I also have a 22 Badlands for all the same reasons but namely so I can take my family on the types of adventures I've wanted to share with them but couldn't until now. Regardless of manufacturer, we're all here for the same basic thing. Cheers to the adventure.

Welcome to the Bronco community. Can't wait to see what you do next. Please keep us posted on build updates!

Welcome to the Bronco community! I feel ya. Had a Tacoma for 9 years, now we have two Broncos. Mine is a Badlands as well, for all the same reasons you listed!

Brother got rid of his Toyota a long time ago. We have all Fords love all of them especially the Bronco.

I have a 22 Tacoma which suits me well for fly fishing and camping and I absolutely love it, but still can’t wait to see what you do with this bronco and the adventures you take it on with your family. For your situation the switch makes total sense.

Congratulations on your new Ford Bronco. Don't listen to the haters, for they will always hate.

Debating between both a Tacoma or a Bronco for my next car, and this was an extremely timely comparison that I wasn't sure there'd be a video for. Thanks for all the points and the detailed touch of changing sceneries! Watched a few other camping videos of yours and loved them, too. Subscribed!

First time watcher. Definitely subscribing. Really enjoyed the video. It was well put together. You walked through your decision very well. I love my Tacoma and don’t plan on getting rid of it anytime soon. But the Broncos are awesome.

Congrats on the new rig man. Being a family man myself can definitely understand why you made the change. Been trying to make the Tacoma work for the whole family and it’s super tough.

I really enjoy your channel. It is honest, inspiring, and informative. Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Great video, thanks for sharing your Bronco with us.

Nice man excited to see more of the bronco. Ignore the goofballs that think it’s Toyota or bust. It’s a sick rig and a badass channel! Keep it up with the content I love watching it! Cheers 🍻

Nice man, I got my Badlands Sasquatch at the end of last year and I've been loving it, especially with the small touches Ive been making. Got new wheels, rigid ditch lights (w/ ford points), Pura vida Offroad Traction board brackets (these are so perfectly tucked away), IAG rear cup holder (a must have for 4 door broncos), grab handles, air compressor, and a course motorsports phone mount. I'm also gonna add a sleeping platform soon enough and I'm interested to see which amber fog lights you get cause I want to add those too. Glad I found your channel and Im looking forward to seeing where your bronco takes you! Subscribed.

So thanks to you man, you had alot of influence on my tacoma build. Even though you switched to a bronco I still enjoy your channel and will continue to…oh and its cool to see your old rig with your bro now. Hope to see your old tacoma in future vids!! 😎👍

Great video and great channel. I am waiting on my build which is an identical to yours Brondo Badlands Sas with same color as well! and I couldn't agree with you more on not changing anything up unless I need or have too. Keep it up please!

Congrats! Love my Bronco!

Welcome to the bronco family I hope you enjoy. My wife and I love the bronco so much we each have one as our daily driver and both already have a few mods on them👍🏽👍🏽

Great video as always! Greetings from the Bronco owner in Seattle 🤩

Congratulations, beautiful SUV. I have a modified Taco in Georgia and has been great for me, TRD sport. Will consider Bronco when it’s time along with 4-Runner.

Nice! Love the Broncos, but too new for my budget. Glad you guys are happier with it!

Congratulations again. And making decisions based on your needs. People gonna hate. 😂 love the bronco can’t wait to see more videos of you guys going out and using it.

Glad you are out having fun in your bronco

The Badlands Sasquatch is one of the coolest stock vehicles ever, I'm gonna upgrade the suspension not for a lift and bigger tires but just to fix the biggest weakness of the vehicle which is the payload. Old Man Emu makes a suspension upgrade that increases the payload. I also want to to get the ARB Summit bumper and a winch, a roofrack and maybe a snorkel. It's awesome that the vehicle comes from the factory so capable though.

