We've run Rubicon over 20 times since 1990 with a 78 CJ,304 T18,411 GEARS,31 WRANGLER RT TIRES,one piece axles,and only a Trak loc in rear.Having a spotter that knows what he's doing is why WE have made this run so many times (Barret,Sierra Trek,Rubicon)so much fun.Watching people with 50000 Jeeps with their lockers and no driving skills is entertaining. Get a competent spotter and it will take the stress and damage out of the equation. We take 3 days on our Rubicon trips because fishing and camping makes it so much better,good luck

Watching the full sized rigs is pretty cool. Especially the four door Chevy and GMC. I have a well built Cherokee if there is a chance of my son and I tagging along.

Dude don't stop doing what you're doing another awesome inspirational off-road video😎😎📹🎥🍕🍻

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

thanks man. If I can do it, well then pretty much everyone can!

Have to keep watching these as inspiration to finish my build! I'm almost there.

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Stop watching and go wrench on your junk!! Ha ha.

Quite impressive those full size crew cabs traversed that trail. Awesome video.👍🏻

Oh, im in love with that cateye silverado..

Wow James! Another great video - very well done. I had a blast and thank all the guys for making my first time on the Con, such a gnarly trail, SO enjoyable! Thanks for putting these together as it serves as a reminder and something I can share with family and friends who were not there!

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Of course man. It was great to see you challenging the blazer. Pretty legit accomplishment to clean the trail on 35” with no significant damage! Great job!

Whoa, you all Completed the Rubicon with minor damage with Full sized! Impressive! I enjoyed the video. Yes, good point the off road community carries good camaraderie. I live on the east coast and I’m building a trail rig. I’m taking a work sabbatical next summer and hitting west coast parks and trails. It’s my lifelong dream. If I find a group hitting the Rubicon. I just may join in.

Ah man count me in on the next one ehh guys. Johnny from laguna hills here. My dana 55 almost here from 08 F350 going on my 01 Silverado 1500 ext cab....

Bad ass video! Great 👍 documentation! Very nice well built Chevrolet’s and other trucks, thanks for your time documenting this!

Thanks for the video, I've done the Rubicon a few times with my jeep but never in my blazer, might need to give it a try,

Awesome vid!!! I like seeing the big rigs crawling around.more of this type content.

Always a blast watching any full size get out and get it done.

Binge watching your channel for months because I have a k5, you inspired me to get a squarebody burb, which I just got. Super excited to start building it

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

That is cool nice to see the big trucks going at it. Its the norm to see that but its doable. The point is just get out there and do it!!!

THIS IS WHEELING!!!! This is what it is all about. This video captures wheeling perfectly. I love the full size rigs. Reminds me of the olden days of four wheeling.

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Really tried to strip away all the gadgets and gear and focus on why we spend $$ on gas, tires, trucks etc. the bottom line is ADVENTURE! And the average 4x4 is a very good vehicle for creating adventure! Stop wishing start doing!

@Colorado4x4

4 жыл бұрын

Amen brother! I get tired of all the gear reviews and roof top tent and over landing BS. You guys nailed it with this. Yea, why do we spend all this money on tires and parts, why do we spend all the time fixing and wrenching on our rigs? Is it to look cool on Instagram or KZread or is it for the sake of four wheeling! This is it man. Love it.

Awesome I love all the different rigs! We are headed to do some trails this weekend in Colorado. We shall see how bad it is with the snow!

Great video! Those are some awesome rigs. I really love all the positivity! 🤙🏽

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great video with a mixture of rigs on the CON. The Fullsize Invasion has me wishing I never sold my K5. Keep producing these vids. Excited to one day build a full-size 4-door rig for the wife and growing kids.

@MerricksGarage

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Love the positive vibe!😎

Ahhhhh a group of boys after my own heart. 👍👍👊👊👏👏👏👏✌✌

Awesome! I loved seeing the 4 door trucks. We have a 2004 GMC 2500hd 4x4 that is a 4 door.

What a great video. Very unique to many other 4 wheeling channels out there. Very refreshing. Thanks for sharing

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

@Merricks Garage the way you inserted the Jeep at 6:50 looked awesome, never seen that kind of edit! This is the first video of yours I watched, and I'm really impressed 👏... great quality and funny too! Looks like a ton of fun and a great group of people. Looking forward to your channel. These rigs are very impressive too, haven't seen so many straigjt axle swapped vehicles in one place, let alone crew cab chevys....lol.

