I Got Stopped Dead in My Tracks

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I’ve been exploring Valley of the Moon trail for over 8 years in my Jeep Wrangler, it’s has some incredible scenery, extremely fun and challenging obstacles, an old gold mine and the infamous smugglers den. I haven’t been out here in a long time and now it looks like they might have closed some of the best parts of the trail, let's go explore and see what we find. I get out and explore in my silver Jeep Wrangler JK and get after it a little on some challenging obstacles, for for a quick hike and just have a great day on the parts of the trail I could access.
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@jacobruffcorn Год назад

I’m enjoying these classic trail videos lately. Reminds me a lot of the original Trail Recon videos that I first started watching years ago.

@joshuasalazar5106 Год назад

I love these videos too

@offgridrecon Год назад

I have noticed more videos like the old days. Good job keeping at it! Love these style of videos. 👍🏻❤️🇺🇸

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thank you!

@onceonceochenta Год назад

Thank you for being so respectful to the trail and the signs even the ones knocked down. Glad you asked and were able to take the trail. Hopes everyone watching your videos follows your lead and your advice. You really know your stuff.

@cowlumbus 6 месяцев назад

getting hard to find people that respect not only laws but simple rules, norms and government policy.

@grandeoverland6787 Год назад

Great seeing the Silver Slayer back on the channel. Going back to a trail you haven't run in a while is like meeting up with an old friend for a beer, in some ways it's like there was no time apart.

@TrailRecon Год назад

Exactly! I love revisiting trails I haven't been to in a while.. love Valley of the Moon!

@grandeoverland6787 Год назад

@@TrailRecon living over in CO, that's one of the areas I've yet to visit. Have to add it to the Brad list!

@ericgreenblatt196 Год назад

Great run! 2 questions: 1. How does the4xe do in 4 low downhill? And 2. Any gouge on whether the 24 Gladiator is dumping the ecodiesel? Thx!

@HuskyMike Год назад

Do you share gpx tracks of these types of trails (or do you save them to Gaia with public access?) This looks like something I'd like to try, but would be nice to have the gpx track of someone who's done it recently.

@wmtiaol Год назад

Thanks Brad for a little “vintage TrailRecon” adventure. Loads of fun to watch and you film and present it so well!

@HighlanderMikeGolf Год назад

Great tip on using 4 low. Simple, but very effective. Thanks for the awesome video and scenery.

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thank you!

@glennsmooth 7 месяцев назад

Border patrol allowing millions to walk across but people who live here cant drive their vehicles on the trails? 🤦‍♂️ really infuriating

@danfurber2389 Год назад

Did you put a new head unit in this Jeep? Why did you go back to the stock radio?

@jeffk464 Год назад

bummer, it seems like everyone always wants to cancel fun.

@coreyfoltz969 Год назад

Thanks Brad, for the feel Good commentary and appreciation you show to the community of Trail Explorers. I will definitely be heading back to this Gem with my crew. ❤

@2112Steele Год назад

New to offroading and love your videos! Where do you get the patches you put up in your jeep?

@akihide.uchida Год назад

I had a few border patrol agents help me change a tire when driving some trails outside along the border in New Mexico just outside of El Paso. Great guys who, like you said, know their areas like the back of their hands.

@ojmeek Год назад

Nice. I like the old school videos of just you and your Jeep going out!

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thank you for following along!

@CD-hc5ds Год назад

Public Land is getting closed all over! There are people & groups like the Sierra Club & Mojave Land Trust that do nothing but dedicate time to closing land. There are people tied in with the Wild Lands Conservancy that are currently buying up property all around Burns Canyon in an attempt to designate it a private community & are guaranteeing "There will be gates put up" ABOULUTLY ILLEGAL! That has been a right away since the 1800s when the Rose Mine was active. Issues like this need to have attention shined onto them by people like Brad with so many viewers, so others are aware & can help to combat these problems. If not, there will be no need for channel's like this because you won't have places to off road any longer.

