Desert Runner vs Rock Crawler Off-Road Challenge - This New Jeep Gladiator Truck Rules Supreme! 

Great video. A fun comparison to be sure. I can't help but notice how slick and professional your videos are. Plus you add in a bit of humor with the pertinent facts. Stay safe guys and thank you. 🙂

This video is an advertisement for a single cab, short wheelbase gladiator

The front locker didn't come into play on the razor rocks. He high centered with the Mojave you didn't on you're second try with the Rubicon. Different lines give different results.

Nice review but that Mojave needs to be tested on desert roads with whoops vs the Rubicon to see how different it really is. Send them both my way and I will be happy to help!

I would buy the Mojave because both are too long to rock crawl but you can find open spaces to have fun off road. Plus the better suspension on the Mojave should provide a better ride no matter what surface.

Both jeeps had to back off and take another line on the first obstacle, " 3 wheel drive" or not. Seemed pretty even to me.

basically you want a Rubicon with he Mojave's shocks

When do you take them both to the desert to compare their “desert running” abilities?

4:55 "We're going to go right up the toughest part because this truck can do it" Truck: I can't do it.

Great video! Helped me decide between a Rubicon and Mojave. When you talk about setting up the Mojave for rock crawling you don't mention placing it in off road plus mode. One of the advantages of off road + is that in first gear, 4 low, the front axle uses more aggressive braking to simulate a locking axle. You pretty much have to put the automatic in manual mode 4 low, first gear, because it shifts so quickly into 2nd gear. Still not a good as a locking differential, but better than not having the brake lock differential active.

"Am I damaging anything" "nah your good" "is that the rear axle back there" "nah just dont look back" lol

If it had a Hemi it would outsell everything else on the market

I would go with the Mojave. I haven't driven either of them and don't know if you can make a solid axle vehicle handle well at high speed but if anybody can it would be Fox. In this video you could actually see how much smoother the Mojave was with the jounce stops and fox shock. Also, your comparison remains incomplete until you take them side by side in the desert at high speed. You guys take care of yourselves.

As a person that has been off-roading 45 years now, it is common for us to have many people out with us, with vehicles that have various degrees of equipment performance and limitations too, ranging from extreme capability to little/moderate capability. Regardless, everyone drives to the ability of their equipment and manages to get through ALL obstacles. The short coming of this video is to expect each vehicle to perform equally on a trail and taking the EXACT same line on an obstacle. A better consideration would be to alternatively say that we are simply going to go 30 miles in one direction and how a person navigates any obstacles along the way is up to them relative to how they feel as though their ride is/is not limited by any performance constraints. The fair test would be to compare notes after a 30 mile run and discuss the variations between both units. My guess is that both units have their strengths and weaknesses but are probably largely equally capable of getting the job done if allowed to play to their individual strengths and weaknesses. Then in turn the same comparable run should be done in the desert as well. My guess that in the end it should always be a coin flip where an end user needs to decide what environment represents the bulk of their off road driving and hence what vehicle spec best suits them in the end. I'd guess in the end there is probably a 90%-95% overlap in regards to identically consistent performance between the 2 different units.

No one: Andre: Moohavay

IMO, the Mojave is trying to turn the Gladiator into something it isn't. A solid front axle, V6 truck just isn't a desert runner to me. The Rubicon is how the Gladiator is supposed to be, especially given equal pricing.

Love the video! CAN WE SEE MORE CONTENT WITH SPORT S OR SAHARA (MODELS WITHOUT LOCKERS)????? More people buy those. JT or JL

Both are tremendously overpriced

I will never take my JL rock crawling. I will stick to overlanding and the occasional mud. It don't feel right spending so much money and destroying the underbody. Why not buy a older jeep like a TJ moding it and doing this instead. That's just me

Driving fast through puddles doesn't prove anything.

A lot of dramatics in this vid... looked to me that both trucks got stuck on the same rock and they each just needed to back up and go at a different angle... Am I missing something or did they over-dramatize the exact same issue and blamed it on one having front lockers and the other does not??.. The acting in this video is over the top.. But ok!

