EXTREME Overland Adventure Route

How Often Do You allow yourself to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone? Are you willing to push your vehicle to it’s limits? Do you have the courage to tackle what mother nature throws at you ? I can tell you that sometimes doing the hard things deep off the grid makes for the best adventures.
Over the next few days, I join up with my good friend Nate from the KZbin channel Dirt Lifestyle to help him develop a 300+ mile Southern California Rocklander Route which is a going to be part of a series of epic adventure routes he is creating across the county and our time together on this adventure was full of many challenges and surprises along the way that neither of us will soon forget anytime soon.
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[@DirtLifestyle]

Thanks for the great adventure, my friend 🙌. Great video, as usual, I look forward to the next trip 😁.

[@TrailRecon]

Thanks brother! It was an epic adventure and can't wait to watch your video from the adventure!

[@abnpthfdr2934]

Nate, in my humble opinion, is one of the best fabricators on KZbin. Great to have you both in this video.

[@TrailRecon]

Couldn't agree more! I always enjoy watching him create amazing stuff in his shop!

[@ofermorag]

Brad, I’ve been watching for the past several years. No need to apologize for this video. It hit the mark for me, the style is spot on (for my taste) , and it’s one I’ve enjoyed the most from your recent features. You’ve got one vote for more of this style!

[@TrailRecon]

Appreciate it, thank you!

[@Cfdoose]

No chainsaw?! LOL - you’re usually prepared for EVERYTHING. Great video as always! Great to see the JK again.

[@ThelifeofKingfish]

Carry a 18 or 40v electric with you. I use a Ryobi 18v all the for trees up to 12” diameter on our local MTB trails. In a pinch it will do much larger with a little patience. I believe you could have cleared that tree with a couple of electric saws.

[@ReConGrpTx]

"Rocklander".....LOVE IT!! PERFECT description for my type of off roading :-)

[@mattr6334]

Love the content, miss the 392! Please bring it back, still living vicariously through you until I can pick my own 392 up.

[@johnomahony7364]

So good to see the JEEP THAT STARTED IT ALL!! Great video as usual. Glad you guys had a great time. Thanks for bringing us along!!

[@TrailRecon]

Thank you! It was fun to be out in the old JK.

[@manfredolson6889]

Didn’t an XJ start it all?

[@dougfarrell9268]

I'm 64 and have had two left shoulder surgeries. I feel your pain. In the cold and after one day of exploring. But I love AB and I am not ready to let a bum shoulder prevent me from going. Good job Brad. Nurse that shoulder.

[@scottymac5174]

I am 63... Had serious issues with my right shoulder recently for about a half year. Then while camping, something popped. The pain was gone! A slight dislocation? Pinched nerve? I had a bad right collarbone break years back riding dirt bikes.

[@270billjones]

Nate is a great dude! I enjoyed this collab - thank you!

[@johnpalmieri]

Food? Check Water? Check Fuel? Check Tape measure? Check Chain Saw? Garage floor We don’t need no chain saws, we have a tape measure. Lets get after it then shall we. Great Video. Go Army. Beat Navy!! 🥸

[@IDAHOverland]

It's great to see you and Nate doing some wheeling together. Looks like it was a great adventure. It's great that you're showing the typical obstacles we face on the trails, and how easy it is to just change your plans without getting upset. After all, you're out in nature, doing something we love. Nate, I love those "Mancakes" for breakfast...

[@brunnie]

Regardless of the genre, (rock crawling, overlanding, fun runnin', family outings, whatever) I always enjoy your videos. I can always find something interesting or learn something from them. So do not apologize for their content... it is a video and we all enjoy them. Until next time... Travel safe.

[@TrailRecon]

Thank you so much!

[@m.t.mobile]

HAHA! That's what we said - Nate brought the snow with him! It's great seeing Nate come south for fun. Can't wait to see his version of this trip!

[@jazumi7798]

You guys seem to have endless places to go in SoCal. So beautiful

[@cortsadventures]

What an awesome route, can't wait to see the completed works. Thank you Nate and Brad!!!

[@timolheiser7874]

Thanks Brad and Nate for a great adventure, with Jeeping possiblities to boot. Always await your next adventure. Take a 16 inch bar chain saw. Ya never know when you need one. Those man pancakes, and supper steaks looked great.

[@TomaszbtdZiobrowski]

great to see both of you together :)

[@taurota1554]

awesome and outstanding as always.thanks for sharing and taking us along.

[@souledoutrc8174]

Man I really enjoyed these amazing and epic trails. I absolutely love to watch full sized highly modified rigs conquer the rocks and the different terrain the trails have to offer. Thanks for sharing this adventure keep em coming.

[@norcoredneck]

Glad to see you adventuring with Nate. Enjoy both your channnels.

