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You guys are making me feel bad. I like mine

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Get a Gladiator with the v8 hemi and put a bobtail bed on it

Dude, I know peoples that have driveways steeper than that rock pick. I do appreciate the input though.

Its not so extreme in the “capabilities” area as a stock 4x4 and a driver with balls can easily do, its the road paved with stones the rest of the trip that takes its toll

I’ve timed a few stretches just for giggles. One little stretch for example takes me 2 1/2 minutes in a 4x4 gator like a bat out of hell. In one truck with 30lbs air, the same trip takes 11 minutes. Same truck at 24lbs air 5 1/2 minutes. Its the bone jarring ride that can take its toll. My goal is to be able to ride it faster than I can walk it which is maybe 4mph or so.

So do I and that’s not my truck on the rock

I have the Mojave and the suspension is perfect for rocky roads. They developed it for desert racing. Fox shocks with external reservoirs and some fancy chit that supposedly helps with high speed bouncy stuff. I’ve had a load of off road trucks and the suspension on this is the best of them all.
Reliability seems to be measured with Toyota as the baseline. They’re hard to beat. I get rid of trucks when the warranty runs out because almost everything made today sucks compared to what we expect

The only time that I ever got my Tacoma stuck and it was my own fault. It was still new to me with sh1ty tires.

I was a few miles from the nearest paved road on a DNR truck trail/winter snowmobile trail late season grouse hunting and drove through the ice over a deep low point mud hole that had been covered with a dusting of snow making it appear level. It took several hours and popular saplings but I eventually unstuck it.

I don't have the pics immediately to defend, but I have had two awesome Sierra's that I loved. The Gladi Rubi will go countless places the Sierra won't.

I’m not a brand loyal guy. I love my Toyota because it’s been incredibly reliable and excellent off-road. What you’re missing is that a Toyota will typically run maintenance free well past the warranty.

I do agree that as far as dedicated rock crawlers go Jeeps are tough to beat but that isn’t what most of us are doing with our trucks. For most of us it’s about reliability and snow and mud when off-road.

Its not about going, its about going over and over and over again.

Imagine a road paved with half buried bowling balls every four inches, then imagine half the bowling balls were twice and three times the size of normal balls cept they have all kinda angles not smooth.

Good information on your needs. If you’re not doing a lot of crawling and climbing, you need to buy an older Ford Raptor. I have a 2012 that’s slightly built better than stock it’s just a ticket for rough roads at high speeds.

My Raptor super cab will blow away a gladiator in any test whether it be high speed, climbing, rock crawling

Then imagine the brush and trees are so tight anything too high will not go through without a chainsaw

Who gives a [bleep], that’s what they’re made for

Even the creek beds are solid rock

Maybe I should just go UTV

Raptor or Fraptor

I have owned countless 4x4s, and honestly, I think my Gladi Rubi with much higher clearance and front and rear lockers could go right through that. It might not get stuck over and over again, which apparently is the test, but I wouldn't get stuck in that.

In what world is buying a Dodge Dakota the best of anything?

I am trying, but can't understand. The larger the obstacle, the more the Jeep will handle it--without question. Over and over again--I don't know what you mean. I have over 100,000 miles on my Jeeps without a single mechanical failure. i can't tell what you mean.