@John-uo1qf Год назад

One of the Feds tactics is to just not maintain roads to the point they become impassable

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thanks for the info on Burn Canyon, I'll take a deeper dive into that.

@occamsox5331 11 месяцев назад

Costs taxpayer money to upkeep public land. That’s socialism. Blame the government all you want. But you get the government you vote for and fund.

@srcastic8764 10 месяцев назад

@@occamsox5331 good grief. 🙄🙄 You guys have decided to throw that word “socialism” around onto everything, misusing it to the point you don’t even know what it means. The government maintaining things is not socialism. 🙄🙄

@occamsox5331 10 месяцев назад

@@srcastic8764 I’m not misusing the word at all. The stigma attached to the word is the danger. If you wonder why public land is being defunded it’s due to a lack of socialism. The state/national parks systems are a perfect example of the concept. The government is funded by taxes and performs a civic duty that benefits the population. I’d prefer that over corporate/private ownership of what should be public land any day. MGM Sportsbook’s Yellowstone Park just doesn’t sound as nice.

@davidrobinson6353 5 месяцев назад

Your videos are keeping me up thru the night , but I don’t mind MANY THANKS 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧👏👏👍👍👍

@MegaRetr Год назад

Great seeing the Silver Slayer back on the channel.

@finchtoob Год назад

Totally agree about using 4L more often. Especially in the JL with the 8 speed - I basically use 4L all the time if I'm wheeling. Auto mode for the easy stuff & manual mode for the fun bits. It's so much nicer to drive

@trailstosomewhere Год назад

Yes sir, desert season is definitely upon us. I plan on spending some time this fall and winter in the central Nevada desert. Can't wait! Thank you for sharing another amazing adventure!

@TheTaytoni Год назад

I had the pleasure of running into wild horses on my first run through Valley of the moon.

@paultaylor8552 Год назад

Great video! Watching you over the last view years inspired me to start fixing up our Ole 05 LJ Rubicon to do trail riding/camping during my retirement days. Unfortunately, we have to sell; not able to retire 😢. Fortunately, I still have my F250 SD 4X4. Great video really enjoyed it.

@darrelljacobjr2120 8 месяцев назад

You should never destroy 'Trail Closed' signs or toss them into the brush. They are made out of a high-quality aluminum which can be used back at your workshop for repairs and building things. ;)

@LuzyFur Год назад

Nice boots Brad! Looks like Merrell sent some early swag your way... Rubicon Moab 3... jelly.

@jeeb4x4 11 месяцев назад

Appreciate all your work in filming this incredible journeys! Keep 'em coming! ❤👌

@EmoryullivanS-hv7vv Год назад

Totally agree on braking and using the gears. It get on my nerves watching ppl go down a mountain and tap there brakes 100 times instead of using there gears Etc. I'm from the flat land (Florida) and I know how to drive in the Great Smoky Mountains.

@evoutdoor Год назад

The Bureau of Land Management released the final signed decision for the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges near Moab. It is a terrible decision for anyone who enjoys recreating in this area. The plan closes 317 miles of some of the best backcountry roads and trails in the world.

@SublimeHiPpOs Год назад

Is your rear GenrRight bumper raw aluminum or painted? My Jeep is the same color and I'm considering options.

@danburch9989 Год назад

Usually, a sign must be in a conditon and properly mounted to be enforceable. Looks like that sign was cut off and came from some other location and was discarded (by illegals?). Your location seems to be too far from the border for that sign to be there. But all I said means nothing if the Border Patrol says different.

@steve337 Год назад

“Public” land is being closed down as the current government closes its hand on freedom. The Federal Government wants to close hundreds of thousands of acres around Moab. Most National Parks require reservations. We live near Rocky Mountain National park and haven’t been there for several years. No more impromptu family hikes. Vote appropriate to maintain your rights, then vote for prosecutors that will enforce laws, not limit access.

@golferpro1241 Год назад

Amen

@4x4Guac Год назад

Drone footage on Trailrecon. New but I think I like the content without it. Let's just say it's nice but I don't think it is needed.

