We went looking for Steelhead on the Green River. The backup plan was to do some trout fishing if we couldn't find any Steelhead. We drift floated trout magnets, used Blue Fox spinners, but had the most success with various colors of Rooster Tails. We used light and ultralight setups with 4-6 lbs line. We carried a 2nd rod with a heavier setup and rig for Steelhead. Just in case. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wotWhNhlsMQ
Another early opportunity to record and bit of rough road on a slight climb. This wasn't too far into the trail. Still heading up before the fog/cloud line.
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Continuing the raw videos. We're still heading to the end of the trail. Once we left the dead end, I didn't record the same flat bit of the trail. I started recording again at the climb and descent of the fun bit of the trail.
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Entrance shot of the Jeep Trail in Bee Canyon. Just some sign information for anyone interested in the trails we frequent. There is a few videos of us going through the first 1/4 mile of the trail before the very difficult section of the trail. Not until we get better tires and maybe a bit of lift.
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This is another angle when my 3rd brother attempted this hole a 2nd time in Rock Mode. After he failed and cheated the first time in Auto Mode. He felt the difference and said Rock Mode made it easier with the lockers on.
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These videos don't look as intimidating as they do in real life. We only film these hills that are off the main road and offer a challenge greater than the main road.
The 4runner is on a body lift, BFG Mud tires, upgraded rear/front differentials, new Rancho shocks. Stock 22re Turbo engine with an intercooler, transmission oil cooler, and aluminum radiator.
This is the Thomas Trail in the San Jacinto Mountains. The trail I would rate 6/10. This hill climb would be a 6.5/10
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After my 1st brother had a few goes through the water, my 3rd brother wanted a try. This is his first go at it.
The water came up just above the black trim of the side skirts.
Bee Canyon, San Jacinto Mountains
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First snow of the season for us and the Renegade. It's been snowing on and off in the mountains in the last month, but melting within the next few days. This is the first snow that lasted more that a day and continued to snow throughout the next 2 weeks.
The Renegade came out in the Spring of 2015 and we purchased ours at the end of April. So we've been waiting for winter to find some mud and snow we can drive it through.
The first bit of the video was on stock tires with my sisters and niece. The plan was just to get out and play in the snow. So I didn't do much driving or recording with the stock tires. I was with the wrong people to risk getting stuck in the snow.
The hood view is bad. I didn't tighten the camera mount so it's shaky and makes a lot of noise banging around. So I didn't use much of those videos.
3 Days later I went back up with the mud tires and my cousin brought along his 2011 Thundra. Now I could get into trouble and have a capable truck to pull me out if needed.
The stock tires did fine on the main trail, but not so on untouched snow. Turning in deep snow just slows you down to a halt. Even if I back up and tried to slowly clear a path forward, the stock tires would stop and spin on the deeper snow. With the mud tire's large lugs, it would dig and claw forward a bit more each time I gave a run at it.
I don't know what temp is required, but at 40 degrees F the Renegade displays a icy road warning light. It's optional for the driver to access the weather and turn on any assist if necessary. It hasn't gotten cold enough lately for that light to come on. So it was a surprise to me when I first saw it. When the Renegade sensed the tires slipping in the snow/ice it also gave a warning or traction lost and suggest changing the drive mode to snow.
The whole traction/4x4 system worked very well for me in upwards to 5 inches of snow. A sedan and 4Runner parked at the entrance of Black Mountain trail because they couldn't get past the first few patches of melting snow. These patches of snow/ice are hundreds of yards apart and the heavier snow doesn't show until 40 mins into the trail.
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