This is probably just because I’m a poor guy from Canada but I’d rather watch backyard built rigs on 35-38” tires go wheel than $150,000 rigs on tons and 40s.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Same here!

@lurpwgn

8 ай бұрын

What about backyard built rigs on tons and 40s? Certainly doable for MUCH less than 150K.

@bren-xmotorsports55

8 ай бұрын

​@@lurpwgnthink you're missing the point

@KCampen1986

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed that’s my build plan. Jeep coil springs 3 link front 4 link rear Dana 44 front Nissan H233B rear 4.88 gears all under my 95 ranger for now. 35s until they are bald then go to 37s. One day I’d like to build it all into a truggy, 30s Chevy truck cab and hood, 4.3 v6 sm465 np231c. Back woods crawlerod.

@TheTulerie

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely! The budget builds are so much more fun to watch. Seeing the ways problems get solved when you dont have an unlimited budget is so much cooler than just bolting on a bunch of expensive parts.

Last time came this early I had to apologize.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Uhhh…. Welcome anyway!

@ItIswhatitis26

8 ай бұрын

😳

@drewburgess525

8 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha

As a samurai and tracker person, we'll most definitely need to have an in depth walk around of that rig

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Coming soon

@trackerfarm

8 ай бұрын

Suzuki for the win!

Thanks for making the effort to take us along!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching it!

Awesome video. Love seeing the Zuk in action. Would much rather watch rigs on 33-35's getting after it than super built rigs just walking everything! Especially a Samurai.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I agree. We all need a mini wheeler in the fleet

Looked way more fun than shopping

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

True that

What a fun day, just enough wet to change things up. Thanks for sharing. That Samurai is awesome🥷. Loved seeing the Amigo too. And the Jeep just dominated. Be cool to see a walkaround of all three.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I’ll have a walk around on 2 soon

Love watching suspensions cycle on trail. Never gets old. This was a cool trail that I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. Thanks for filming it!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That’s my favorite part about wheeling, watching them work

Loved this video Dave! Super cool seeing real trucks on trails. More content like this.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Copy that

Thanks for takin us along!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Best shake down trail in the San Diego area. Close to home and just hard enough to find any problems.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It really is

Finally a Dirt Head / Baja Jeep colab. I’ve been waiting

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Hopefully I can get out wheeling with Mike again soon

Cool video and awesome rigs. As a guy that has been wheeling the same TJ on 31/33/35s now for 23 years or is fun to see people use what they have and keep things relatively basic. The expansive blinged out stuff is cool, but a lot of us have tons of fun on backyard budget builds too. Cheers!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

So true! Keep doing your thing

We all need our DIRT thanks brother

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Have a good weekend

Corral Canyon is my two wheel place, my dual sport group (San Diego Adventure Riders) has adopted a few trails there. Trail cleanup next weekend, always a lot of good people show up. Looks like you had a blast, glad to see you're back in the old neighborhood for a visit.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for your work on keeping the trails open

Awesome video Dave that was a fun day 🤙🏼

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the ride!

@4x4_mark

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed let's do again

I did that trail in my ol 1st gen Taco when I was stationed at Pendleton it was a good time. First bit of off roading my wife had ever done. Looks like a yall had a great time. I know a lot of people talk smack about California but the state itself is beautiful and has so many trail systems.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

There are always groups from Pendleton or north island there. Pretty awesome how many people that aren’t necessarily from around San Diego have enjoyed those trails

I have been going to Corral Canyon since the 90’s. Rigs, dirt bikes, even mountain bikes. (I’ve got some mid ‘00 footage on YT). Oddly enough, I’ve never driven Sidewinder in that direction. It’s always been in the reverse of what you’ve shown.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It’s fun and close. Great for a shakedown run

Looked like a good time, my favorite style of rigs! Wheelers make the best filmers of wheeling, always know the right shots to get. My first car was a '93 5-speed Geo Tracker with absolutely no options - no radio, no AC, no 4WD, no nothing I rallied the hell outta it, got air with it, drifted it, did all the stuff that's exceedingly sketchy/dangerous/illegal in a Tracker and it never broke a sweat. I've wanted to get a 4WD Tracker ever since the day I sold that thing. Maybe an early '00s style build, that transition period when leaf springs begun fading and links started to catch on, and do a leaf sprung front(Toyota?) with linked rear(Explorer 8.8?). I always thought that was a cool & unique setup reading the ol' Peteresens 4 Wheel & Offroad growing up, a lot of those rigs seemed to work well.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

A tracker on Toyota axles is a proven combination

Dude!! Small wheelers are always fun to watch!!!✌️

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It keeps it fun!

