Stock Jeep YJ Conquers Charlie's Creek, GA 

As someone who also offroads in a stock YJ it was so fun watching you do this trail - you have to be paying attention the WHOLE time or else you'll get stuck. Apparently we have mad driving skills according to other drivers but in reality we are just trying to survive XD

This was by far my favorite video that you've done. You drove that wet trail very nicely. My daily driver is a white 92', full door hardtop (232,000 mi). I still think the everything squared out hood view out the front on the YJ is my favorite. This video reminded me of doing this when my younger brother owned it before me.. Thanks.

That's Awesome, I've only gone on a trail a couple of times and I want to go some more!! I'm glad you had a great time!!!

Looks like so much fun! 🙏🏻

This trail looks AWESOME! Great video. And that water crossing... whoa!!!!

That trail looked like a great trail for you to start on!

Those are some cool trails! Great video!

Looked like an awesome trail! I need to hit it up!

So much fun!

I am new to Jeep and this just looks like a blast. Great job on conveying your excited!

Nice video you did a good job! You got to represent them Yjs!! I also have a 93 red 4 cylinder yj basically all stock with 31" tires but also hit alot of trails. I dont see many Yjs anymore it's only new cars now

First technical terms, we call holes holes, ruts are ruts, and the smile on your face we call priceless! Great trail for your first trip. If road is wide enough, straddle the ruts, don't slot car in them, clearance issues. Do you have recovery straps yet? If you do, loop one onto your front bumper have it ready to tug you out if needed. Take a change of footwear. If you have to wade water best to drive home with dry feet. Put a tape measure in by your seat, know how much ground clearance you have , then go measure a few rocks on the trail. If you have 10 inches of clearance, you can't straddle 14 inches of rock. Put one tire on rock, drive over it. And you are right, don't go alone( more fun with others). Have fun, the smiles are priceless. You're hooked.

Yay’ for the yj🎉

Nice trails you got there over the Atlantic, love how you are compassionate with your stock Jeep...keep trailing Matt, and keep taking care of Sue..👍🏻🍻grtz from Europe..

You did a great job I really enjoy watching the video,,,, awesome trail

Hey Matt, I have to say that you did a GREAT job on this trip. I was hanging back in front of you (in Greta) on the really slick muddy uphill climbs to be in a position to offer a tug if needed, but you rocked it! A lot of that trail was way more rugged than I thought or it looks and many of those ruts were very deep. To say I was concerned for you was an understatement LOL. Good job choosing the right lines for you!

My first 4x4 was a 94 YJ four cylinder. I bought it new. We wheeled the heck out of that thing for five years. All over northern Utah and Moab. Never had one issue with it. Mine was always on stock tires. But the best upgrade you can do is to get really good tires and run them at an appropriate pressure. Then maybe a recovery rope. After seeing the trails Stan does on the Grandpas Jeep YT channel. I firmly believe a stock YJ with great tires could and would do what he does in his MB.

Matt I am glad to see this video because I recently bought a 91 YJ completely stock. We are planning to tow it behind our Skoolie this fall since we finally retired from Disaster Response

I’m 16 minutes in, waiting with anticipation for the river crossing at the end. How freaked out are you going to be? Ha ha ha.

Probably one of my favorite trails to go to. Great place to take first timers!!

It’s always hard to film when you’re a big group like that, looks like a fun trail though! I’m always amazed by these YJs they are extremely capable and durable with the right driver behind the wheel.

you and Sue did great , thought for sure you'd get twisted up in those ruts and totally loose traction needing a lifeline, YJ sounds good, it is hard to film when running with a pack, nice looking trail - keep em coming - thanks for sharing

Like seeing a yj out on trails I got a 90 yj up in upstate ny

Hey Matt, I found ya and subscribed. Keep me in the loop sir on your new YJ. Bob

Hey, ive never offroaded on 4 wheels. I enjoyed riding along. Fun watching. Thanks.

Thanks for the video. I just completed this trail today in a stock JT Rubicon. Very fun trail. 4H all the way.

You didn’t freak as bad as I hoped😁. You know what makes that river better? Lawn chair, cigar and a single beer. Have you heard that they have reworked Charlie’s creek rd? I guess a Prius could do it now. I haven’t seen for myself yet.

