Nautical Blue Build Thread (Big Blue) - 60K mile review - lessons, regrets, etc.

I think it is fair to say that Big Blue is not a mall crawler anymore. We got her graduated from Moab after this trip and in another league now.

Ok, my take on Hells Gate is just take your time, throtle is your enemy on this obstable. Get in tune with the vehicle and feel the tires at all time. Listen to your spoter, don't rush anything, if you get in trouble, backup and reset. Your rig will get thru this and just take your time.


At the bottom - everybody ready.

Rear Locker on, ATRAC on. Going slow no issues.....

Right at the middle almost, I was cool and just keeping the hood level.

Going ok....

And then at the flexy section --- I got in trouble.


No problem though, I couldn't see crap at the top but knew my passenger was up. My poor wife freaked out and stop the pictures so focused on the spotting, which was the right thing to do. I have a video from the GoPro inside the 4R that I might upload later.

We corrected and went back and no issues - I wish...I really wish I had the damn swaybar disconnected , this would have been so much easier. Oh well, live and learn.

Blue got thru it, no issues.

At the of the trail, I was tired and exhausted from the long day, the heat. Blue took it in all directions on the first day . Here it is at the end of the day. The tires were beat and abused but held really well. Kudos to the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss, I can say these are better than the K02's and the Wildpeak.