Taking on the Hammers with GRDLOC and The Trail Reaper

The Hammers in Johnson Valley is home to one of the most difficult land races on the planet, King of the Hammers. We decided it was time to test GRDLOC out on some of these iconic obstacles.
Teaming up with Scott Durkin, @TheTrailReaper, we tried our hands at Chocolate Thunder, Jack Hammer North, and the infamous Back Door. Featuring some awesome action from buggies and more.
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[@KNfilters]

GREAT episode! Trailer Reaper and Grdloc are incredible to watch!

[@chanzsmothers9447]

Trail reaper shock setup is on point 🤘🤘

[@boatsandjeeps780]

Baddest jeeps on KZbin or prob the U.S. awesome channel this is what I'm trying build up to. Just awesome

[@georgef1176]

Trail reaper is by far sickest jeep build

[@MSTrishRN]

Always an adrenaline rush to watch GRDLOCK and now Trail Reaper.

[@RockstarGarage]

MSTrishRN it’s only gonna get better as we bring all the ambassadors in!

[@MSTrishRN]

@@RockstarGarage That is awesome! My dream and goal to be an ambassador one day!

[@dougharlow6037]

Great content, Great photography. Thanks

[@Allianceoffroad]

Any plans to do a walk around on the Trail Reaper? Curious on the motor set up/mods. Thanks

That trail Reaper is awesome

[@RockstarGarage]

Off Road N Chill Español 🤘🏼

[@rcsskier]

The Over the Top reference broke me lol. Very cool video, Reaper is something else.

[@CRazy.CAnucK..]

Keep the vids coming boys. Awesome.

[@joshuakazfields4374]

Rock jumpers are amazing. Narrow and light.

[@RockstarGarage]

And weighted tires with water lol

[@chefdanielb]

Love Johnson Valley, I was parked right next to Trail Reaper at Backdoor, during the Chaos on Friday night. Great rig.

[@adventuresbyknight9348]

Awesome!

[@okiedokie9034]

All Flex on those rigs....

[@shakoakhvlediani1927]

at a glance, I couldn't imagine that there were rocks where the Grdloc can't climb up. as we saw, the weight matters, that new rig jumped up easily on the gigantic rocks. love the Trailreaper LJ as well with it's 43'' MT stickies. but Grdloc is mesmerizing me!!!

[@RockstarGarage]

Shako Akhvlediani that’s the best thing about Jeeps, each is different but so awesome!

[@simonbar7665]

Big like

[@StormbornJKU]

The Trail Realer is just the perfect Jeep. By far my favorite rig I’ve ever seen. That’s exactly why I want to build an LJ. Geez.

[@RockstarGarage]

Alex Winters it’s a badass rig!!

[@takingu2skoo]

Dam that trail reaper jeep should be named T-Rex sound sick i love it

[@khairulhadimuhtaddir9101]

Keep up loading the awesome vids :-)

[@RockstarGarage]

Khairulhadi Muhtaddir we’re trying!

[@guylongley1573]

Grid lock is an awesome jeep. Makes those big rocks look small. Hope to see you guys at the Hammers soon going to tackle those rocks in my Sammi. 👍

[@RockstarGarage]

Guy Longley def see you out there!!

[@ltr310]

2 BADASS jeeps!!!

[@mikelee8851]

Those are my two faveriot Jeeps ever I want to build my coilbrackets I'm sure that's a custom going through the hood if not were can I get those from bad ass

[@streetstomper]

My plans is to get here later this year.

[@chrisstrobel3439]

So did the olive drab Jeep with the humongous tires ever make it up backdoor? Fun video 👍

[@lesszabo5625]

Awesome video and awesome rigs, not much will stop you, unless you "over the top it", right?

[@syntheticprimegow4642]

Amazing content! Keep it coming! Like seeing both rigs together! Have you climbed Devils hot tub? Curious to see how both of your Jeeps handle it.

[@RockstarGarage]

SyntheticPrime GOW not yet but on the list!

