Jeep Gladiator Truck Overland Off-Road Field and Forest New Hampshire Nitto JL JT Experience Part 5

Heading north out of Adams, Massachusetts, we started our 3rd day of Lobster Quest, the Nitto JL/JT Experience presented by KMC Wheels by working our way into the state of Vermont. It was here that we really started to see the landscape covered in the amazing yellow, orange and red leaves that you can only find in New England and in the Fall. After making a well needed stop at Hogback Mountain, we continued our drive to the east, into the state of New Hampshire and until we reached our wheeling destination of the day, Field & Forest Recreation Area.
Like most of the wheeling destinations back east, Field & Forest is privately owned and NOT open to the public. If anything, they consider themselves to be a "private campground, outdoor event facility and recreation area" that caters to large groups, events, members of the Northeast Association of 4WD Clubs and other organizations ONLY. They do have an extensive network of trails, most of which are challenging with tons of fun obstacles and many more intended for buggies only but they are viewed as being an amenity for those who've paid to utilize their property. With that said, the wheeling out there is outstanding and we all had a great time putting our Jeep JT Gladiators and JL Wrangler to the test on their wet, muddy and slippery rocks!
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[@tala12]

The more I see these videos, the more I like the gladiator.

[@wayalife]

Very cool :)

[@OnMyMemoryCard]

BAD ASS! Try that in a Taco! Sweet driving Eddie! It’s all nothing without the awesome videography by Cindy!

[@wayalife]

LOL - gotta love the Gladiator :)

[@Fxbbs_LMT]

Love seeing how unstoppable these JTs can be!! It’ll be about ten years before I can afford one and I can’t wait

[@wayalife]

Hopefully, you'll be able to afford one sooner than that.

[@RyanRKJ]

Dude in the Skyjacker rig looks like he is running too much air pressure. The driver in the Synergy rig knows what’s up. His tires were practically giving the rocks hugs.

[@wayalife]

Yeah, he may have been running a bit too much air for the trail but more than anything, those tires weren't hooking up at all. Synergy was running their tires so low because they had less than 50% tread and were all terrains. Problem with going down too low is that you loose height/ground clearance as well.

[@zhang8170]

Totally agree...

[@wayalife]

I should note that I'm pretty sure were actually running more air in our tires than them.

[@zhang8170]

Wayalife yeah the synergy tires do look very bald...

[@daveschlossberg5138]

We were running 5-6 PSI most of the trip 👌🏽 Ryan rkj

[@bryangla1]

Wow, the views and roads are beautiful.

[@wayalife]

It really was beautiful out there.

[@jacobhendrickson8935]

These trails look like they would tear shit up. Wow

[@xdboardsurfer]

I love how things get serious when the music cuts out. Cindy, you rock!

[@wayalife]

LOL - gotta makes sure you get the whole and unfiltered experience :)

[@haroldconover5221]

That always looks like so much FUN...Come On Lotto.....

[@wayalife]

LOL - good luck to you :)

[@garthhayward9581]

Damn that Gladiator build is shockingly good.

[@wayalife]

LOL - thank you :)

[@lambertsaldi1550]

Awesome Run guys good for you guys Great video work The Vermonter

[@wayalife]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@coryfulmer2745]

Best part about living in the NE is the fall!!!

[@wayalife]

Sure was pretty out there :)

[@kimcaldwell6499]

When I was a kid and first started liking Jeeps, they had 6 in. lifts and 35 in. tires. There was no way those Jeeps could have done what you did on this video. The new Jeeps and Gladiators are so amazing and are capable of such insane things. Ya just gotta love them. ;-) another GREAT video

[@wayalife]

LOL - I remember those days. Times have changed for sure and for the better. So glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@Whiteandsonsgarage]

Kim Caldwell definitely, yet so many people say they are crap and not to buy one

[@rockingkvideos3160]

OMG, now that’s a playground. Absolutely beautiful time of year and with it comes rain and slick rock😳. Thanks for sharing👍👍👍🇺🇸

[@wayalife]

Thank you, we're so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@moultonmotox]

I live in Florida now but I grew up in that area. Some of the best wheeling around. I love New England. Thank you for taking us on the journey with you!

[@wayalife]

Awesome, so glad we could share this with you :)

[@pullingtaffyproductions8148]

JT is doing great 🙌

[@wayalife]

Surprisingly, it really did great out there.

[@RalphGB]

LOVE to see you wheeling in the backyard. Awesome video as always!

[@wayalife]

Had a great time too! You live in a beautiful part of the country :)

[@nicot2436]

Great video. You definitely did a good job rock crawling.

