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You'll be fine. Your not driving through Moab, you'll be on a dirt road.

 

Hold off and go with a friend with a tow strap or winch.

 

I wouldn't hold off. No need for all that if you are staying on the main road. Been up there many times by myself with no winch.

 

Stop down-playing the capabilities of your beast truck, Dana! Not everyone has all the glory of the "Brocery Killer".

You had gears, lockers, tires, air compressor, etc, etc, etc.

 

I what I meant by "hold off" is...hold off on buying the MaxTrax...best to save up for a solid winch. Just my two cents.

 

Understood, but he's driving on the main road where 4wd is really not needed. Unless he's driving a Prius up there, he'll make it up just fine like everyone else. @justyr1 What are you driving? 2wd?

Edit: You don't need gears, lockers, tires, air compressor, etc, etc, etc. to drive up there.

 

@deeezy Taco PRO. Well, waiting impatiently for it to come "in the mail". Told the wife I wanted to do a camping trip at peacock flats for my birthday so we could do some off-roading too. When the date got closer I was actually going to see if anyone else was going to be up there that weekend so I could do some learning.

 

A TRD Pro. That's better than what my truck was. You'll be fine. You even have a locker!

 

Thanks man. I just wanted to get an idea from people who've been up there before I found myself in a shitty situation. I know the PRO is a very capable truck, but I always see people with some very impressive rigs put up pictures from the trail. Had to ask of opinions

 

You'll have fun. @raycie drives up there by himself a lot to camp with his fam.

 

Got this damage from peacock flats this passed weekend
But that's from donkey trail

 

@kh7nm that's what armor is for

 

Damn, from what part?

 

Last hill I moved the rock for the 4 runner then when I went up got stuck lol

 

@justyr1 ....
If it's dry, you'll be fine...

If wet and muddy, you will definitely be safer getting a pair of Maxtrax or TRED PROs for some insurance...

I don't have a "winch", but I do bring along my hilift, hilift winch attachments, 20' of transport chain, and 50' of synthetic winch extension as my backup winch,
plan, especially when I go alone with the family.... (and those things are mainly IF the trail is muddy as hell, and you really want to leave NOW.... yes my setup will take longer to recover with, but realistically I may never even need it.

If it is really muddy, there is realistically 2-3 areas that you could get into a pickle (on the main road).. other than that, you'll be fine...

For a 2 night camping trip, I'm usually more worried about having enough water (drinking and baths for the kids) and keeping the cooler chilled...

 

damn, you have a TRD Pro! just make like @TRDeeznutz and his Prerunner and "smash da skinny pedal". lol

 

I have a pair of the cheaper brands, they were just over $100 on Amazon. Took em along just in case but didn't need them. My buddy had no problems with his prerunner.

Buuuut we took a wrong turn and ended up on a hunting trail that was really overgrown, got nervous for a few mins but we were all good. Def needed 4wd on that trail. Overall it was a blast, had my buddy's bach party up there.

 

Nice meeting you on the way out bro. Loved the trucks!

 

Thanks. Was good meeting you too. Sorry never came up to your guys camp site, just wanted to relax after all that driving and traffic. Next time. Haha

 

No sweat man I didn't even see you guys down there until it got late.