Well, plenty of Toyota and Ford people in the comments, but haven’t seen the Jeep people yet, so guess I’ll be it. Those Broncos are pretty sweet, and getting one for family I completely understand. That’s actually the reason I trade my 4door Wrangler for a Gladiator, to fit the kids, dogs, and things that always need to come along. Also a bit easier to stuff 37s underneath a Jeep. Happy wheeling!

Great video, new sub!

The bronco sounds like a great rig...if it can compete with the Tacoma's reliability and longevity record I'm all in...let's circle back in 20 years 🤠

Hope you’re ready for all the challenges you’re going to get from us Tacoma owners on that remark!! Your baby Bronco being better off-road!! A fact, please!!!!😂😂 Looks good buddy, looking forward to the adventures!!!

In 2021 I went from the Tacoma world to the Jeep world and ordered and then bought a 2021 JL Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon for off roading, overlanding and camping. I actually just discovered your channel a few days ago and am enjoying it. I saw your videos on the Mammoth trailer, which I am thinking about buying next. On the first video I watched I asked about your dog that had cancer and I’m glad to hear that she is better!

Great video, i just passed a year with my 2021 wildtrak last nov. My intent with it is camping. Definitely a challenge with space. I have a BA Tents rack mainly to carry my yakima cargo box. I also added a tailgate support and an RCI spare tire rack which fits 2- 8 gal action packers perfectly along with side mounted rotopax. Congrats on your new rig brother!

The skid plates are pretty good; I've banged mine quite hard and so far there haven't been any issues. SAme for the rock sliders. Unless you are doing something like Pritchett canyon or Rubicon, the stock sliders and plates are amazing

Excited to see how the build goes! When we going camping again?!

Dude, love this. Exactly the way I want to do mine. Keep it stock-ish. Upgrade when factory parts wear out. I want to keep my exhaust quieter though. Modify to be user friendly.

Welcome to the bronco community, I’ve got a 1970 bronco that I’ve had for 30 years now, I live in Washington state also an hour and half north of Seattle, I’ve been doing little projects on it when money allows it, can’t wait to see more of what you’re doing to your bronco

Coming from a Tacoma owner, this is a good rig. Tacoma is good for its own application, plus upgrades are stupid expensive.

I just did the exact opposite. I sold my Bronco after 8000 miles and went to the Tacoma. And couldn’t be happier.

Congratulations! I thought about switching to a bronco but not sold on the reliability. Keeping the FJ until it’s time to upgrade to a 200!

I recently picked one up. We also live in Washington, North of Seattle. New subscriber to the channel.

Love my Taco, but just too small, picking up my F150 Tremor soon! Look forward to adventures

I may be a T4R guy, but I love the new Bronco line. Had an original that I found in a barn somewhere east of maple valley back in the 80’s. Good luck with your adventures. 👍🤪🇨🇦

You almost have the same Bronco as the one I ordered. Can't wait to see what you do.

I have the modular bumper and just installed the rough country lights which work really well.

Down here in Texas, having no back facing ac vents except the floor sucks for kids in the back. You have to keep everything on high and freeze in the front seats to keep the back semi cool. That is why i got rid of it after 6 months of my kids complaining.

Kudos on pick - the haters are misinformed and/or biased. Terrific product - I got a '22 Badsquatch too, because of another customer's default on purchasing their order. It's a soft top and low package so I'm awaiting my Luxe hard too version.

Look at the Diode Dynamics fog kit!

Silent exhaust can translate to seeing more wildlife, so no exhaust for me. I’ve heard rear shock skids are a good idea. Congratulations on finding a Bronco.

I'm still going strong in my 2nd gen Tacoma, it's hard to give it up but I will need to get more modern at some point. Jealous of my friends with their lockers and sway bar disconnects. Ford did everything right with this new Bronco, but given past experience I just can't get past the Ecoboost engines and the 10 speed transmission. They have been very troublesome for me in my experience. Unless they get that figured out in the next few years I'll probably go with a Rubicon. Keep up the great content!