[@wayalife]

Glad you enjoyed the video! We had a lot of fun out there 😎

[@nicot2436]

I bet you did. Up north is so different to off road in. I’m from NY and have family in Boston so I know how fun it is.

[@GoatOffroad]

Gladiator did awesome! Tough looking trail !! Very similar to our trails in PNW. Glad you escaped with no body damage. We always say “ it’s a Jeep, this is why we have it” . However, sheet metal damage still stings! Great video you two! ❤️🐞

[@wayalife]

Thanks and yes, Field and Forest maybe felt the most like the PNW to us. Fun area to play in for sure.

[@blackdynomite3892]

Cindy’s camera work/eye Top Tier!!

[@wayalife]

She's flattered you would say as much especially being that our primary camera went on the fritz from all the rain the previous day and had to film on this on our iPhone. LOL

[@bradshutler9356]

Some of the best 4 wheeling I have ever seen. Awesome terrain and builds to take on these trails.

[@wayalife]

Awesome! So glad to hear you say as much :)

[@driven365]

Interesting to see different driving styles, and how they payoff. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.👍🏻

[@wayalife]

Glad you enjoyed what you saw :)

[@makeyourownadventure1653]

Great series, the JT is kicking butt and taking names!

[@wayalife]

LOL - it really is a performer.

[@frankansley7941]

Your Gladiator is so bad. You guys can drive over anything! Hope you shared that Sandwich with your wife. Again, thanks for taking us along.

[@wayalife]

LOL - oh yeah, she got the other half and we're glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@jarueda13]

Those gladiators took a beating, but got it done. Well done.

[@wayalife]

Thanks! So many people told me it couldn't be done. Well, I would beg to differ :)

[@offroad-adventure]

Synergy and Skyjacker’s issues show you how important good tires are to the trail.

[@wayalife]

Couldn't agree more. Synergy was running all terrain tires and they still hooked up way better than Skyjackers Milestar Patagonia mud terrains. Seeing is believing and you just can't make this stuff up.

[@aussiek2000]

@@wayalife you'd have thought skyjacker would have thrown some nittos on for the event

[@wayalife]

@@aussiek2000 Trust me, after the first day, they were wishing they had LOL

[@StormbornJKU]

Another great video. The wheeling look super fun! And you guys are having a blast! I wish I had the means to join big events like this. At least it makes me happy being able to watch it. Amazing videography, really helps me be a part of the experience with you two. Thank you!

[@wayalife]

We're happy that we can share this with you and that you're liking what you see :)

[@AshesC2]

Another great video as always, Thanks! nice seeing the Tennessee fellas getting in the action,

[@wayalife]

Oh yeah, Brian really knows how to drive his JL!

[@darrelbautista9038]

Awesome trip

[@wayalife]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@guidok3762]

The Gladiator rocks! Amazing what this truck can do in the wild....!!!! Keep up the super video’s 🇳🇱❤️🇺🇸✌️🥇👍💪💪💪💪

[@wayalife]

Thank you :)

[@pullingtaffyproductions8148]

Absolutely beautiful scenery. American the Beautiful !!!❤🇺🇸🙌

[@wayalife]

It really was gorgeous out there.

[@Lesn-1]

Wow those boulders look like they were covered in grease the way everyone was slipping! Great job on EVO with that Gladiator build, such an awesome rig!!

[@wayalife]

LOL - sure felt like it too. Glad you like the build and the video :)

[@terrystotzheim9719]

All I can say is just"WOW"! That's some incredible wheelin' there! Great vid (like always)!!!!!

[@wayalife]

Thank you, we really do appreciate it :)

[@robo5972]

The flex on those rigs are off the trail!!!

[@wayalife]

Not too shabby :)

[@stealtheli]

That is one amazing trail. Thanks Eddie for bringing this to us.

[@wayalife]

So happy we could share it with you and that you enjoyed seeing it :)

[@Tom_Monahan]

I love this content. Can’t wait for more!!

[@wayalife]

Awesome! So happy to hear it :)

[@RedRockCrawlers]

wow what a view! Love seeing the fall colors and the wheeling was cool too :)

[@wayalife]

So glad you enjoyed seeing it all :)

[@kevinharris6725]

Looks like you had the baddest rig out there!! Thanks to Mel!!

[@wayalife]

LOL - yes, thanks to Mel. EVO does great work. :)

[@g-ohgutierrez9466]

Gladiator and wayalife making everything look easy 💪🏻

[@wayalife]

LOL - the Gladiator is a beast :)

[@lostarrowoverland4067]

Stunning colors! WOW ... those are true diff cracking boulders out there. Kudos to the aftermarket suppliers. Fun stuff!