[@toddshook1765]

What an epic time.

[@Jan-pw4po]

Brad, the smile on your face says it all, Nates channel is always a great watch

[@greggkinne1156]

Great video and such awesome trails to boot. Really appreciate your channel!!!

[@710Overland]

Super excited for each and every video!

[@Casey250]

Great adventure! Great spot. Good seeing the 2 of you guys out on an adventure.

[@Song-lj5go]

great video, great adventure!

[@mrtopcat2]

Always great to watch such adventures.

[@CraigG21]

Looks like a great adventure! Nate IS a VERY resourceful guy for sure 👊

[@TrailRecon]

Yes he is!

[@Steakslim]

Thanks for the great video. I learned that any trip where I will not be in a residential area, interstate, or highway, I usually bring the chainsaw just in case. I ran into some random moments even on back roads in national parks were a tree will fall across the road in a storm that blew through just an hour before and it's really annoying when you don't have anything to remove it, or have wait for a passerby who does.

[@tommydejongh7366]

Me personally I enjoy the off-road videos, love a good adventure. Great video Brad

[@canyonrunner]

I hate it when I forget salt and pepper! Did it AGAIN on the White Rim Trail this last weekend. DOH!!!

[@samcrow1664]

Brad ,Nate >Great video as always! Looking forward to this spring here in northern Utah and using my new chain saw😊

[@c.s.n.7695]

I would love to see a longterm reliability review of this Jeep!!! I feel the Jeep community is constantly bashed for owning unreliable vehicles, I would love to hear your opinion

[@Dbowman78]

Awesome! Love the variety! Keep up the good work!

[@mattthompson9550]

Such a great video. These are the Trail Recon videos I love. Great footage, music and story.

[@dianasmith5912]

,your photography of this trip to spectacular. So clear and brute. What a wonderful trip you and your friend had.

[@ramoneortiz]

Video content was outstanding Brad. Great to see that the weather didn’t hamper your desire to go out and have some fun. Keep them coming sir. Loved that you had a Toyota along for the ride. Cheers from Las Vegas, NV.

[@danielboltares3663]

Casually: "nobody seems to know how to drive when it snows" lmao! one of the first times ive seen Brad truly frustrated haha

[@t.o.f.t.s.]

Great video! Love seeing you two Get asfter it on some Spicy trails

[@SquirrelsPlace]

Great video Brad. Just watched Nate’s video,…what an adventure. Great job!!!👏

[@olered7760]

You have the perfect attitude and I love that gladiator very classy very expensive

[@tobization]

Fantastic ride. Really enjoyed watching this, thanks for it.

[@TrailRecon]

Many thanks!

[@TheOGMattBurns]

In October of 2021 I took a spill and ended up with tears in my rotator cuff, bicep tendon head and 3 of the 4 quadrants of my labrum. Did a lot of physical therapy, but my job is pretty physical, so I've reinjured it a few times. Be smarter than I was and take it easy. We understand.

[@charlesodle8595]

Pretty awesome seeing a couple of my fav KZbinrs teaming up for some amazing footage. Loved every second of it

[@ksdurham]

Awesome and great to see the OG JKU again!

[@upcountryoffroad2906]

Downed Trees are so common now that Started packing a chainsaw with a long bar as standard part of my off-road equipment. One trick you can do on a tree that large is to delimb a section wide enough to pass through while it is still up in the air and after making your 2 main cuts using your wench on one side to hinge the log open like a gate. This can save time from having to slice it up into smaller sections.

[@TrailRecon]

If we would have had a chainsaw with us, we probably would have been a little more motived to give it a go.

[@regislesaint4290]

LOVING NATE'S TOYOTA 😍

[@troys75]

Awesome adventure.

[@TrailRecon]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@4x4Guac]

Nate was only on this adventure to handle cooking duties. I think Brad took nate's grill and hid it!!! 😂😂

[@rickyn1858]

Awesome collaboration I did not see coming!! Love It!!

[@RocklanderUSA]

Awesome trip, congrats Brad!

[@TrailRecon]

Thanks!

[@alfa8822]

My favorite video you’ve done in a long time! I love watching you guys get after it doing some serious rock crawling! And overlanding! That’s what I used to love about your videos back in the day when you went with Marco.

[@TrailRecon]

Really appreciate that, thank you!

[@muffman8469]

love the video some good wheeling sweet

[@redbeastadventures]

Great content and enjoyed watching both videos. You guys are certainly setting the standard on well produced videos for Overlanding, etc.

[@JesseRizo]

Great video 🔥🔥

[@jh276]

Thank you Brad again for your wonderful video... as always, top-notch quality! You have completed our weekend again...THANK YOU!

[@TrailRecon]

Greatly appreciated!

[@VinodTJ11]

Good one Brad!!