90 percent of these will be mall crawlers 😂

Neither made it up the first line on the razor rocks. Regardless of the lockers, both successfully navigated the rocks with a different line. Not sure why the comment was made about the front locker when both high centered.

Basically less of a desert runner, more of a desert fast walker.

1st test not the same line at all. Mojave would have handled same line no issue. Scared and robotic driving by Andrei.

Make a 2 door, manual, diesel please. Also a rubicon with the Mojave shocks would be awesome.

Can’t wait to see the video where you run it in an off road high speed environment.

what I heard is buy a sport s max tow and upgrade it to whatever extra you actually need

I'd go with the Rubicon through the the rough terrain and it's cheaper than the Mojave. I'd consider the Mojave if a better engine was installed.

I'll take Mojave shocks on a Rubicon

This was unfair for the Mojave you need to test both 8n the desert setting now

Take them to some sand dunes, and over some washboard dirt roads. How big is the difference, there?

I'm ready to get me a Jeep Gladiator 😁👍

Would love to see something like this for the Ford Superduty FX4 vs Tremor. What happened to the Tremor? I have seen very few driving videos of the Tremor from TFL.

Let's please stop talking about how great a rubicon is. 60k, please.

I’ll take the Mojave

Have you seen the "Mall Rated" badge? I've seen one on a hopped up Rubicon. Great video.

@ Fast Lane Trucks you should take these jeeps to the dunes in Walden where the Mojave should be in its element to compare them too.

I'm warming up to the look of the Gladiator! 😏🙂

I'm changing the suspension regardless of what Jeep I get from the factory...although it would be nice to have multiple low range options (like w a twin transfer case) I'm going w the Rubicon all day and putting even BETTER high and low speed suspension under it!

I just want to thank you guys for all your videos during a time when our nation is under such duress. Just seeing the beautiful Colorado terrain and these amazing trucks is like taking a little trip to the mountains while being stuck in our homes. Thanks guys, you truly are a life (and mind) saver. God bless you all!!! 🇺🇸🔥👊🏼

This is a giant gong show. Let's bottom out a 60k truck for no reason

Mojave has the better shocks and reinforced frame... that’s pretty cool

Now desert running face off: Mojave vs Tacoma TRD Pro

How does a desert runner have a solid front axel?

tommys suggestions "forward, just try it" yea just ram the rear axle into the rock more

So buy the Mohave and add a locker up front and some sway bar disconnects.....

“ Am I damaging anything ? “ If you have to ask, you most likely are.

I wouldn't go with the Mojave over the Rubicon even though I live in the desert. My son wants a razor for that high speed stuff. I've raced dirt bikes and had lots of wreck and I'm well past that stuff. I enjoy cruising through the desert and seeing new sights. Racing through it you'll miss most of it just because you're having to concentrate on not hitting the next obstacle. I enjoy the sights and fun ride much more then a white knuckle crash test. So it's Rubicon all the way.

Both Trucks got stuck in the same spot

FLT doesn't know the definition of a Desert Run ..

Roman I think you’re opinion is half finished. They need to put a HEMI in the Mojave and they need to put the EcoDiesel in the Rubicon! That would be the dream

Shame they dont make the JLU in a Mojave edition. I would buy it. I dont need the Rubi's rocking climbing ability but I need the ability to go down sketchy farm roads at speed and across fields. Also prefer the Mojave's seats and steering wheel.

Colorado rocks is a great test but I'd also like to see that bearded canadian guy's offroad review. Oh, and also a Talking Trucks (never knew trucks could talk😂) episode on how to add Mojave goodies to the Rubicon (or a front locker to a Mojave, but it seems like a more difficult task since you need to reprogram the electronics to show a front locker on the screen and make it possible to engage it using the Rubicon's switch)

A weak v6 with a steep axle in a dune runner?!? Just like GM with the engine choices! If I want a 6.2 in a basic trim Silverado, I should be able to get my truck my way!! A paying customer should be able to get a vehicle their way!!!