I got some extra bright Diode Dynamics Amber SAE fogs. I still plan to add them on my 2005 Subaru Outback XT manual that I built to overland. Baja Designs has an excellent video comparing white and amber lenses and color temperatures and eye strain and headaches.

Love your videos. Great philosophy to modifications, don’t do them until you’ve lived with it for a while and established the actual need for it. BTW, the more you talk about the reasons for your Bronco (in all your videos), the more I love the Rivian R1S I took delivery on this past October (Tons of factory off-road capabilities, including 34” all-terrain tires, 15” of clearance, can forge 3’ of water with 0 chance of hydro-locking & no diff breathers needed. Auto-leveling using the air suspension, climate controlled cabin for the dogs and for yourself car camping overnight, not to mention the sound system right before dozing off or the camp speaker for a little fireside bourbon. Lots of storage in the fronk and where the gas tank normally goes, list goes on and on)

Great video. Subbed 🤘🏻 I have a Badlands Sasquatch thats shipped. Should be any day now.... Why did you pick the Corsa exhaust compared to others like Magnaflow? Non Bronco question - What Camera do you use to film? Thanks!

Diggin the new Bronco. I have a 2022 Tacoma, but still excited to see what you do with this build. Weird question, but where did you get that jacket?

Why so sad brother 😊 Glad to hear you are on this exciting journey. I am about to start too.. cheers

Where in WA is the off-roading footage?

Overlanding is not just off road. I did keep dog in back with truck cap plus fan blowing for the dod thru the rear window. I'm not sure how do make comfortable to do ovelrnding with family and dogs. I went form Jeep to full size truck, because no space to keep things. The rims from factory is more likely has a higher mass rating, so as you are loading your truck, your wheel might be under load rating.

Am from India big fan of you. I like the way you place your cameras and awesome shots you take from them.

Subb’d. Just picked up a 23’ Badlands Sasquatch as well! Pretty much mirroring your build ideas. Keeping it stock until stuff wears out. Badlands has good factory skid plates but I recommend adding a transmission & crossmember skids. The crossmembers get hung all the time. I’m adding either the LOD Offroad Trans skid (covers trans + crossmembers) or the RCI Trans skid + crossmember skids. Both of those brands will fit with the factory skids. Rear shock skids are also wise. Probably going with Next Venture shock skids so I don’t have to remove/retorque the rear shock bolts to 350lb/ft. If you notice your suspension sagging some after the roof rack/RTT install check out Eibach’s new coil spring replacement lift kit. Gives 1.5ish lift on a stock Sasquatch 4 door but uses the factory Bilstein shocks. Would be an easy and inexpensive way to re-gain lift height after adding that weight.

Like your content. What folding table did you install in your Bronco?

Sweet rig, man. If I weren't such a Mustang fanatic, I would be looking at a Black Diamond.

We have ours on order. Hopefully get it in 2023 sometime.

As a taco owner that went into the Jeep world, I can relate to why you sold it.

Those wheels are perfect!

Welcome to the Ford family!

I just picked up a Bronco. Great rigs. I don't find the lights bad at all. But then again my old trail rig was a 1960 Land Rover.

LiteBright runs a Bronco Raptor and runs armor from a couple of different companies. I think they are American Adventure Labs and Next Venture Motorsports. Not sure which one is which. They also had a regular Bronco

Dude, your dad's Bronco looked badass! Excited to see where this build takes you. Oh ..... and to all the hater in the comments who are salty because someone chose a different vehicle than what YOU would have chosen.... grow the f*** up.

Outside of the Braptor, your Badlands with Sas/Lux is the highest level and most capable 4x4 SUV available. and that includes other car makers Jeep (Fiat), Toyota, and Land Rover (Tata Motors out of India). Nothing can compare feature for feature < $120k.