[@vermt001]

Had a similar situation with my power steering pump return on my ZJ on Miller's jeep trail. I was able to plug the return inlet with a ear plug and route the line into the filler neck and duct tape it in place. It was pretty but it got me off the mountain. Thanks to my buddies for helping me figure it out.

[@davidcarlson1758]

Nice video. You tell a great story!

[@TrailRecon]

Thank you very much!

[@mariodelrosario9578]

Love all your videos, especially the overland trips. Just got back today from a 3 day trip on the Mojave trail

[@DallasandPhyllisLemon-pb2ry]

Great video, Brad! I love it!!!!😁

[@Labyrnthdom]

Brad, have you guys been to Big Ben in Texas? 300K acres. 180+ miles unmaintained roads, 116 back country camp sites, and lots of things to see.

[@jameswagner5098]

Great video as always. I absolutely love that Jeep, it’s my favorite one in your fleet.

[@zanezway]

Awesome trail!

[@tombuckley4600]

Great Adventure, hope too catch you on a trail someday. Keep on Rocking!

[@Joes432]

I love waking up to these videos. I have been watching you from the start and sold my JK about 3 years back and stopped watching once I did. I ran across your channel and decide reminisce and about a week later, I am at a jeep dealership picking up a JLU Rubicon and haven't regretted the decision since. That was six months ago and I am already on a clayton 2.5" and 35s. For your loss of power tilted up, that screams to me a fuel pump/loss of prime issue, which could've been initially triggered by the crazy change in altitude you've done in one day. the Silver Jeep has been at it for many years, I would definitely check it out. I had a similar issue on my JK.

[@TrailRecon]

Thank you for the info and watching! Nice to have you back!

[@Wolf4wdadventures.576]

YEA... About time Brad... So good to see the JK back in action, it's been too long. Great video. 🇦🇺🚙👍

[@seanconner954]

Great adventure clip Brad. Looking forward to seeing a new day out at Valley of the Moon! As I’m sure you already know, Matt’s recovery was just out there yanking out an LR3.

[@jeffcombs8237]

Was waiting on a sitrep for the goods. Lol. Great colab. Love both of yalls channels.

[@DANIELRUELASBAUTISTA]

I have been waiting for this episode

[@jacquesbreton254]

I’m new to the Trail Recon tribe, but have quickly become a fan of your meticulously crafted videos. Keep them coming! 🙏

[@TrailRecon]

Welcome aboard!

[@MegaRetr]

Hey love this content!!! Miss the 392.

[@stevewhitaker1474]

Nice video Brad. You might have been able to hook onto one end of that tree and yank it around just enough to drive around it.

[@duanebouse1692]

That tree is a bummer! I’ve carried my Milwaukee electric chainsaw in my Rubicon the last four years, always afraid I might get “blocked in” on some trail in Colorado where there is soooo much Beatle killed pine. Never needed it until last year, on Blowout Pass near Del Norte, and was so glad I had it, saved me about 30 miles back tracking. Really enjoyed the video!

[@user-vi3lx5mn9f]

Brad, this has to be one of my favorite shows!!!!! Hopefully you will get Nate to do another video!!!! Good person!!! And trails were Amazing!!! I get into your videos........ When is our next Adventure????

[@ahmednesbitte4906]

Hi Brad, very nice video. Loved the snow and how the rigs handled the terrain. Very nice rigs. Thank you for sharing!😊

[@TrailRecon]

Thank you!

[@ahmednesbitte4906]

@@TrailRecon You’re welcome! 🚗

[@juanfrausto9470]

Brad, We had the same issue with our Mr. Buddy Heat in the morning. If you open a window or the door to get some fresh air in it will work. I believe the heater has a O2 sensor and won't start if it read low O2 in the tent. Hope this helps you out next time you go camping.

[@chadfinlay4086]

Awesome video Josh! I have also heard that too heavy of a weight distribution hitch can also be detrimental by applying to much force to the front frame section.

[@santiagohills3997]

Spent a lot of family time at Cougar Buttes in the 80s.. Scrambled to the summit many times. Theres a campsite back in there that my dad’s buddies named after him. We hadn’t camped back there since the 90s, but dad & I drove over to check it out a couple years ago. The Buttes see a lot of camping and wheeling but that spot still looked untouched. Lots of little coves to back a 4x4 into and camp, places you can’t get a toy box into.

[@TrailRecon]

I'll definitely be going back for more exploring. Loved it!

[@midnite8791]

King of the Hammers has raced on cougar buttes a couple times. great video as always!

[@ctrlnull7228]

super cool video

[@TrailRecon]

Thanks!

[@johnk3337]

Great video. Enjoyed the adventure. I was surprised to see the wheel lift; must have been a big obstacle!