[@syntheticprimegow4642]

I know that supercharger sound! I have a hellcat in my JLRU and every time I hear it... it puts a smile on my face! 🤘🤘🤘

[@warlitosolangon9931]

More upload videos specially GRIDLOCK... YOUR DBEST

[@RockstarGarage]

Warlito Solangon 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@bivne8r]

What kind of Beadlocks are on the trail reaper?

[@jkustockaphobia2421]

Damn y’all have fuckin beasts for jeeps !!

[@luisinfante3324]

Saludo desde República Dominicana soy nuevo en tu canal soy yipero

[@luisinfante3324]

Ese jeep es un monstruo en RD yo tengo un TJ

[@melisncal]

all that money in those jeep and they cant even get up those rocks!! they got ripped off!!

[@TheSnivilous]

Driver skill is the issue here

[@jkustockaphobia2421]

How come y’all don’t run RCVs in your axles vs u joints ?

[@parkeryj3135]

Jku Stockaphobia when you’re turning the axle doesn’t lose integrity. Your more likely to break ujoints at full lock but with rcv it’s the same strength everywhere

[@RockstarGarage]

We have run RCV on builds and some do have them. We run YUKON super joints in GRDLOC because they are not a standard u joint they are a CNC chromoly joint that’s rebuildable and strong as hell and easy to maintain. Check em out

[@jkustockaphobia2421]

My 92 yj Jeep I understand , that’s why I was wondering why they don’t have RVC but instead they have the weaker u joints (at least at full lock like you mentioned)

[@RockstarGarage]

The super joints are not weaker at full turn they keep their integrity 100% of the time.

[@jkustockaphobia2421]

RockstarGarage damn really ? That’s crazy So if they both equally strong how come go with the u joints? Ease of repair or what

[@jonathangreve4684]

It would probably be way easier to do that stuff with a rig like that if you air down the tires

[@RockstarGarage]

Itz Fishstick which rig you talking? Grdloc had 8lbs of air, reaper had 10 lbs and Jeremy was running water in his fronts

[@nicholasbaldwin1674]

Dammmmm. Yeah back door isn't a crawl, it is a rock bouncer hill. The buggy did it right and GrdLok will have to try another day

[@paulsouza85]

Thats what i thought. I’ve seen it crawled with ease. Yes during the hammers when its dug out. I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t see it. It’s more of a wheelbase thing. Longer is better. Not saying these rigs are short.

[@nicholasbaldwin1674]

@@paulsouza85 oh I'm sure some can crawl it. Just generally recommended the skinny pedal it

[@jamesmerkel9442]

In your cause 8 bolt fails b4 the spline does fail safely, which is good design. Your spline is harder than grade 5 or 8 bolt.

[@jamesmerkel9442]

hub cap will hve to hve wider holes so u can run bigger bolts next size up min.

[@RockstarGarage]

Those were grade 10 bolts bud from GM we replaced later with grade to keep moving 🤘🏼

[@RockstarGarage]

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[@dirtbiker4376]

In no way am I implying these trails are easy, and rigs are SWEET!!! But in all the videos I'm watching - the MT baja pro's don't seem to be all they're cracked up to be. Traction looks marginal at best other than at sand hollow, which anything grips well at sand hollow.

[@jamesmerkel9442]

how come the axle splines don't hve a starter or actual key way to take the load & save the splines. The beg of spline could b 1/4 or 1/8 turn diff then rest or raised or lowered section or 3 key cuts then full spline. U don't want it so tuff u can't blindly line it up but still want key lock vs just 1 spline cut hits limit fail. If u hve 3 key way chances all 3 shear & leave u stranded is v/low, vs striping spline chance high esp in weaker spline set ups.

[@bradmcmanis3231]

How imbarreing big BADASS looking silver jeep struggling to make it up Mine As Well get Groceries wit it LOL

[@duneattack]

GRDLOC Always with the wing hanging outside the rig. I cringe every time I see it. Can someone please buy him a net!

[@CKKillinger]

Well, 💩! Blown center cap and Broken GRDLOC is horrible.. 😢

[@RockstarGarage]

It was down for an hour or two then right back up! Nothing holds her back for long lol

[@georgef1176]

Trail reaper is sickest jeep ever built period