I have a 2021 Mojave. And I agree, it should have a HEMI !!! But I still like it a lot. But if and when the 392 HEMI becomes available in the Mojave I will trade up. And mine is a manual but the next will be an auto.

I get that not everybody needs a crawler transfer case or even front and real lockers BUT since they are the same price ...make mine a Rubicon

I'd love to see this same test done with the Power Wagon vs Tremor (7.3)!

the Mojave's front lockers auto engage when its put in 4L. You can see it when you open your Offroad+ app on the Uconnect.

Great video as always. I'd love to see a comparison between the Mojave and ZR2 gasser model.

Definitely need a hemi option for all the wrangler and gladiator models

Over 40 years I wanted a Jeep but turned away due to bad rough rides but due to Mojave model, I finally bought one and I love it.

For my money, I’d buy a Chevy ZR2 diesel!! Way better and cheaper!!

This is why I laugh hysterically when Mike Sweers says the Tundra TRD Pro doesn't need a rear locker!

Great vid. But in order to make this fair, you need to take both to the dunes.

These wheel bases are too long

Rubicon is great on paper but if you're doing any serious off-roading and rock crawling, a 2 or 4 door Wrangler Rubicon is a far superior choice. Jeep- just give us the best of all worlds- Hemi Mojave with front lockers and (optional) 4:1 transfer case! Now that's a truck people would pay 70 grand for!

Thanks Roman n Andre.. Love watching the Jeeps..🏁 Stay healthy n safe guys.

I wish they’d offer these with a 5.7L and 6.4L option and keep the 3.6L as a base engine.

I’ll stick with my Rubicon too; add a tazer mini to it and you can also have a rear locker in high. The Mojave with slow pentistar doesn’t make it a desert runner then again if you supercharge it like @Goonzquad did that might wake up the Mojave for high speed running. I think Jeep missed the mark with Mojave by not giving it more power.

I kinda want the Mojave, but I also want the Front locker & Sway bar disconnect.... What to do? I guess its a choice of what's more important: Fast off-road driving (which I like) or very hard core rock crawling... Also, NO Diesel on the Mojave... That may be a dealbreaker, but I would like to be able to drive the RUbicon on fast desert tracks. Somebody lend me money for both? :) In that case a good combo would be a 2-door Wrangler Rubicon for the hard-core rock crawling with a diesel or 3.6 manual (your choice) and the Gladiator Mojave for the fast trails (though I"d pick a RUbicon 4Xe Wrangler & a Mojave if I could choose both, the 4Xe if I could choose just one, but I am temped by Gladiator because I need the bed and payload for work, so Back to the Gladiator Mojave or Rubicon.... WHich to choose...)

2.72:1 is the standard low range ratio of the non Rubicon models. Been a pretty standard low range ratio on Jeeps since at least the 80s.

I don’t believe there’s a 4 second difference in a 1/4 mile.

The breakover angle on these are bad but im sure an f150 or silverado 1500 would be worse

I'd like the diesel on the Mojave, OR them to bring a 4Xe on the Gladiator. LOVEd my Rubicon 4Xe... But I need cargo room, and I was hoping this would be the year I'd be able to get one, I may just have to go for a 3.0 DIesel Rubicon if I can find one.

Anyone who elects to buy a 4x4 and passes on a locker, sway bar disconnect and lower transfer case ratio deserves exactly what they get....an overated, under performing over priced vehicle with a cool sticker that does nothing for you ...but hey! It's desert rated! Hahaha Everyone who sees a Moab or Mojave sticker on a jeep knows immediately that the owner has no clue what they are doing.