What fun. Thanks for taking us along.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It was a good quick trip

These are fun rides, looks like a great time.

@thedirtheadshed

7 ай бұрын

It was a great day

I miss DED. One of my favorite shows on MT

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Yep! It was a good time

I love that Amigo. I always wished they did more with that line.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Same. They never really took off

Great video glad you shared it with us

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

"Heck you"...Hahaha! I'd watch walk arounds on any and all of those rigs!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Coming soon

when you said stink water it reminded me of top truck challenge you'll get the stink on ya lmao

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I imagine that stuff was nastu

Love the white Jeep

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It’s really well done

So cool. Fun little trail

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It’s a good one

Great video. Love this stuff.

@thedirtheadshed

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! It was a fun day

6’-3” 250-270 and owned three daily driven Samurai’s and one Tracker. Remember the Rock Lobster transfer case?!?!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. Big billet masterpiece from trail tough right?

Funny that you mentioned having more fun in stock stuff. I'm looking to get an old flatfender on 7.00s to wheel with. I still love the DeD where you and Fred did the Rubicon.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That was probably my favorite episode

I love that Amigo you built Dave. I would love a turbo diesel version of the one you built. That thing is sick 🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🔥

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

The 3.2l v6 have plenty of power

This is a really cool trail!!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It is always fun

your a good man picking up trash as u go. i try to too. even on my friends places.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Gotta keep it clean

It looked more like east coast wheeling out there. It gets hard watching you guys climbing vertical walls while sometimes we struggle on a 12" ledge coming out of a muddy spot out here 😅

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I know the feeling. I was out on the muddy East Coast last September

A nice trail. pretty place. That samurai did pretty good.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Beautiful bean footage!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I don’t think I got any bean pics, but thanks!

I remember the Amigo when it was silver. Rockin Pinyon bumpin dj jazzy Jeff, great times! Need your help again, this time long arming the new 4XE...

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I was bumpin back then!

@4xecrawler

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed I'd love to hit the trails w/ya next time you are down!

Looks like you guys had a great time. Love the real wheeling. Another great video Dave. Thanks.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. It was a great half day trip

A Samurai was my first rig and what got me addicted to off-roading. The only rig i wish i still had.

@Tippyb97

8 ай бұрын

That Sammy is also what earned me my nickname.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Time for another

@Tippyb97

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshedthey've gotten fairly expensive. I keep an eye out for the right one though. I have a few jeeps that were all cheaper than a sammy.

thats cool gotta try that trail in my stock yota! haha, back to 85'!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Do it up!

Adventures with friends on Thanksgiving was always a thing to look forward to when I was younger! Love the content Dave as always! 👍🏻🇺🇸

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Can’t just sit and watch football all day

I want to see all thee rigs Dave has built in one video. I bet Dave has built and sold a ton of rigs.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That would be wild

Awesomeness

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

That Suzuki almost looked like an RC car during that first run! Ha! Great rigs.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

They just get around so lightly and fun

Cool little rigs, I like those

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I need another samurai

@xozindustries7451

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed ya, even my wife liked that one, they just don’t exist here in CT anymore

Samurais are really neat, especially once you build them.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Yep!

Good to see the Amigo again. One of my favorite rigs you have built. Saw one for sale the other day and thought of it.

@thedirtheadshed

7 ай бұрын

I’m always looking…

@rustybottoms8859

7 ай бұрын

I cant find the link I shared with a group now but it was in Arkansas. I see several in Arkansas/Texas area for Under $3k. @@thedirtheadshed

Those old gambler wheels on the samurai really takes me back to a simpler time. Cool to see a set still going 💪🏼

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Complete with Champion bead lock conversion!

We were wheeling in Irvine Kentucky last weekend and I saw an amigo in a field......I think I'm going back to inquire lol

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Do it!