[@user-ml7cv7mj1e]

Any video where Brad & Nate get together I'm watching. I love both channels & they always do cool stuff in epic places

[@TealOxAdv]

Love the Azuto products. Definitely quality products. Thanks for sharing.

[@tahosrfr]

Hey John and Stella, always a good time:)

[@404Offroad]

Brad, you’re the OG rock-lander, the original trendsetter . Good to see you back to your roots. Wish the youtube algorithm was kinder to you.

[@paulcook773]

My Mr. Buddy heater stopped working a few times at King of the Hammers a few weeks ago. I too have a Shift Pod III Mini tent and had two of the top round windows open for ventilation. The heater went out at 3am and wouldn't restart for anything. I opened the door to go outside for a minute, came back in and it started right up! Went out 10 minutes later. I then realized that the CO2 sensor was shutting off for safety. I had to open another window for more air flow and it worked the rest of the night. Good chance there wasn't enough oxygen early in the morning to keep the C02 sensor from preventing ignition. Another great video 🙂

[@ntnspcl_jku307]

That’s exactly what happens. I have a shiftpod mini and I discovered that a few years back. Tent is too airtight. Windows are good for venting the heat but not enough to flow oxygen back in so when I have the heater on I sleep with the door halfway open.

[@christianniem844]

No sweat bro on the big tree as it was BIG and even if you had your Hamilton Beach electric chain saw I am quite sure it was not up to that job. 😀 The pasta maker attachment on the electric chain saw might have come handy at dinner time, just funning on you. I am sure the on board Nanny didn't like the incline and cut your power back. The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

[@dirtheaddavis366]

No way! I was out there and ran into those guys in the Sprinter vans too. Was in my white 2 door JK and with my buddy in his grey Cherokee going down Diablo Drop Off when these guys came up it. The first guy in the dark grey van had an Atlas and made it up no problem - but the second in the blue-ish grey Sprinter didn’t have an Atlas he said, and while trying to keep momentum up the grade, we heard a loud pop and it sounded like he broke a driveshaft or something in the transmission as he had no power to the wheels afterwards and had to be pulled up the rest of the way. A couple guys in a Land Cruiser and a Tundra helped them out too. Hope they made it out of there okay! That’s crazy we were all out there the same day, just missed you guys!

[@tedmcdade3540]

Thank you both for the adventure. Yea Marco......:-)

[@TrailRecon]

Thank you!

[@mikecon7634]

Good stuff guys.

[@TrailRecon]

Thank you!

[@TheHitSquadOffroad]

Pinyon Mountain’s The Squeeze is not wide setup friendly. The closer to stock the easier it is to get through. With my JT on 39s and a 4.5 lift my wheels stick out about 6 inches or so past the fender. I had no top or doors on and had to ride the wall on the drivers side. I was inches away from hitting my bed and taillight. I did smash in my rear passenger fender though. That’s a one and done trail for me😂

[@iamblaineful]

Looked like fun and glad you had back-up plans on top of back-up plans. Snow, rocks, downed trees, and desert....what more could you ask for in one trip?

[@GEORGEFIRE777]

Great video ,i enjoyed the relaxed format an the flexibility to change direction. Well done

[@TrailRecon]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kcspeed9980]

Great Video! As usual. As for the power loss issue, it might be a wiring issue, something is loose causing a cut in power. Just an idea to help troubleshoot, hopefully everything works out and it’s a quick fix, or it never comes back! ✌️

[@pullingtaffyproductions8148]

Awesome looking forward to Nates video, need to make a Arizona Rocklander routes! Paas that on to Nate 💪🇺🇸

[@TrailRecon]

HIs video goes live today (Sunday) at noon and I know he has something in the works for AZ.

[@TheHitSquadOffroad]

I don’t know how you guys time was that day, but you guys could have made a right exiting out of Holcomb Creek onto Holcomb Valley, 3n16, and travel about 1 to 2 miles to Lower Larga Flats, 2N06x, that will drop you off onto Holcomb Creek right past the middle rock garden. From there you can take a trail that will connect you back to 3n16 or jump on 3n14 that would drop you off in Big Bear on the not so busy side of the lake. That road would have taken you guys to the trailhead of Gold Mountain. I visit Big Bear a little too much.😅😅

[@jeeb4x4]

It's really entertaining when you don't make it thru plan A, or B...still you are happy campers, and make plans C and D as you go! In my oppinion as long as you are with good friends, with good skills...this must be quite exciting...👍

[@craigcarlson627]

Coming from northwest that you don't carry a still 390 ranger chain saw in the winter . At 64 in age seen so many people say to much weight then you turn around or get stuck. If you build you own rig you need to think about this at all times.

[@tomassanesson902]

So awesome video

[@TrailRecon]

Thanks!