F150 on Moab Jeep trails?

[Bearsixty7]

..I guess if your a serious off roader it is easy.

LOL! yep. Here are some of the more difficult ones,

This is one of the guys in our group on the obstacle "Upchuck". I went up it with no problem.

This is me when we were at BFE. Trail is "Heldorado" maybe.

 

[dodge man]

The house we are renting is on the hill opposite Hell’s Revenge. We can see people driving on it but even with binoculars not very well. A surprising number of people are on it at night.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I looked up if anybody had been killed on the switchbacks lately. About 4 years ago a Michigan woman lost control of her motorcycle and fell 150 feet and died. That would be a heck of a hike up the switchbacks. A couple of weeks ago when my adult children were here we stopped at Island in the Sky. Heck of a view.

We also did the Potash trail when we were out there. It gets really interesting when you meet someone head on. Especially on the narrow upper western end. We had to back up about a quarter mile on one occasion since the other party had the right of way. There isn't much between you and the hereafter on a lot of the trail.

A ranger told me that earlier that month, they had to use a crane to pull a Ford explorer out of a canyon. The driver and passenger were both killed.

It surprises me that there isn't more park regulation as to who and/or what type of vehicle is allowed to use that trail. A gate and a warning sign are all there is.

Those blue potash ponds are a welcome sight when you finally get to the bottom of the trail.

 

[dodge man]

They weren’t very blue when we drove by them but it started out cloudy. We drove the switchbacks up hill and thankfully didn’t meet anyone. I was a little terrified to be truthful.

 

[Hay Dude]

We had a front wheel drive passenger car in our group on the Moab switch back trails.

 

[dodge man]

Most of it you could do in a car but I went over a couple of ledges I wouldn’t have wanted to do in a car.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Most of it you could do in a car but I went over a couple of ledges I wouldn’t have wanted to do in a car.

It isn't wet that often out there but when it is, the normally dry stream beds fill and require ground clearance to safely traverse. There are a few on that trail that a car couldn't cross.

 

[Hay Dude]

I was funny because we were in this Jeep Gladiator Rubicon going over all these obstacles with other Jeep’s and trucks and heres this guy and girl (the girl drove) behind our group carefully and slowly crawling along in a Lexus.

 

[oosik]

Thanks for all the pictures guys. I think that's enough for me. It's obviously no place for the Taco Wagon. It takes an entire 40 acre corn field go get it turned around in.

Besides - I like the OEM curves and paint job on the Taco Wagon.

 

[Hay Dude]

Thanks for all the pictures guys. I think that's enough for me. It's obviously no place for the Taco Wagon. It takes an entire 40 acre corn field go get it turned around in.

Besides - I like the OEM curves and paint job on the Taco Wagon.

As it turns out, we also had a power wagon or a Ram 4x4 in our group. It did very well. It rode nicer than the Jeep Gladiator.
It was the consensus vehicle of choice after we got done 8 hours of trails.
I think the Jeep was a better rock climber and with the lockers and sway bar disconnected could have gone further, but the ram was able to do all the trails we were on and rode nicely.