A bit misleading on the first test. The Rubi got stuck on the rear skidplate/pumpkin and so did the Mojave. they both took a different line and both made it on the new line without scraping. For the second test that low range transfer case is nice especially if you are going to put larger tires on it, but in the stock configuration 99% of the time the 4:1TC isn't going to get you anywhere that the 2.72:1TC can't. The third test was kind of fun to watch but did not prove which one was faster in a high speed rough road situation. Sorry for being so critical. I watch your videos all the time and most of the time you do a great job getting the right information to me (a viewer). I know this video is three years old but I just bought a mojave after a grueling week of weighing the pros and cons on buying a mojave or a rubi. Anyway my two cents. keep up the good work.

You do know those stock skid plates are just cheap stamped newspaper thin junk, right?

This was a discredit to the Mojave, i swapped my 2020 JT Rubi for a 23 Mojave, They are at totally different ends of the jeep spectrum, Youll destroy a stock Rubicon trying to keep up with a Mojave on Trails.. i could only hit like 25 to 30 on the local trails in the rubi, i stomped the same trails at 55 and 60 in the Mojave and caught sweet ait time 🤘😎.. Rock crawling hands down the Rubi, speed on a trail hands down, Mojave is a beast... The Mojave goes pretty darn good on the trails though... Since i dont crawl, The Mojave is built for me.. Love em both though.. OIIIIIIIO Since ive had both i must say they are a breed apart..

Is it Halloween? Because they are doing some pumpkin smashing. Seriously, take some off road classes. Your videos will be better as you can provide instruction too.

But are great versions... one more "dedicated" to climb rocks, other to "desert crossing at high speed". Great material. Just adding a wish from Brazil "espero que o inter perca".

JEEP NEVER LISTENS!! Make a V8

I'd save myself 20 grand and buy the Willys sport bare bones jeep and put a 3.5 teraflex lift with 37's and go more places then either of these. You have to love the Jeep life....

The Mojave is suppose to go against the Raptor?? Lol

I love all your videos at TFL especially these Gladiator videos! Keep up the good work! I enjoy your humor as well as others. I would love to have a Rubicon Gladiator soon. I just wish they could be a lot cheaper. Maybe some nice discounts after things get back to normal after this virus stuff? I understand Jeep has to make has to make some money. I wonder how much it cost to build a Rubicon Gladiator compared to the stock price that they sell them at.

Vehicle needs a suspension lift...leave it to FCA engineers to design a pickup truck with not enough ground clearance...lousy company...

I realize this video is 3 years old. What you didn't try on that first test in the Mojave was the crawl cruise control which electronically makes the front axle a locker using the brakes electronics

If you want to rock crawl don’t use a long wheelbase truck…. The Rubicon Gladiator is pointless as it’s always going to be the wrong tool for the job.

I think you could just get a Ruby and gear it differently and maybe upgrade the shocks. Then you’d have the best of both worlds.

Jeeps are Fiats. JUNK

I don't get it. What is the point of crawling over rocks at 1 MPH and bottoming out your 60k vehicle? Why do that at all? Just so you can say you did? Just hike it.

Thank you for sharing.. been watching different videos for mojave and Rubicon . Which one to buy..

If there is is a silver lining to 3 weeks of lockdown, it's having plenty of time to binge watch TFL.....and of course Mr Truck. Simply the best automotive series on RU-vid. Stay safe guys.

I feel like anyone buying a new Jeep in the Boulder area needs to check the underside before signing.

This xROCKx music boosted my testastorone and fixed my receding hairline. Can't wait for the album to drop

At least it's not as silly as those Toyota Tacoma prerunners. The last one was a 2003. It looked nice, but a 2wd with a rear locker? Not very effective.

Wow. *frowns and shakes head" Not a display of jeeps but a display of poor driving skills. Anyone can bash a rig against rocks

You guys lost touch getting to comfortable learn want your saying first. Why would he disconnect his sway bar in the beginning that would make the wheels feel way smoother going over those rocks or path

I think I would get Rubicon and run stock until warrenty is up then upgrade suspension small lift and put 35s on at that point. Thoughts ?

I need a 2021 Mojave front axle 😅 mine is broken in half and I don’t know what to do know. If anyone can help I’ll appreciate it.