Looks like a fun trail.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Good cheap fun

🦅🇺🇸💪😎👍 looks like you guys had a great day

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Good day in the dirt

I run my ‘91 Samurai on Toyota axles with 33” Mickey Thompson Baja Claws , and use the complete Trail Tough Jeep YJ springs kit with missing link shackles front & rear . With a 1600 -8 valve Tracker engine & 4:89 Gearset in the T-case from Petroworks it really works well . Currently down from an engine failure , but have another engine in the “ Wings “ and hopefully this upcoming year will be getting it back in action . Sidewinder was always a fun trail whenever our group went out in Corral canyon to play . Looked like fun . 😎👍

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That’s all really proven parts. Sounds like a cool build

@4x4_mark

8 ай бұрын

When are you going to get that Samurai back on the road Steve it's been too long

@stephenmiller5023

8 ай бұрын

@@4x4_mark Yeah Mark , I know !! Been just over 4 years now ….😬. Been Dealing with First my Wife’s Mom getting & then dying of Cancer , & now my own 94 year old Dad is in same boat ….. sometimes family JUST has to come first , Ya Know ??? Taking it one day at a time ….🤞😬

@4x4_mark

8 ай бұрын

@stephenmiller5023 I get it. Let me know if I can do anything to help. I can bring Mike and Sean over when you're ready.

@stephenmiller5023

8 ай бұрын

@@4x4_mark Yeah Sean & his Dad Woody were giving some crap last week about it when I stopped on over & helped Sean pull the rear axle out of his Jeep ..😆😉

Thanksgiving on trails is always great. Broke my foot on a dirtbike riding on Thanksgiving once. Great memories..lol. fun video. Love the homebuilt custom stuff. Killer work on them.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. I need to get the walk around video done soon

Cool vid. Enjoy the time off and then back to work!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Back at it!

Nice!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Loved this video. Glad I got to see your old amigo in action.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Me too. It’s cool to see it still kickin butt

The Amigo is pretty cool! Not just another Toyota or Jeep.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It’s definitely unique

I always enjoy the variety of content you put out, keep it up!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying the videos

Pfff I dunno why the Samurai is getting all the attention, I guess the owner is pretty cool though, so that checks out. Thanks for the invite guys, always good catchin' up

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

We all know the Jeep was the star…. Had to showcase the underdog

@miguelitojeep

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed marks Sammy is awesome though. 🤘🏻😬🤘🏻

SAMURAI!!!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

They are so good

Looks like a great trail. I need to try it!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

You definitely do. Lots of good trails in that area

A trail that I've done but haven't seen a lot of press about it. Is Sherman's Jeep trail it's in the area of Lake Isabella. My family and some friends did it back in 1976 after I graduated from high school. We had my Late Dad's 1969 CJ-5 my Late Uncle's 68 CJ-5 a 1940's something Flatty and a 70's Land Cruiser.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Nice. I wonder if it’s still open

Luckily Sidewinder is still great fun. Bronco Peak is all crazy sorts of tore up, I haven't tried it in a year or two now, even on tons and 40s it's a lot to take in. Connector is also completely impassable without laying your rig on the side and winching up it.

@thedirtheadshed

7 ай бұрын

Yeah. The connector is difficult . And more difficult every year

Sure was awesome to see you back at home in my neck of the woods. I saw your amigo a couple years ago at superstition. I’ve always loved the amigo.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It’s a great rig. With a ton of personality

Wild what those short wheel baise rig's will just crawl or hop over. 🤟😎 Without a ton of power ether.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Yep. It’s a great combination

20 years ago I had a 1994 Amigo that I swapped a 5.0 ford into, put it on Scout 44s. Never finished it. Regret it to this day.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Would have been cool to see it wheel

Loved this vid Dave and friends! 🤘That amigo is my fav I saw it on the side of the road in cali this summer when I was on my honeymoon road trip! The ol ford was having temp issues I’m guessing haha Cheers from Canada 🤘🇨🇦

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That’s really cool. Cheers

You should definitely build a micro crawler... like a Suzuki LJ. Alot of rigs nowadays are just getting too big and some of the challenge is gone. Small and simple would be so much fun.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I agree . Kinda want to do a full build but keep it on light parts and 33’s

Good times man I’m still waiting for the hard body tho lol

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

More on that soon

The color Looks like the Carhartt Petrol a bluish grey. My Detroit jacket was petrol with black color and blanket lined

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I called it Butterscotch Cocktail

Love this

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

You absolutely need to build another samurai!!! I'd love you to do another one like the blue lwb one you and Fred did on dirt everyday... please please PLEASE😎😎

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That pickup samurai was such a good rig

@swampdog1011

8 ай бұрын

Do it, do it, do it... ya know ya wanna, huh huh, go on😂.. Only with a tdi swap, and r150 or even auto even better, to go with the hilux axles😎

That looks like a ton of fun. I need to bring you my rodeo to sas, I've wanted to do it for years now but it's always on hold.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It’s a big job to tackle

Looked like a blast, excited to try and get my own project underway and get out on the trails one day! That samurai is rad and I cannot wait to see a walk around! The Amigo is also very rad and I believe you once said it was one of the first you got to take on UA? I love the small form factor builds a lot they are neat and pack a punch!

