Rubicon Trail Prerun Down Cadillac And Back

In this one I head down Cadillac Hill to Rubicon Springs with Jeff in his FJ Cruiser and Mike in his Landcruiser 200, with a trailer! This was on Father's Day, so we ran into quite a bit of traffic on the trail. Our mission was to drop off a trailer with Mike's camping equipment, and to have fun doing some extra exploring on the Rubicon before the Rubicon event next week. The Landcruiser took some damage, but nothing that can't be easily fixed.

[@michaelhickey8118]

My hat goes off to the 200 for toting a trailer on the Rubi. Not small feat! Great effort!

[@zanez14]

you would think if they have the money to take a 200 series on the rubicon they could afford lockers....

[@josuevaldez]

Damn, watching that Land Cruiser was painful...

[@offroadhub.official]

Taking to it's limits!

[@phantomwalker8251]

@@offroadhub.official 200 series shouldnt need lockers,its got all the mod tech. centre diff,traction,ect. but. the front end falls out of them. in aus,there around 110 k. i can think of better 4x4rs to by for 1/6 the price.. like,,a cucv.

[@phantomwalker8251]

landcruisers are painfull..last decent one was the 80 series, td4.2 manual,all down hill after that..

[@phantomwalker8251]

@@offroadhub.official ill pit my f250,4.2tdi,manual. against any,auto. no contest.cant beat gears. safer,down hill. even with crawl,ect. still no good.

[@offroadhub.official]

@@phantomwalker8251 mod tech doesn't replace lockers that's for sure.

[@gxmoose]

That 200 series land cruiser w a trailer! Hope they’re going with Dissent Off-road for their rear bumper :) best game in town

[@jeffgreenwood5159]

Trail Taylor

[@jeytex3161]

You answered that question, manual! What a great day of fun with more ahead. Thanks for taking us along. Happy bouncing at 3psi ! LOL

[@offroadhub.official]

I think 0 psi would have been ok! 😉

[@DUNEATV]

Respect to the Land Cruiser owner! He will do better without the trailer. Your commentary cracks me up Ken! Lol 😂

[@offroadhub.official]

He did way better without the trailer! But not bad considering!

[@douglasrodrigues8361]

That trailer went down, but did it get back out?

[@larrylandry6160]

Lots of work getting that trailer through props to him for sticking with it, very nice 200 as well. I see many more family adventures in its future. Trail Taylor will get you setup on the rear. I have a TT equipped 200 as well.

[@eqlibrium854]

Good times! Thanks for taking us along for the fun! 🍿🧈😎

[@bradshutler9356]

Having run the Rubicon twice it does not seem to be as challenging as it was back in the 80's. From the video's I have watched in the past few years it looks like a lot of big boulders have been moved around. Glad your having fun in the Zuki, now your a true Samurai Warrior with the manual trans badge of honor. Takes super low gearing and lockers to run trails like this without tearing things up. Good skid plates and body armor sure help as well. ROCK ON Ken! Thanks for taking us along.

[@Intentsrig]

Definitely still more challenging stuff between buck island and the springs

[@offroadhub.official]

It changes all the time. Some sections were easier than last year, some were harder.

[@jamie.andrews]

Wow that guy in the LC has some brass!

[@emcrawf]

That river, so inviting! I don't remember there being so many mosquitos last year.

[@offroadhub.official]

The trail was more wet this year, but we were a month later last year.

[@gslse21b]

Rubicon springs is always a mosquito nest , we camp at buck island and only pass through rubicon springs to go out Cadillac

[@andrewangeloni]

Awesome video and what a great looking samurai. Cheers from Australia. Andrew

[@protacodan4225]

Awesome Ken,speedy you there!!!

[@zdiver1]

That reminded me of back in the 1840's taking horse and wagons down the trail back when pioneers were the first off roaders.

[@offroadhub.official]

They were the first off roaders! But Mike had air conditioning... 😄

[@Krystof.Veritae]

Wow ...nice vid and Trail Carnage ; ) .....very brave to pull a trailer through that trail in an open diff truck ....getting it back up will be another story i bet .....CHeers \-/ cant wait for more .

[@offroadhub.official]

Going up wasn't easy!

[@White_buffalo_4r]

That Land Cruiser got hammered ouch.

[@offroadhub.official]

It'll be ok 😉👍

[@stevendouglas6593]

Hi Ken, I'm in Cairns Australia. Before I started following your channel, I hadn't seen an FJ Cruiser in years, now I see them everywhere! Funny how that happens. You have an easy, relaxed style that's enjoyable to watch. Great channel.

[@offroadhub.official]

Thanks for following the channel!

[@AzRoadsideRescue]

Great video!!!

[@cog1154]

we saw you guys coming into Bucks Lake and then again on the way out. Glad you had a good time.

[@offroadhub.official]

It was a busy time on the Rubicon!

[@chrisanddeinnasadventures7857]

Get home and finish that axle swap 😆 that’s gonna be a bad ass rig! Really liking your channel.

