionally. Don't care.
BFG AT Ko2?
Thats what Im running now. ;) The pic I posted was my first set of cheap AT on stock rims. I got black D rings with a wider offset. Just a .5in on either side. Now running 31x10.5R15 Ko2.
I have a station wagon (VW golf sportswagen TDI) who's rear end sags 2 inches below stock when loaded up for camping. If I had the 4x4 version with the 2 extra inches of ground clearance and a back end whos suspension didn't sag (so an extra 4 inches total in the rear and another 2 in in the front) I would probably attempt something like that, but as it is I am AMAZED at what I have gotten through. one of the roads in shasta I got through successfully only looked half as bad as your picture. ;) I've also ripped critical components off my underside twice now by having my tire placement be exactly wrong for small ~2in dips/bumps that I underestimated, and the first time I has 500 miles from a service center, and my towing services only covered 100 and 50 miles of towing each, I had to rent a dolly and get someone to tow me in range of a towing service.
I took a 300D Mercedes to a renegade in the mountains behind Santa Barbara. It had no business whatsofuckingever doing so. But it did. Gotta know how to drive, and then the world is your oyster.
Edit: also it might be good for you to look into airbags
You have to get adventurous with it.
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