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Yep. I took it on UA in 11 and 17

Love your videos Dave! You and Fred should do a video together again though.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I know! Where ya at Fred??

Wow Dave, I had forgotten about the Amigos.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

How dare you!

@br549200

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed short memory

I had a 92 amigo I built years ago on toy axles and 36 iroks , that thing seemed Togo just about anywhere

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That’s a build I’d like to do still

Cool

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting

Bleepin Colt is like 6'5" or something and rocks a Sammie buggy.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Yep!

Yep.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Yeah! Thanks

Thanks Dave

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Last time i ran sidewinder i ended up on my side with you when you had the hilux still

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Oh yeah…. That was like 2013 I think

@mobely21

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed it was some time ago. Still have the messed up door on the truck.

Man, they skipped it. The hard spot with a challenge and the only that tries is the samari. I wanted to see the other two rigs climb is

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Yeah. It was super slick.. I’d be surprised if anyone was driving it that day

Okay broski

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Have a good weekend!

Thanks for taking the time to video your Black Friday trip. The older I get, the harder it is to get time to just do stuff like that

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching hopefully it helps motivate you to get out and wheel

Could you, pretty please, with sugar on top, do a video on that cantilever airbag 4 link. It seems like that is a great idea for budget guys because it doesn't require spring rate guessing for coils or coil overs

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I agree. Am doing a walk around video on it soon. But I didn’t really get good footage of the bag mounts

@deltawhiskey1707

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed could you do an up close and personal on the mazgrande set up??

Wish you would go to Arizona and check out Sycamore creek off of Bush hwy and 87hwy

@thedirtheadshed

5 ай бұрын

Lots of good wheeling out there

@xwhogafx815

5 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed yes sir. Table mesa

Coool

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

Good days

The samurai and jimny are really popular here, just sad they never put a motor in it.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I like the little 1.3 petrol engine . They are just about perfect for them if you don’t add too much weight

@mazevx2451

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed that's not wrong but it always annoyed me, maybe different for a trail rig that gets trailered or so

Ian, its obvious this will not have rear steering. Please consider that next time. Grind Hard is making history

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I think you have me confused with someone else

@ephjay6t87

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed yep, I'm blaming KZread. Love seeing the kei class 4x4s.

Love your theme song!! Who is it by? Would love to hear the entire jam

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It is Howl, by The Darkness

Looks like a cool trail. I looked for it on On X Offroad but couldn't find it. Could you help me out on its where abouts? Tx

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It’s in the Corral Canyon OHV area. Other trails in the area would be Bronco Peak and Gunslinger

On the amigo build what did you do for a steering box? Im gathering stuff to solid axle swap a rodeo.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

It has an international scout 2 box.. with a reversed gear

@jasperstevenson8672

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed good to know. I wouldn’t have thought to use a scout box I was thinking more along the lines of gm boxes

Don't be giving up anymore info on the sami/tracker life man. lol Hard enough to find parts and cars that are affordable as it is.

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

That’s true too

Are you from San Diego originally? Did you ever spend time in North county or fallbrook?

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I lived in east county for 26 years. I worked in Escondido for years

@omgitsoop

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed nice, I lived in Escondido from 2004-2012, you've always looked familiar to me, I'm sure we've probably crossed paths at some point 👍

How did you get 6 lug on a 60?

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

I had the hubs re-drilled and ran Toyota 4Runner rotors

Is the Isuzu powered by a 3.2 Honda J series?

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

No.. it’s all Isuzu, the Honda passport was a rebadged Isuzu. Not the other way around. (As far as I know)

Was the Sammy running on propane?

@thedirtheadshed

8 ай бұрын

No, but it is a factory fuel injected one

@aaronmcconnell7358

8 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed it's pretty quiet,love those sammies and the amigo is rad.