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Lol! Thanks for the kind words. Glad you are here!

Love the videos. Keep it up.

Crawling isn't a cheap sport... it's about the same as the 2A community... always repairing, fixing or buying something else. This is just badass

Beautiful trail! The Rubicon has been on my bucket list ever since I got started with 4 wheel drives and I bought my first 4 Wheel & Off Road magazine in 1984... I'm 50 now. Too bad I'm on the east coast.

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

road trip! There was a group from Kentucky running the trail right in front of us

That Sierra looks so dang good. I have one but it’s gas. I want to put the diesel style mirrors on it and the same headlights that are on the Sierra in this vid. Maybe I’d eventually Lbz swap it but I’m broke at the moment lol

I love your off road videos. I’m trying to make some on my k5 as well

Totally bad ass. I know mine is only 1/2 ton axles, but I’ll still be able to get to places I’ve wanted to go. Then if the 1/2 ton axles fail to many times I’ll do 60’s. Awesome video 👍🏻

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! No need to build it until you know what is gonna break. If you plan on going much larger than 35’s you will start having some issues but careful driving you can manage. In short, don’t bounce the truck up obstacles!!

That Grey K5 with the purple is one of my favorite K5s. I have seen some other videos of it in Calico and another place. Great video!

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Go check out Amber on Instagram. @amber_purplek5

@ravenrivera1950

3 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage will do! Been wanting to see more of that K5 loving the purple.

K5 my favorite truck 💪💪💪, nice drive the Ram guy!!!

This video was epic. California should pay you for tourism. I loved watching this! I kept saying to myself ‘my carburetor wouldn’t like that angle’ lol. I’m looking forward to getting back out on the trails, but fire cleanup still has them closed. Thanks for the motivation, and taking us along on the trip. When I was watching the crew cab I was saying ‘that’s the longest rock slider I’ve ever seen!’

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. I wish. I do love Cali though. Everyone seems to think that Cali is just LA and the Bay Area. It is so much more. Mt Whitney, Yosemite, the lost coast, Mojave desert, the sierras, Lake Tahoe. There is so much awesomeness. Yea our laws can suck but you can surf and snowboard world class waves and mountains in the same day!! That’s insane!

Awesome video mate! Sick to see the difference in wheeling over in the states. 👍 from aus

@Captain-Awesome

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but not as extreme as your 4WD 24-7 guys :). I can’t imagine heading out on the trails like they do up to 15 days at a time.

a Comanche is NOT a full size truck. its a Cherokee with a Mullet...

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, forgot to check with the internet first 😂

@God-yi9bd

4 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage 🤣

@whburton1

4 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage We forgive you, just don't let it happen again!

@Apoc_Bone_Daddy

4 жыл бұрын

I love that truck man, back in my teens my uncle had the Stepside bed in his Honcho God damn sexiest pickup I ever saw

@GustreK5

Жыл бұрын

You right Comanche it's an ligth truck not a Full size but did awesome...

Love full size rig❤️

“You go off-road to get away from the noise...” rattle rattle glug glug go those sweet diesel, SAS Chevy’s👌

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Well during the day it’s not so quiet. When you stop and listen and all you can hear is the wind in the pines..... well that is heaven to me.

@tennesseecurtiss5741

4 жыл бұрын

Merricks Garage there is a time for enjoying the melody of good sounding engines, and a time for peace and quiet

@brianb.9154

4 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage ​ I've got a 12v stuffed in '93 SAS Chevy. I happen to be quite partial to the glug glug of an old diesel engine! Taking a ridiculous man made contraption out in the middle of God's great creation to hear the wind through the pines....well that's just what old trucks are for!

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianb.9154 exactly!

15:30 amazing views 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Awesome!

nice video and great thinking about that nice we're living in....God bless my friend

As a former owner of a K5 and current owner of Crew Cab Silverado, it was awesome to see you guys do the trail in those bad ass Bow Ties! Keep Wheelin! 🤙🏻💪

that green silverado is sick dude love the bumpers on it 👌

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Yea he has done a ton of great work in this beast. I did a walk around video of it. You should check it out!

The vegetables turned back to vegetables 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Really cool !!