@ahmednesbitte4906 Год назад

Hi Brad, your Jeep build is amazing!! Thank you for taking us on this adventure and sharing your knowledge. 😊🚗

@TheTheolee619 Год назад

Love seeing updates on local trails. Lets me know what I'm getting into! Thank you!

@muffman8469 Год назад

I love watching your video's and I save them cuz when I get a truck I want to go to theses trail's but I can't save some of them to my favorites is that you or youtube

@darthmaxo Год назад

Incredible work on a solo trip! Thank you

@mikeboone4425 10 месяцев назад

Can you answer what will probably be stupid to you . Have you ever seen a honda truck on the trails . Happy tails

@mattduffy2023 Год назад

That JK is a beast. I love all your vehicles too. I know me I would have used at least the rear lockers, that's just not enough time out in the rocks to know better. I'm in the East Coast where there is just a lot of mud. Great video, production and music pick. Do you have any opions on Terraflex axles?

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thank you! I don't have any experience with the Teraflex axles, I can only say these Dynatrac axles have served me very well!

@stevetabor4447 Год назад

Great stuff brad love that area an trail some great trail tips San Diego jeep club is great for people new to off road as always be safe 👍👍👍👍👍

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thank you and the SDJC is an awesome community of folks!

@alfa8822 Год назад

What happened to the radio head unit in your JK that you did a video on a while back? I noticed it’s not there anymore.

@Max-kn9yi Год назад

So is there a video about you? Do you work? San Diego is pretty expensive. I take it you are retired?

@robertpiazzisi3763 10 месяцев назад

Brad great video. Definitely going to plan a trip there. I have a motor home is there a good place to camp?

@scottpeters5230 4 месяца назад

44's, or 60's under the JKU? Lockers in both?

@robertstolz2272 3 месяца назад

I am new to off-roading… is there someone that could help me learn?

@JosephWaligura 9 месяцев назад

Master Chief, Looks like a blast! TMCS(DV)

@kn1ghtone Год назад

How do you have your Handheld and gmrs (CB ?) radio mic mounted ?

@minshu12 14 дней назад

You are a very brave man doing this alone.

@301steady Год назад

The Dept of Interior has been closing trails; while, opening the border.

@omf2007 Год назад

Ya just can't beat a good 'ol PB&J sandwich.

@GisonLee 5 месяцев назад

Wonderful work and professional presentation.

@hotshtsr20 Год назад

I've only come across donkeys and big horn sheep, no horses.

@fscottgray9784 Год назад

Wish you could have made it back to Idaho this year. Endless trails and very few people. Good video. Magruder is calling for you or check out the many wilderness trails around Stanley Idaho.

@Nova_Ways 6 месяцев назад

Hey Brad what's the name of the device mount on you dash?

@RobertMoore-m4b Год назад

When i went up to Elliots mine the horses were down in the Valley of the moon

@HIGHPLAINSDRIFTER01 Год назад

Great video! good to see the JK out there in its natural habitat! 😂👍🏻

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thank you! I was right at home on this trail!

@markparry3258 Год назад

Hi Brad, what navigation app are you using on the ipad?

@OverlandSeries Год назад

Love the video! When will there be a off-road group ride in SoCal? That would be awesome!

@TrailRecon Год назад

Thank you! Check out the San Diego Jeep Club, was just out with them 2 weekends ago... great group of folks!

@OverlandSeries Год назад

@@TrailRecon Nice! Thing is that my rig is Toyota not Jeep so I don’t think I’m qualified to join😂

@Scottybk Год назад

Where did you get the state patches over your head in this jeep?

@JohnBarrios-x7l Год назад

Love this video. The views were Amazing

@aryamoshrefi417 3 месяца назад

how many miles you got on this jeep?

@OffRoadOverlandCamping Год назад

Nice JK, what size tires are you running?

@stevethomas4095 Год назад

I love the desert. There called tailings piles

@nnorris77 Год назад

What stubby gmrs antenna and mount do you use?