[@wayalife]

LOL - hard hits for sure but the Dana UD60's held up great!

[@phewis]

Amazing locations on this trip. Love this Gladiator build it’s a beast!

[@wayalife]

So glad you like it :)

[@okie2608]

Another great series of videos. Trip looks like a blast. You guys are hitting it hard. Your JL looks like it is working great. Great build by Mel @ EVO Offroad.

[@wayalife]

Thank you. Happy to hear you're enjoying the series and yes, Mel did an AWESOME job with the build. Our Gladiator is performing awesome!

[@NorseRanger]

What a great series this has been! Keep up the good work!

[@wayalife]

Thank you, so glad you're enjoy the series :)

[@grtelli]

Great series!!! You guys rocked it!!! 👍🏻

[@wayalife]

Thank you :)

[@danabryan5358]

Gladiator makes it look easy!! Awesome trail.

[@wayalife]

It's funny because before we headed out for this event, people were telling us that we couldn't wheel a Gladiator.

[@matthewhatton3637]

My aunt and uncle live in up State New York. Planning a trip out there and can't wait to see the views and hit the trails!🤙

[@wayalife]

Beautiful area for sure. I think you'll love it.

[@BottleJackBuddy]

Really fun to watch. Great vid as always.

[@wayalife]

Thank you my friend :)

[@medicdan5981]

Insane!! One for the books 💪

[@wayalife]

LOL - definitely one for us anyway :)

[@Thundercat68]

Amazing scenery!

[@wayalife]

Yeah, it sure was super pretty out there.

[@anthonyprice693]

Thank you for the awesome video keep up the great work

[@wayalife]

We appreciate it and are so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@neffwai]

Definitely love the evo gladiator build but hands down you went the best route for this build. Love the truck n all the vlogs

[@wayalife]

Awesome, thank you. Fortunately, we've been working with EVO a long time and were able to get what we wanted from them.

[@MrSKOHC]

OMG! You're crazy! I peed myself a little.

[@wayalife]

LOL - it's the real deal out there :)

[@FrankMaree]

Man, great vid as always Eddie, can't wait to get my Gladiator

[@wayalife]

Thank you. Hope you get yours sooner than later.

[@FrankMaree]

Yes me 2, hoping spring of 2020.

[@kevintopasna7854]

its another day with a big wow in the books.

[@wayalife]

LOL - awesome :)

[@gilbertarnold8666]

Great video thank you!

[@wayalife]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@ka4172]

Gladiator down the big step fits like a glove!

[@user-io3hw7hx7q]

Have a great time thanks

[@wayalife]

Of course :)

[@offroadmudonly]

Les couleurs des forêts sont juste......wouah merci de France. Offroadmudonly park

[@pedrowatkins6167]

Y'all having too much fun, wished I was there!

[@wayalife]

Oh yeah, tons of fun.

[@willrezny2838]

Personal opinion, I think your gladiator would look amazing with a KC light bar on it. But awesome video, love the content!!

[@wayalife]

LOL - to be honest, we'd love to have one on our Gladiator. Maybe sometime soon :)

[@JeproksOffroad]

Awesome jt! Awesome video!

[@wayalife]

Thank you :)

[@JohnnyBravo1977]

man, the skyjacker jeep, it just breaks my heart

[@wayalife]

It was those crappy Milestar Patagonia tires. They wouldn't hook up for anything.

[@jmpapucci]

Vermont and New Hampshire you will love it

[@wayalife]

I sure was beautiful out there.

[@chrisblanchard4938]

Awesome video

[@wayalife]

Thank you :)

[@ortiz73caify]

I have to say that looks super fun, but I can also see wheeling a Gladiator takes more skill and you definitely have the skills. It just seemed like the JL’s didn’t struggle as much. But hey I’m all for a challenge.

[@wayalife]

No lie, it took a lot of effort to wheel the Gladiator where the JL's just walked up a lot of the stuff you see. But, I think we've proven that it can be done :)

[@Posibrian]

We want more #BBG! What a funny and all around good dude!

[@jeepjlu]

So bummed. You stayed in Keene I could have met you guys. Great videos. Wheel hard

[@wayalife]

Sorry that we missed you.

[@rachelwhite4449]

Beautiful trail and a beautiful Jeep what more could you ask for? Awesome video!

[@wayalife]

Thank you Rachel. :)

[@9929kingfish]

Crazy how strong the axles are on those rigs. I was sure there was going to be some crazy damage on some of those obstacles.