I discovered your channel a few weeks ago, it’s been cool to go through and watch you grow. I was fortunate to have a bunch of off road experience around me in the Navy when I got my 72 K5 in 1992. I’m in your neck of the woods now but have been from LaPaz, Baja to Moab and everywhere in between the last 30 yrs. So many clubs now that we didn’t have. We had Terra Del Sol and that was it.

Ha! Ha ! You were like a kid's first trip to a candy store..... yup your hooked . I put that on my trip list , not too far for me here in east Alabama .

This trail is a ton of fun and it is something that someone that hasn't spent the money on their rig can have fun on. Don't be scared of it and have fun on it. What a blast!

For the Jeep historians among us...when the YJ came out back in ‘87-88, the old pros took stock YJs over the Rubicon Trail in CA and the YJs killed it. Stock. It’s a great Jeep.

This just convinced me to buy a YJ.

Yj all the way! I also have a 92 Yj. Best jeep ever made in my opinion. Keep wheeling!!

I did this in a stock 98 4Runner, it was really fun

I have had all the wranglers and CJ models (CJ5/CJ7/YJ and now a 2001 TJ 4.0 sport, but the square headlight YJ is my favorite and I really love the dash. Downside are the springs. Now I'm set on finding a nice YJ tub and put it on a TJ lower. The best of both worlds, I wonder if this is done before . . . thanks for sharing this awesome video my friend.

Gotta love that old leaf spring suspension lol

I enjoyed that section. I lost a cap to my radiator overflow. Not sure how that happened. A couple of jeeps stopped and assisted me. Cap was recovered. Thank goodness he had a couple of litres of water. Topped it off with clear creek water to.

Nice video!

Could you please list the trails y'all did? It looked very fun. I was @ Charlie's creek last weekend and did a few others trails as well and didn't recognize any of your trip. We started at the Tallulah River. Thx!

Really enjoyed watching your adventures. My jeep is an 08 JKU Unlimited. Look forward to seeing more from you. #SCFUNSENIORS

WooHoo for Sue!!!!!!!!!

I just bought a 1992 yj cant wait to get it out... 32 yrs and its still a beast 5 spd stick... 4.0 i6 ho

Love the yj! I have an 89 2.5L and the heater does suck lol.

Thinking about trying this in my stock 03 expedition. Has 4 high and 4 low but and falken wild peak AT tires. Other than the tires it’s stock. Wondering if I could make it

I enjoy watching a yj on trails I also have a 90 rust free it's been built up a little bit

Jeeps are very capable vehicles. Had a buddy and his son in 2 stock Jeeps do Uwharrie with me. Their Jeeps done way more than you would have thought possible. Enjoyed the video.

Brodie, awesome video brother! Sam did great. Hope I didn’t leave you behind too much😬.

We rode this trail yesterday, beautiful ride. They have scraped the trail so it wasn't that challenging. Still a fun ride and the scenery is awesome.

Man those were some bumps!

Sue, the T-rex honey badger hybrid:)

Hey Matt, what a really fun video to watch. I’m heading up there this Friday. I’ve seen many Charlie Creek videos none have been this rigorous of a trail. Even though I’ve heard it’s been getting some pretty good hole and ruts of late. Can you tell me is this after you cross through the creek and how long is the trail. I’ll be in a JK 3” lift on 35’s. You thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated

Looks fun..I want to go..I'm in Senoia Ga

Are you planning to do some upgrades on the jeep? And do you have mud or all terrain tires? Can't wait to get my YJ on the trails again 😁

This trail definitely looks cool as fook!

Great video. I have done that trail before many times. It can be rough or sometimes they smooth it out and just about anything can make it. My first jeep was a YJ. I probably had more fun with it than any of the other jeeps I have had. You handled well I thought. Fun ain’t it?

Trailing is way fun than anything else, in my own opinion!! I used to do it back in 2010 some where in Franklin Ga, Aniston Al. Carrollton Ga. By the way fun vlog to watch!!!

I'd like to take my 88 YJ there when I get done restoring it.

Cool! What radios did yall use to communicate through the trails?