What made you go Bronco instead of 4Runner? I went Tacoma, 4Runner, then Bronco. Loved both the Toyotas, but the Bronco tops them. Curious if the Bronco is pushing Toyota to make the much needed update to the 4Runner.

Funny that I come across your video after I bought the 35s off my buddies bronco for my 4Runner. Between regearing, adding a Tundra steering rack, 3 inch lift, spc upper control arms, and everything I needed to do to go to 35s. it would’ve been nice to have 35s right out of the factory lol

The reason that Ford did well on quality a decade ago was because they had Boeing’s chief executive running their company. He once said that we have to make sure that 100k parts work together well in a plane so why can’t we make 10k parts in a car do the same? Consumer Reports had a piece about him many years back. They had criticized Ford so Mullally actually came out to their site to learn about what they saw wrong with Ford. He brought his engineers and bean counters with him and interrupted them when they decided to argue with CR engineers to tell them to listen and learn. Ford went downhill after that with ecocrap engines with plastic intakes. Ford had good non-turbo engines and they surely could have increasing fuel efficiency if Toyota could do it without turbo engines until now. Toyota executives actually came out to learn from American after the War and ended up applying Kaizen, a theory developed by an American, back to their manufacturing processes while American companies sat on their asses. There was even a joke many decades later where the Japanese turned out and told the Americans that we actually applied what we learned from you back in the fifties.

Toyota has been losing customers in the dedicated off road segment to The Bronco and Wrangler. Even with all the new announcements I still don’t see anything from them that competes straight from the factory. I have a unique 2012 FJ Cruiser that was very accessorized at the dealership with the Xplore package. That was probably the best attempt Toyota ever made since the old days of developing something for what we do. Just found your channel. Great job 👏

Looks like Tahuya! My backyard! SICK!

What exhaust system did you upgrade to? That growl is insane

what are your thoughts on rock slide engineering step sliders?

Whenever I run across someone doing videos in WA I get nervous they are going to give away my spots!

I remember first seeing the Bronco and wanting one. Then seeing the Badlands and wanted one. Then I saw the rat's nest engine under the hood and wanted it less. Then I saw the people reporting engine failures and I think Toyota is the way to go.

I'm considering the Taco-to-Bronco switch. It's a tough decision. The reliability of the Tacoma keeps it appealing.

Nice video bro. From Indonesia 🇮🇩

Hi Man New subscriber from Australia, just discovered your channel, looking forward to following you and discovering your beautiful part of the world. If I may make a observation, I would recommend getting a cargo barrier if you intend to be carrying your dogs in the very back, god forbid you had a accident and they came flying thru the cabin with your Child in the car, that’s 2 very heavy and large projectile’s, just my opinion Keep exploring and stay safe out there Den

I have Also toyota trd tacoma i sold it 2 years ago and buy Toyota Trd 4runner 😅

Which Corsa Exhaust did you go with?

Watching your video right now. I have a Badlands w/out sas. I'll comment on your video as I go through it. I don't have Sas Pkg. I have both lockers. (only difference between Sas and non-Sas Badlands is the 1" lift & 35" tires. I have the same shocks and stabilizer bar disconnect). Waiting on my TRMR rack now. Once in, I'll be picking up an iKamper 3.0 mini RTT. I also have the tailgate table and absolutely love it... however, if I hadn't bought it in advance of my Bronco delivery, I would've picked up one with a slide out cutting board. I too have the HD Modular bumper. JUST purchased a 3 light set for the bumper from Baja Designs...it's delayed until March but the Quad light is their new SAE then it comes w/two dual lights, and - I'm with you on the amber, for the exact same reasons. 'thumbs up'. Another great feature of the Badlands are the pre-wired Aux. switches. I added Rigid ditch lights from Ford Performance and wired them to #6. Congratulations on 'lucking into' the purchase! I love mine :)

What kind of exhaust is that I have a 22 bronco and it does not sound that good

There will be I told you so when you breakdown. ❤

The Broncos are AMAZING. I absolutely might’ve gone with one over the ‘23 4R TRD-P, but wasn’t confident Ford has satisfied that engine’s hunger for valves (resulting in catastrophic engine failure). Maybe in a few years if the 4R somehow isn’t what I believe it to be. Where are you at, BTW? In the PNW as well, and looking for some stuff that isn’t outright rock crawling (live right next to Walker Valley).