Who'd give this great vid a thumbs down? Seriously that is exactly why i wheel....💯💯👍

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Serious. I mean I don’t care and I don’t take it personally but 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

@civ456

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta be Jeep guys

You dudes rock in the rocks! Nuts but you rock. Only thing that would raise my opinion of y’all would be if you told me at least of couple of those guys were in their daily driver

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

That’s my daily driver. Drove it there and back.

Nice video bro 👍🏽✌🏽

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 💯

GREAT WORK DUDE! ID LOVE TO TAKE MY BURB THERE

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

That would be a big truck to get through. I’m just about to begin my suburban build! Great platform

Like how you got the others perspective 👍🏻👍🏻

I'm taking my Hummer H1 there next week for the first time👌

@MerricksGarage

Жыл бұрын

H1? There are gonna be some really tight rock squeezes

@Tippsh2

Жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage ill send you a damage report when I get back, lol

There was a 2nd gen dodge tipped over on a jeep trial near me couple weeks ago

@michaelrasmussen426

3 жыл бұрын

That will be me on the rubicon next summer

Fun😁

Ok. I too have a ‘94 2nd gen reg cab long bed. 🤔

@13:40 is - should call it it run around lol

James if your not busy sometime during the last 2 weeks of August? I want to invite you to run Fordyce!

I’d like to complete this one day. I have a 02 Avalanche, leveled on 35’s. But want to go 6 inch lift on 37’s. I may not have great articulation with 37’s thou. 😬

@xMods-ld8nx

2 жыл бұрын

solid axle swap it, so u can push the wheel base foward to properly clear the 37s

Greetings from spain. Just got a k5 looking forward to taste some dirt

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

What’s the wheeling like out in Spain?

I wondered about crawling with full-size rigs? I mean I’ve seen it done. I watch busted knuckle films & bleepn Jeep,mischief maker tv religiously! But it’s all jeeps,tube frame buggies some Toyota’s which are all bad ass but no full size. I’m thinking of buying a ram charger for hella cheap, just not sure how good of a crawler/off-roader it would make? Off road would be good just crawling. Anyway great vid liked & subbed!!

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome platform. If you wanna bring stuff and camp and enjoy yourself the fullsize is the way to go!!!

@mikebuckley1277

4 жыл бұрын

Do it ramcharger for the win

Awesome. I've been wanting to see full size Chevy's on the rubicon. Where's the suburban? Haha.

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. This is blazer territory

Enjoying God’s Creation Indeed Sir!!

Man Just saw that the guys from filthy addiction off-road is in this video.

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Heck yea, rad guys. They had some bad luck later on in this trip (the Jeep ate a rod I think) but they wheel hard!

The GMC crew cab.... what is it running for lift/ tires?

Im from Placerville and id take my 72 Ford one ton on 38 & 44in Monster Mudders thru and my 73 GMC Step Side with one ton running gear thru there !! Its a Drivers Trail and if ur Not a Wheel man ,, U WILL PAY THE PRICE !!

Dam right I would take my full size SAS duramax dually on them trails but with open differentials I don't think so👎🏿😡

With diesel prices now …. He’s now a farmer 👨🏼‍🌾🤦🏻‍♂️

Thanks for posting this video. I ran the Rubicon last October in my Jeep but I’m considering taking my F250 through. Not sure if I can pull off 37’s or if I should go bigger. Thoughts?

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

37 all day. That’s what the 2500 is on

What PSI are your tires at? I usually run 9-15 depending on the trail.

What's the lift and tire size on those full size rigs? I live out in Vegas and would like to eventually try this trail out.

Looked like fun! What kind of tire pressures did most run?

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Between 8-10

I have seen the most hideous destructions of new Jeeps driven by pure tools on the Rubicon. If you want a good laugh ride a bike through and watch the destruction derby at your leisure! It is one to behold on a busy day.

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Truth. I happened to run the trail this year during a land cruiser event. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Ha ha.

Great video! Would love to get a link to the green Silverados build thread or any other info on the bumpers/armor

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

There is a video on my channel about the build.

@FiedtheNeedIT1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage Thanks didn't realize that!

I love seeing those full sized Chevy trucks. Is it possible to get a long bed crew cab square body through the Rubicon without getting body damage? I’d love to do that but I also don’t want to destroy my truck. 😀

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Did you watch the whole video?

@davesinnett2977

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but did any of those big trucks suffer body damage?

Not sure my K5 would make it but I have to do this run!