This looks like an awesome trail and probably not too terribly far from me. I'm in Alabama. Cooling can become a big deal too. I'm on 30.6 inch tires. It's all good , it's still pretty hard to bottom out on most trails. The angles are still great. Angles matter more than clearance, especially approach and break over. There's basically nothing to worry about in terms of approach angle with most Wranglers... They are all insane... I'm about 35° after my modifications on my Cherokee and I'm pretty sure stock Wranglers are still better than that. I don't ever hit anything. I was pushing it stock at 29°. That was good if you go really slow but you couldn't go 5 miles an hour or so. I can go a lot faster with just the 2-in lift.

After a real Jeep trail, how does Sue compare to the Land Rover from the Biltmore video?

Do you think this is possible in a 2WD with a locker and good wide mud tire?

Matt you should come out on the 27th, a group of us are headed out to Charlie's creek that Saturday

Went here in my CR-V with my buddy about a year ago! Awesome video

ITS SOO AWESOME TO My favorite RU-vidRS COME TO Georgia, to have some fun on Jeep Trails!!!!!!!!!!

I did it with my land cruiser also stock

Mine is a pretty stock 92 yj.. other than a 4" lift and 33" tires and a welded rear end.... Open diffs will get you stuck quicker than anything....

I'm new to Jeep trails I have a manual transmission what gear were you in during this trail please

So how far is this place from Toccoa or Mt Airy? That's where we are staying but I'd like to take a day for exploring some not so flat lands and have some fun. And will anyone be there this next Monday or Tuesday? Nice video.

Hey Matt awesome video , is this trail accessible from the Georgia Traverse?

What is the address to this place ????

Nice video! How long is the trail ?

I wish I knew people that did this around here. I live about half an hour from Rabun County (I live in Macon County, NC), and every offroad gathering I've ever seen advertised around here has been Jeep only clubs. I don't own a Jeep. Well, I don't own a Jeep that can offroad anything more than a steep gravel road (I have a '77 DJ5 RWD mail truck with a gas can as a fuel tank). My offroad vehicle is a 2001 Isuzu Trooper LS, and can go anywhere. I had a 2016 4Runner SR5 at one point, and the Trooper has a much more capable 4WD system than the 4Runner had. I just want to not go by myself places. I have a few trails I mapped around here and I want to share the experience with people.

i have a 95 yj go 4 low and its a tank

I took my 2wd Cherokee with street tires through it. Piece of cake. 😅

Four low and keep moving your doing fine

nice riding. how much of the trail were you in 4x4?

Glad you enjoyed Charlie’s Creek. Be aware that a few times in the video ya were off-roading illegally, plus that Jeep crossing at the end that need towing help didn’t look like the official crossing. This area is not an off-road park so make sure we always stay on the mail road and only cross the river at the main ford crossing.

I dont get it.... you were freaking out about alot of parts of the road that I drive with a 2 wheel drive junker bmw x5 without 4wd lol

The short wheelbase of a stock YJ will get you through a lot of dips and such...

Honey badgers and T-Rex taking bypasses?? lol

If there were bigger glasses he’d buy them and wear them

Remove your track bars and it will flex a lot better

Dyno Beast, Sues alter ego

Looks like an Australian road….

#citypeople

I’d find another Jeep club to wheel with. That one seems to do ALL the illegal stuff at Charlies. Enjoy it while its open, won’t be long now.

I have driven on worst fire roads why at work on the railroad than this in my 2004 liberty

Nah not a jeep trail its s forrest service road

The hill you didn't take at about the 12 minute mark is not a legal area. I believe it is now blocked, but when you are on the trails, be careful to not take "side trails" as more often than not, they are not legal. That is how FS roads and trails get shut down. Charlie's Creek road is an actual road and has since been graded. Please tread lightly.

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jeep got stuck in the river only cause they are breaking the rules and risking getting the trail shut down for their own greed :( dont get me wrong, I always hit the hardest line on the trail (way harder than this stuff), but it gives jeepers and offroad enthusiasts a bad name when people do what the sign next to them says *not* to do. this is why they love to permanently shut trails down.!.

I love all jeep videos , but you kinda over exaggerate that trail a little bit. Even on the video it looks very mild.