@annareese8229 Год назад

I absolutely LOVE your channel. To the point that I want to start over landing. In order to do so, I ordered a lift kit from ROUGH COUNTRY. I AM POSTING THIS AS A WARNING TO EVERYONE..... I purchased a 4" lift kit for my 84 Ram Charger. I was told that it would have EVERYTHING that I needed. Well, the front sway bar links, the rear u bolts , and shackles all had to be repurchased due to the lift, being more of a 6" lift. So, it is a bit taller, but my husband is a double amputee, and this causes a problem.... Not including the $248 in parts that I had to purchase afterwards. OK, so I called RC directly and even though he agreed that the wrong parts were in the box, he REFUSED to help in any way! We live on a tight budget, and this f**ked me over , HARD! I just don't want any of you to have to go through the extra money, and crappy service!

@GentleGiantFan Год назад

Great video. Good choice in music too.

@blueduster74 Год назад

I knew that we’d met at some point but I couldn’t place it. I’d kinda thought it was our Navy service but wasn’t too sure about that. It had to be through one of the SD clubs. I went to a few events and meetings for both SD 4wheelers and Terra Del Sol over the years. I was active in the early 2010s when I was a parts wholesale guy at the old Midway Jeep. Hung out with Dave Chapelle when he still had his shop in ElCajon.

@daveharness70 Год назад

Top notch! .....top notch, indeed!

@junkopotomus Год назад

I surveyed the **** out of that area in support of the substation they built. I got to explore a little in my work truck always wanting to go back with my Land Cruiser. Just never got back out there. Thanks for the video.

@ericgreenblatt196 Год назад

Awesome run. 2 questions: 1. How does a 4xe work on the 4L down hill? Does the ICE have to be primary? And 2. Any updates if the24 Gladiator will have the EcoDiesel available? Thx

@j.r.777 Год назад

I’m a native San Diegan but moved to Colorado in 2003. Valley of the Moon was my favorite off-road spot to go too. It sucks what they’ve done to it. I was actually planning on going back home to visit in the next year and was going to go out there to go off-roading and camping. Add one more reason as to why I now hate Commiefornia!

@johnmccaffery5186 Год назад

Excellent video! You didn’t say what kind of a stove that was with the bottom drawer. Also, very interested in what kind of spice rack that was, I need to get something like that for myself. Love the solo videos you been putting out this week!

@jackendabocs Год назад

Tires looked pretty stout throughout the drive. How much did you air down?

@seaniemcp2887 Год назад

I’ve been smashing through the T/R video after thinking of getting into 4x4 in Australia. Loving this channel. The jeeps. Seeing the country side of the USA 👌🏻 But after watching this video I was like “ wow the camera work is awesome for someone out driving by themself👌🏻”. Keep up the great work Brad

@scottsnyder8691 Год назад

Perfect timing! I'm here in SD as well and have never been. But that will change in a couple weeks as I'm headed out that way and will be checking it out. Thanks for the preview.

@sluger17 Год назад

Do you think a '14 JKU Rubicon will be okay on the trail? Stock 31" tires with a leveling spacer in the front.

@GalendilEVEPlayer Год назад

more "Brad's Calves" 🙂

@ginoestores-y5f Год назад

My favorite trail in SoCal. So fun, awesome camping! Gatekeeper never gets old, the rocks all the way to the back of the valley is super fun. Little tricky in my Tundra, but doable. Elliot’s Mine can get a little nerve recking going around that one Boulder that sticks out the side.

@blueduster74 Год назад

Definitely more rutted than it was in 2015, the last time I was out there. There’s a spot like that cave near Red Rock outside Vegas. It definitely was used as a hideout, they used to rob the coaches going up and over the pass on the Spanish Trail, where the 160 goes over now.

@victorlgcarvalho Год назад

My 4x4 has hill descent control, but I personally don't like it... It uses the brake a lot, tapping it continuously. 4 low is also my choice both on climbing and going downhill... My ride is manual, so I leave it on second gear and let it go, managing the throttle and the steering wheel.. Easier and helps avoiding overheating the brakes.