Did you consider a wrangler before making this purchase ? If so what led you to pick the bronco?

Thanks I will get a new Bronco Soon 🤞🏻

The Goodyear duratrac is not a mud terrain tire. It’s an AT tire and has the 3 peak snow flake rating. No mud terrain tire has this rating. The tire has the MT marking on the side, but it stands for “maximum traction” and not mud terrain.

You mean you purchased a vehicle with YOUR money that suits YOUR needs better!!?!? Ugh! How dare you! Sick Bronco bro, those wheels are awesome! 😎🔥

Where can I get that hat?? Also, great video, highly considering trading in my Tacoma for one!

Let’s get you on our Monday show Bronco Talk Live

yeah but which one will break down first....that's the question.

Your super lucky you can't get the sasquatch package any te at least for a while and there aren't any front locker options still I got a base and they wouldn't do a sasquatch with the manual when I ordered even in 22 when I had to redo it and now it's too late but I'll figure something out if I have to throw a super duty straight axle on it like we did to the old ones

I bought the Big Bend edition because the higher packages had that gawd-awful tan or navy interior trim. I'm old-school and like my black/graphite interior.

What was the exhaust you put on this?

I own a 2019 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off Road that is the best vehicle I have ever owned and I'll probably never sell it. Recently though I purchased a mildly modded new 2022 Eruption Green Bronco Wildtrak from my boss, for a price nobody believes, so I won't say it lol. He paid cash, did a few mods then decided he has no time for it. It is already lifted on 37 inch GY Wranglers, has killer aluminum off road bumpers/protection bars with an ARB winch and integrated lights. The only mod I have to do is add rock sliders that double as a step, because I am very short lol. I purchased this because the price offered to me by my boss was unbelievable! He knew I was ready to move on from my 4Runner as my main adventure rig and am interested in the Bronco Raptor. His logic was "take this for a steal, get to know the Bronco brand, then trade up to the Raptor, or just sell it and profit". People stop to check it out CONSTANTLY lol and not to see a Bronco, per se. It is the stunning Eruption Green, combined with how great it looks on 37s with these beautiful offroad bumpers! Edit: Every Sasquatch Bronco includes front and rear diff lockers. Not just the Badlands. My Wiltrak has front and rear lockers and just lacks stability disconnect and a named "rock crawl" mode in the GOAT selector, but I don't seem to need either lol. It crawls everything, like a tank! I can now tackle our super technical trails that usually only modded Wrangler owners can use! 37s and it being a 2 door make it unstoppable

Satyr fan, inmediate sub!

Just traded a 2017 taco for a 23 Badlands Sas Lux Hard top 4 dr. Good trade, but I’ll miss the simplicity and bed. Until the next taco comes out…

The Everglades package is a pretty good set up to

Welcome to the bronco community. If I’m not mistaken the MT on the Goodyear tires stands for Maximum Traction

I can afford this amazing car but can't afford the markup which is 17k in California.... Dealers nowadays are being nuts

Note that a Badlands without the Sasquatch package can also clear 35" - just remove the crash bars (4 bolts). Sas does add 4.7 gears (instead of 4.46) and the Goodyear MT instead of 33" BFG KO2. I have a non-Sas Badlands (2021, also Carbon Grey but wrapped) and prefer the non-Sas version as it already has the features and I am not a fan of the Goodyear tire chosen for Sas (and I am a big fan of the KO2). Great you found a package like this - just want to let other viewers know a Badlands without the Sas package is also a great option. Also in WA - I'll keep an eye out.... V/r NDRWY