[@offroadhub.official]

I'm headed that way! 😁

[@robinfly7303]

Ken, it was great meeting you at the Buck Island campground on Thursday of the Rubithon. Great video, glad I found it!

[@offroadhub.official]

Nice meeting you! What a fun time!

[@danielpolson9340]

I run irocs on my jeep without bead locks and you will be surprised how low you can go and amazed with the traction I run around 5 psi on my gauge have fun 👍

[@chasedanger9734]

At beginning I'm thinking he's got balls out there on factory reaer bumper. I cought my door in the same type scenario before my sliders were installed. I had the sliders built out to my tire track width wich is super wide. Sliders and tire offset keeps my body panels off the taril walls.

[@nicholasbaldwin1674]

Hey... my Dad camped next to you at Loon lake in the brown TJ. good to see you on the trail!

[@offroadhub.official]

It was great to meet and talk to your dad, great guy!

[@Thexkidd]

Going there one day

[@psychology2217]

Amazing video as always. I’m sure it was hard to fight the urge to tell all of the people on the trail that you actually drive a super awesome FJ and not a Suzuki 😉😀. “I actually drive a super modified FJ!, No, Really, I am not a Suzuki owner!!! Don’t judge me!!!! Lol 😂 Good job Ken! Can’t wait for FJ videos. I’m sure you just want the project over with.

[@offroadhub.official]

Actually EVERYONE was pretty excited to see the Samauri. 😄 How could you not love it?

[@Cstepp]

I saw you on the road near Tahoe yesterday wish I could’ve said hi, was in a blue Jeep Wrangler

[@GoatOffroad]

Happy Father’s Day Ken. I just got a chance to drive my friends Samurai a few weeks ago off road. It was my first time with a stick off road as well. The gearing was insane! I think I was in third gear max RPM’s going 5 mph! 🤣.

[@offroadhub.official]

Gotta have the gears to match the low horsepower!

[@dougbourdo2589]

You might need to build a Samurai for Mrs.

[@phantomwalker8251]

nice bull bar on the 200.......pity bout the 200.......

[@offroadhub.official]

No pity, no mercy! 😄

[@JayDee25895]

Damn it it's not Thursday yet.....Lol Peace

[@phantomwalker8251]

passenger,passenger.......o.k,other driver.......

[@remisanch6937]

Awesome driving skills for mike and his land cruiser. Question. What company is his front bumper from love the look of it. Happy belated Father’s Day 💪🏽🍻👍🏽👊🏽

[@offroadhub.official]

Thank you! Trail Tailor made the front bumper.

[@PeteHemdem]

The key to 4-wheeling with a manual transmission is to keep crawling.

[@offroadhub.official]

Especially when you've got a 1.3 liter engine! 😄

[@PeteHemdem]

@@offroadhub.official Yeah, I was a bit shocked when you said it had a 1.3L! If you do stall with a standard transmission in a funny spot, hit the clutch override button, take your foot off the cloth pedal and turn the key. It'll start without rollback. If you have an override button, that is! That Samuri looks like quite the buckboard. But it's very capable.

[@phantomwalker8251]

the key is,to have 1 or 2 low gears,you dont really need..granny gear in f100,s was brilliant. now,nv4500.

[@offroadhub.official]

@@phantomwalker8251 an nv4500 in a Samauri might be slightly over kill 😂

[@offroadhub.official]

@@PeteHemdem yes I quickly learned to use the starter to get me out of awkward positions! The clutch safety switch was completely bypassed in this Sami, no button required. 😄

[@arjunsankar1570]

Is that 33 tyres

[@gregorygene9003]

Having experienced first hand the crawling ability of the Samurai, do you have plans on installing marlin crawlers on your FJ?

[@offroadhub.official]

No Marlin. Just an Atlas. 😉

[@kollinsendall1]

That 200 needs some sliders

[@offroadhub.official]

It definitely has sliders. 👍

[@hunterbodell1129]

Are you getting a samurai when your fj is done for zukithon?:)

[@offroadhub.official]

Maybe! 😄

[@andrewmccullough1377]

"oh no."

[@izamarsanchez-romero2768]

Is there any nice street to get there?

[@offroadhub.official]

To Rubicon Springs? No. Just the Rubicon Trail. 😉

[@phantomwalker8251]

why would you take a basically std vehicle,200 series,,on the rubicon,,especially with ifs..&,trailer..

[@offroadhub.official]

For the challenge I guess. Isn't freedom great?

[@waltermillan1717]

LC CAPABLE ANYWHERE AS DEMOSTRATED, A BEER FOR THAT ROCK MASTER!!!!!!!

[@mackirkpatrick3997]

@@waltermillan1717 L/C has Crawl Control in it, makes it so you don't have to have F/R lockers. It has a center lock tho.

[@Red_Beard_Builds]

Are you even wheeling if your not driving a man stick? 😅

[@offroadhub.official]

A manual takes everything to the next difficulty level for sure 😄

[@Red_Beard_Builds]

@@offroadhub.official true that! And I don’t really mean it , wheel with tons of auto guys it’s just fun trash talk 😂