@jeepingadventureswithjoeki6220 Год назад

still one of the best trails in the county. Lots of memories out there for all of us.

@TrailRecon Год назад

It's one of my favorites for sure.

@danebarb1642 Год назад

Love your videos Brad!! Can I ask what setting you have on you front falcon, steering stabilizer, firm, or soft on trails?

@jackendabocs Год назад

One last one. What type of drone are you using? Really enjoyed the video MC. I have a daily driver but relatively new to the jeep scene since 2018 but been around 4 wheeling for some time longer.

@andysolorzano4126 Год назад

Kinda nostalgic ... back on Valley of the Moon trail in the JK! Fun video Brad. 😉✌

@gregellingson7584 Год назад

Jk still looking good buddy!

@barryraven4745 Год назад

Reminds me of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. No wheeling there though but great trails and cross country bushwhacking and peak bagging. Agreed on 4lo. Hard on the transmission in 4hi according to my mechanic when going up steep inclines.

@sammerten1962 Год назад

thanks for the video Matt I have been going to the valley of the moon since the early 70s when I was a kid. Elliot mine was a tungsten mine during the Korean War, James Elliott discovered it with his nephew Elliot, Stewart Elliot Stewart, is a friend of mine he lives in Jacumba. we have always called a smuggler’s cave if you were to walk east from the entrance of smugglers cave there’s one lone rock that has a hole carved in by nature that you could crawl the opening there’s no bigger than a small manhole cover, but the hole inside of the rock is hollowed out most people don’t know about this. Sam Merten.

@JT_life2022 Год назад

We keep losing trails to all the SxS clubs in Michigan. Clubs and conservancy’s take over the land and trails and close them off to jeeps/toyotas/etc. either that or selling of state land and iconic destinations to wealthy individuals. Gotta get out and enjoy what is left for us before it’s all gone.

@larshamilton40 Год назад

rumor has it, native peoples been using that TV as a landmark for centuries...love that landscape..

@corksauve4949 Год назад

Really enjoy watching your videos. I always wonder though, How my two door jeep would do on them? I rarely hear about how a two door jeep versus a four door jeep would compare on these trails. That would be some nice info to have.

@GEORGEFIRE777 9 месяцев назад

GOOD video,Brad is clearly showing the how to do it safely an reading the terrain as well as respecting trail signs etc. I am slowly working my way through all the videos he has created. I have estimated his age at 45 ,his experience an ability to teach trail travel is top notch.

@matthewhatton3637 Год назад

It is simply beautiful out there! Oh and it might be a stupid question but where can I find Trailrecon stickers and I collect hats if you have any hat's. Be nice to find a hat like in my thumb now that says Trailrecon 🤙

@OVRLNDX Год назад

Bummer! Awesome video brother

@GATORADDAM Год назад

I'll have to watch this one later. I came from Florida to Utah and on Chicken Corners trail. Tomorrow, The White Rim trail. Terrible cell reception.

@bucknife4129 Год назад

Looks awesome out there. Thanks for all the amazing videos... you always do a great job!!

@meganpannell8447 Год назад

Brad, you have built a beautiful and very capable rig with this JK. I personally love it! -Chris Pannell

@bobbyc13 Год назад

I caught something odd... I thought you had the stinger radio in the JK. Awesome video and scenery by the way.

@anthonylee2099 Год назад

Thks for the beautiful ride along Brad. Love the way your Jeep is set up. Looks great🤙😎

@toniperez5406 Год назад

We saw a small group of wild horses down in the valley while sitting at Elliot Mine having lunch, they’re out there.

@firefist28_53 Год назад

Update on your sons Tacoma?

@1gx619 Год назад

I love these videos! This trail seems fun and is very close to my location. My only concern is taking my stock gladiator. It looks like I’d drag my tail on a few of those spots. Are there “go around” options?