Watched some of your older videos now just wanted to say that your production work on those is top notch! Great drone footage, music selection on voice narration over top, glad a stumbled upon your channel it is just a matter of time before this channel hits with a bigger audience, keep up the good work.
Haha... the memories!! I grew up in EagleRidge, used to mountain bike the Coquitlam river trail, up to the waterfalls. My brother and I decided to climb to the top of the falls one day, with our bikes. Why? Dont know, there wasnt a trail haha! We found a trail at the top, it led to a road, so rode it down. It was a well graded wide road, so we were clippin pretty good.... come around a corner and there was a gate across the road!! (not sure if its the same gate, but Im sure its the same road) We locked our brakes up, narrowly missing a disaster! If I recall, later that year a snowmobile had the same issue, coming down the road not aware of the gate, but unfortunately, his story was more tragic. That was back in the ‘80’s. 😎.
Great video! Would you mind explaining the app and lock on the gate? I've not seen that around here. Would be a really nice feature to identify who's on the trail, for safety and keeping folks honest about treading lightly.
It's a blutooth controlled lock. To get an account to unlock it with your phone, you have to have your truck inspected by the city to ensure it's capable of handling the trail. Also tracks whos going in and out, as it's a sensitive ecological area (next to a reservoir) and there's cell towers and stuff up there.
@@TheStoryTillNow wow that's incredible, I dont think the USA would ever be smart enough to do something like that, they just put huge rocks infront of trails with no trespassing signs.
Wow! Watching this old video you can see the big difference in filming and editing. I guess I’ll see a video or two of what you were wheeling before the Gladiator sooner or later lol. That other Jeep you were with tackled every obstacle like it was nothing: Rock! What rock!
Nice to see a Jeep being used the way it was meant to be used. Unfortunately almost all Gladiators will not be used this way. That built Jeep is ridiculous 😁
'The Story Til Now' - thank you for the great videos. But saying thanks isn't enough. I got to get out there! Just bought my 2020 Jeep Gladiator 12/02. 28 days later, the build is coming along nicely. Plan on going out in January. The hell with tv. radio, stupid-waste-of-time social media. I got to get back to outdoors where I grew up. Thanks for the inspiration. You've been told this a million times, but the work you do is really really good. If watching your videos doesn't kick somebody in the pants to get out there, than they're dead.
I love your videos! I enjoy feeling as though I am on the adventure with you and seeing you do this with your woman is inspiring. I have started saving up for a Jeep because of you... they should sponsor you if they don't already.
Impressive turn around time for getting the video made! Have always wanted to do that run but no key either! Also did not have the lift or tires until this last year really! Anyways, nice video as always!
Great vid - good to see the stock Gladiator being used as intended :) What's the deal with the lock on the gate - looked pretty fancy, with your phone an all. Private land / trail or User-Pays ... or just keeping tabs on ewho's up there? Curious to know.
The gate has a Bluetooth lock. You apply to the city to get an account/app to open it. Must have an appropriate off road vehicle.to get a key. It's also to track who goes in and out because there's cell towers, hydro equipment and other stuff up there that's a target for theives. Also it borders a reservoir so it's environmentally sensitive.
@@TheStoryTillNow That's fantastic. Our land managers tend to close tracks if they get to a point where a RAV4 can't pass it (nothing against RAV4s) coz they're sick of people getting stuck that shouldn't be there. Gates get destroyed by the die-hards who still want to wheel those tracks and feel they have a 'right' to be there, so the land-managers bulldoze the entrance and basically destroy the track forever. The smart gate idea seems like a good solution. Cheers - Look forward to more vids
Rob Mackechnie At my favorite ORV the gates are closed all year round. You have to drive around them. That’s a tall order for a rav4. It’s exactly what a gate test should be. Giant boulders. Keeps the rift raft out.
I showed this video to my wife, and she said “it made it look hard, even though it was not that hard.” For reference, most of her time off road has been in a Polaris RZR, which has a slightly better departure angle than a stock Gladiator. LoL
slapped slapped. Perhaps could be maybe mid november date at either sloquet or creek hotsprings? My camping season stops around that or end of november and opens mid to end of february. winter is to sit home catch up on editing :)
Don't know why they had to give the Gladiator so much behind the rear axel, freaking school bus overhang. They need an 6" lift and 37"s to be offroad worthy.
It only has a 5' bed. If they wanted to shorten the overhang while maintaining the same 4dr configuration as the JLU, they would have to either shorten the bed or extend the wheelbase. Extending the wheelbase would make the breakover angle even worse than it already is compared to a JK/JL or JKU/JLU. It would also probably make the turning radius worse as well. My approach would be to try raising the lowest points at the rear, like using a high-clearance and/or "internal" hitch. One could also maybe trim the rear quarterpanels to angle up towards the rear. When hitting trails, mount the spare on a swingaway or in the bed like the CJ7 or CJ8 had. Use high-clearance skids. Use a 1" bodylift and some tube fenders to clear big tires without a suspension lift...low COG and overall vehicle height, with high clearance underneath. Use some in-coil airbags and onboard air to raise the truck if high-centered or dragging the tail. They also can help avoid ANY long-term sag from adding a winch, a plow, or max tongue/payload capacity. If you must, use modest lift coils and some appropriate bumpstops to maybe increase available travel/articulation. If tackling REALLY serious trails, look into a long-travel triangulated long-arm setup too...and/or maybe a vehicle with better approach/breakover/departure. For basic overlanding, offroading, and pickup use though, low COG has benefits, and a Gladiator can be pretty capable in the right hands.
Funny how people are all like "yeah, I'm a maaaan" going over obstacles that someone can just WALK over lool even an old man could walk that trailer, 🤣 I have a Wrangler too, guilty as charged.
This area has cell towers and other Hydro electric equipment that could be stolen or vandalized. It's also a sensitive ecological area so vehicle traffic has to be limited and monitored.
@@TheStoryTillNow, I know there are numerous reasons. Wanna watch idiots who gonna harm any infrastructural equipment, behind a fence with security system