[@wayalife]

So, we've been running Dynatrac for years and decided to give these Dana UD60 axles a test and I must say, so far, they've really impressed the hell out of me. It's one thing to "talk" about how strong an axle is and it's another to "show" how strong it is.

[@pedrofernando176]

Cara parabéns pelo vídeo são todos bom demais 👏👏👏👏🇧🇷

[@99stomperjccollins54]

How many licks to get to the middle of an Ultimate Dana 60? They took numerous hits! No damage? Looked like gnarly trails! Another great video! Very beautiful scenery. Never been to the northeast.

[@wayalife]

LOL!! Too funny. I have to say, these Dana Ultimate UD60 axles took the abuse like a champ and impressed the hell out of me.

[@davidknows3320]

I live here in New Hampshire. Good old wet fall wheelin'. I haven't really wheeled in 18 years. I got here from the Jane project. You are in my backyard. We used to wheel this terrain with Jeeps in the 70's and 80's. Average tire size was 33 to 35. I ran Super Swamper Thornbirds at 8 psi we were all leaf sprung and locked or spooled. Glad you got to experience my home ground.

[@wayalife]

Beautiful country and great wheeling you've got out there.

[@savularity9121]

It's a lot different then wheeling on the West Coast right. It's cool to see how other regions have to approach obstacles because of the terrain

[@wayalife]

Oh yeah, it's a little different everywhere and that's what makes going on trips like this so much fun. You get to get out and experience it all :)

[@jmsuitter5]

Would love to see you guys go back in Moby

[@wayalife]

LOL - me too :)

[@jameskey7290]

There's that Hell Cat! Well that Hell Cat didn't do anything for his rock crawling though. Imo.

[@wayalife]

We all felt bad for Skyjacker. In spite of having a Hellcat, their Milestar Patagonia tires wouldn't hook up for anything. Horrible mud terrain tire that offered little to no traction. The all terrain Ridge Grapplers that some of the Jeeps were running did a much better job.

[@arjunr3096]

Super Super video

[@jeremygroznik297]

Love watching that Gladiator in action! Trading in my gen2 GMC canyon for one next year.

[@wayalife]

Awesome, I think you'll love it!

[@synfultruth1394]

Just bought a 2012 Rubicon JK. Would love to go on one of these adventures with you guys. Looks like so much fun! Wyoming trails are fun, but not much like this around here.

[@wayalife]

Congratulations on your new to you Jeep!

[@wunderkind56]

Pretty good tire comparison there. Hard to tell without being there I guess, but it sure looked like the Trail Grapplers are much better in the wet than those Patagonias.

[@wayalife]

The Milestar Patagonia mud terrain tires were embarrassing to watch. They were absolutely horrible out on these trails and as you can clearly see, offered little to no traction what so ever. The Nitto Ridge Grapplers that a couple of the Jeeps were running such as Synergy did a MUCH better job of gripping and this in spite of the fact that they're all terrain tires.

[@DaRSaffect]

Wow mel re gained all that weight back .. business at evo must be really good.

[@zacharyfike1071]

Definitely better trails in this video.

[@wayalife]

I think this was our favorite set of trails out there.

[@user-xr9hs1ii4x]

잘보고있어요~

[@alexwrobel8864]

Funny thing about this video is you guys didn't even touch any if the hard trails lol these are all the easiest trails field and forest offers. Such a great place to wheel and the owners Bob and liza are amazing people.

[@wayalife]

yep, as I state in the video, we'd love to go back and try some of the harder stuff in one of our other rigs.

[@alexwrobel8864]

@@wayalife its impressive to see those jeeps go on those trails, this is my back yard, my club Rockaholics are there often and rent the campground out multiple times a year. If there is a good way to contact you I can let you know some dates for the year so we can extend an invite to you to join us with your bigger rig to explore some more of the property with us.

[@Trenttomlin11]

Definitely beating the hell out of that front diff!! Lol

[@wayalife]

LOL! Oh yeah, took the abuse like a champ. Really impressed with the UD60 and how well it held up to all we could throw at it.

[@St.PierreProductions]

Once again, amazing video man! Can't wait to run a trial with you! Are you still in Nevada?

[@wayalife]

Thank you. And yes, we're here in Nevada :)

[@heind52]

that's the northeast for you wet and slippery

[@wayalife]

Yup and a lot of fun :)

[@belindarrr]

do y’all check any of your suspension components after these runs? i know nothing about four wheeling, but i saw a couple of trucks nail their front ends or drop their rear diffs on rocks. like do the spotters let the drivers know “hey check out your front linkage.” been really enjoying these videos!