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

@Agent J going as a passenger is a good way to see and experience the trail

@carlsandvik2893

4 жыл бұрын

@Agent J Yeah, my friend Pat rode with me as he didn't want to take his Jeep... :O He took a bunch of good video of us being fools though! I was glad to have a passenger!

Awesome full size Chevy Trucks! Anyone notice - all removed IFS for solid axles! Sweet upgrade. What shops do you recommend to do this? How much did it cost??

I have a 2001 4x4 hd 6.0 crew cab long bed and i want to build like your it would be nice if you can help me on what I need I'm going for a Dana 60

💪🏾💯❤️👏🏾👏🏾

I'm in Cali and my truck will be done within the next 6 months. How do I hook up with you guys?

Love to know what front bumper that is on the Sierra if customer I want one build for mine

What tire pressure did you run on that full size truck?

Bowtie Brigade 💪🐓🏆

Im doing this in augest in a jeep xj with a limited slip rear an an open front i want to try the soup bowl but i dont think ill be able to complete it

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

You are gonna have your work cut out for you with a rear LSD and no front locker

@michaelyoung1477

3 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage ya im working on a locker hope i can get it before the trip

Based on your experience here, would a flat-bed help the full-sized trucks with departure? Thinking about doing something like this myself

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

It would but building a heavy duty skid is prob easier and maintains the use of the bed!

@jeffk6842

2 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage It’s nice to have “the box” for sure. Love your diesel Burb project by the way.

Can a independent suRubicon? SUV go across the rubicon?

Do you think the big gm trucks would have made it without the solid axle swaps?

@MerricksGarage

4 ай бұрын

Depends how they were driven but most likely yes.

Im a driveshaft away from completing my 91 xj and collecting parts to sas and 1 ton my 2001 silverado i have the D60 for rear what's a good axle for the front i only want to run 37s.

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

You can get away with a Dana 44 if you build it, but just go Dana 60 imo

@JS-nk4re

4 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage What make and year D60 should i look for ?

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on transfer case but for simplicity go with a ford super duty

About how much lift would you say you have on your blazer?

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

I would say between 6-7”

At the end... on the table, are those tool boxes or lunch boxes?

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

They are tool boxes but I use them for camping stuff.

@xmo552

4 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage They're a nice idea.

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

The Milwaukee packout stuff has changed how I pack. So many options that all lock together. I love them!

What gearing do these full size rigs use?

@MerricksGarage

Жыл бұрын

Well there is a lot of torque in these engines so prob not as high as you think. I run 4.56 and so do most of the rest.

I wanna take my 97 4runner on this so bad

11:27 Would love to know dimensions or brand of sliders the GMC has.

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

they are custom built. And very very long!

Now go straight to Fordyce 😃

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

For real. Fordyce scares me though. Ha ha

@manuellongfield

4 жыл бұрын

You can do fordyce, just need lots of patience

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, not my strong point when it comes to wheeling lol

I want to do this so badly

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

What’s stopping you

@jerredwayne8401

4 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage money

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

It’s free to do. Just gas $. Go do it!

The anticipation is killing me!

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

And you know how this one ends!!!

@carlsandvik2893

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! Just got back from an errand in time to watch it... :)

What size tires are the full size trucks running

@MerricksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

between 37 and 40

No commentary from the dude in the gold Duramax?

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t get everyone.

My bronco does shit like that easily '89 FSB As for Full-full sized trucks, I also had an OBS F-TreeFiddy longbed onna trails and SURPRISINGLY, didn't get stuck

Awesome, where do you loaf at on the trail 💩?

@MerricksGarage

4 жыл бұрын

They have bathrooms along the trail now.

@MarkWucher

4 жыл бұрын

That’s good they have bathrooms. In remote areas I’ll dig a hole. But more popular places I’ll pack out all my waste. Bathrooms are way better than bags of poop in the trasharoo.

@zeroman614

4 жыл бұрын

We’re ALL fucked climb a tree and bombs-away

@getchasome6230

4 жыл бұрын

They probably loaf around at the beginning of the trail and at the end.

“Trucks”

Does the owner of the gmc have a youtube?

will 37/12.5/16.5 tires work on the trail

@MerricksGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Not a chance. 😝😉

@davidmorgan3162

3 жыл бұрын

@@MerricksGarage Haha!! thank you sir!! It has a ways to go still!