[@wayalife]

Oh yeah, once we get to wherever it is we're staying for the night, most of us spend some time going over our rigs to do at least a visual inspection. As far as the axles go, the Dana UD60's have proven themselves to be really tough!

[@belindarrr]

Wayalife glad to hear it! thanks for answering!

[@wayalife]

You bet!

[@aaaaas640]

🇪🇸 sois unos crack 👍

[@victorlewis3409]

I hope to get a white Gladiator myself. Build it really close to what you have done.

[@wayalife]

Awesome!

[@nachovalenti]

Wow!! Each video is better than the previous one. Another beautiful place, beautiful Jeeps (all of them) and incredible the ability to overcome obstacles and the skill of drivers. I'm not tired of thanking you for what you make us enjoy with your videos. Many thanks Cindy and Eddie. P.S. I'm sorry for the breakdown of JL, a shame.

[@wayalife]

Well, we really do appreciate it. We love what we do and hope that we can share it with others like you. It always makes us happy to know that people like yourself enjoy our videos.

[@jerryhaun5994]

It looked like that rock smacked right behind drivers fender.

[@americanpatriot8996]

Wranglers are the shiznit!

[@aussiek2000]

The terrain reminds me of wheeling here in ohio. Tire choice and pressure becomes critical in my experience. After several tires, the cooper stt pro ended up working best for me.

[@wayalife]

Yup, ran STT Pros for a few years and they are one of the best out there when it comes to hooking up on terrain like this. As you can see, the Milestar Patagonia tires were absolutely horrible.

[@shkotayd9749]

Those Petagonias are failing HARD in actual slick rock and mud. Seen them work actual WONDERS on sand. But they cannot grip at all on slippery surfaces. Skyjacker has a truly capable Gladiator at hand. But its shoes cant grab anything.

[@wayalife]

Lots of tires that hook up well on slick rock and mud ALSO work wonders on sand. Based on what I've seen, these Milestar Patagonia MT tires are a joke and are clearly only trendy these days do to them handing them out to every social media whore and their mother to pimp them. Aside from not being at to hook up at all when it really counts, I've seen them be difficult to balance, have tread that cups badly and wear out very quickly. You couldn't pay me to run them.

[@rlovell383]

Great video! You guys ever thought about Portal axles on the Gladiator build?

[@wayalife]

Nah. No need for Portals. Besides, the gear reduction on them is more than I'd want and you'd have speed sensor issues. Jeep tried playing around with it back on the Might FC concept build and it was a disappointment.

[@IamVexih]

Honestly not surprised skyjackers rig was struggling Patagonia’s are phenomenal on dry rock and dry trails but mud they just cake up

[@wayalife]

I guess we all have our own idea of what "phenomenal" is. There were 3 guys running Patagonia's on this trip and none were singing praises of any kind for them. Also, I think you need to watch the video again. For the most part, Skyjackers Patagonias were NOT caked up especially once he got his tires spinning. Also, he had just as much trouble when we were running Ma Bell and there was definitely no mud caked up in his tread kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYabq4CibMesgq8 . From what we could see, they just sucked and wouldn't hook up for anything. Of course, this is to say nothing about how poorly they balance, how badly they cup and how quickly they wear out. These are all things that the owners were complaining about.

[@IamVexih]

Wayalife Patagonia’s don’t do too bad in dry climate but once you get them wet that’s pretty much a wrap

[@wayalife]

Like I said, none of the guys running Patagonias on this trip had ANYTHING good to say about them. Also, "don't do too bad" is a far cry from "phenomenal" or at least, in my opinion. For my purposes, I live in an area that's essentially a desert but does gets snow and ice in the winter and there's no way I'd want to run a set in those conditions.

[@camaroboi13]

What do you do with your rear license plate? Is it just bolted to your bed rack out back? I didn’t see it when you were on the trails. I have a roller mount for my front plate, but gotta do something with the rear

[@wayalife]

I just made a quick disconnect holder that I remove for trail use.

[@UncleElroy21]

That supercharger whine from the Skyjacker JT is sexy 🤤

[@jacobhendrickson8935]

All I’d ever need is a Dana 30 lol I baby my shit cause it’s just to expensive to fix. Lol no but really I’d love to have at least a good solid front axle on my yota.

[@gabet9993]

You should make badges for each location conquered and give them to everyone on the outing. Like badges of accomplishment.

[@madcratebuilder]

I have a ZR2 and that Gladiator is very impressive, what size tires? That's the big short coming on the ZR2, 31" stock and much work to get 35's to fit and 37's break shit.

[@wayalife]

40" tires and with coilovers set at about 3" of lift. Could probably use more for break over angles but we kind of like the low stance.