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My new Favorite Trail!! Epic Dusy Ershim 4x4 Adventure
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Күн бұрынTodays video we travel almost a 1000 miles to Shaver Lake in the Sierra National forest to do the 30 mile Dusy Ershim Trail. After completing this trail, it is now one of my favorite offroad destinations. This trail was a last minute replacement to the Rubicon trail, which was closed due to a forest fire. We had a great time overlanding and camping out of our small Jeep Wrangler TJ's. We encounter cold nights in the 20's as we were between 8,000 and 10,000 feet of elevation the whole trail. Some of the most popular obstacles are chicken rock and Thompson Hill along with great camping near Ershim Lake.
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@DragRacingTV Ай бұрын
this trail looks like a good place for short wheelbase... thx for the post
@_Machine631_ Жыл бұрын
at first i was thinking, "I have to come up here, my WJ should be good." and as the video progressed i realized "Yeah my wj on 33's would struggle" haha. loved it.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Haha, yea it starts out slow and gets harder as the trails goes. 35’s and lockers minimum
@AustinH7 Жыл бұрын
It looks like there are a lot of different lines to take. I’ve seen an IFS Tacoma on 35s do it
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Yup, lots of choose your own adventure, I always chose the hardest parts I could find.
@donhappel9566 Жыл бұрын
We've taken a few different Rovers through on 32s and 33s. Just did it with a Defender 90 on 33s, manual, trutracks f/r with no problems a couple weeks ago. Did it in with a Range Rover Classic on 32s a few years before. In terms of difficulty you may struggle some getting up Thompson hill as there are lots of dif catchers and it's mostly loose rock and dirt. Then on the north end there is some traditional crawling like you'd find on the Rubicon or other Sierra trails. But for the most part the big challenge is just keeping off the trees as it's very tight in places. I'd say a WJ should be prepared to touch the body on trees occasionally but otherwise you can likely do it well enough.
@joemcgee2918 Жыл бұрын
@@AustinH7 I would think that would be pushing in it terms of body damage and sliding the frame and undercarriage over everything, seems clearance brake over angle is pretty important...Love yotas btw
@northpeak4x4 Жыл бұрын
Glad you had a chance to run one of my local trails. It is definitely a favorite of mine. The bathrooms along the trail were placed by the Fresno 4WD club who do the trail maintenance. If I remember correctly a number of years ago they received money from BFG tires and used that to help pay for some of the toilets. My father in law helped get the ball rolling on the installation of them 20 some years ago after seeing the issues the Rubicon was having. Hopefully you were able to sign in to the visitor log that is at Ershim Lake campground. Always fun to see where people are from amd read about the issues they had on the trail. A few other local trails you would have fun on would have be Coyote Lake, Mirror Lake, and Swamp Lake.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Nice, ershim lake was packed so we didn’t really get a chance to explore there. We will definitely have to check out those other trails. 👍🏻
@lindamoser2532 Жыл бұрын
We've done Coyote, loved it
@wunderkind56 8 ай бұрын
My old CJ5 did just fine with spool in the rear and Detroit Locker in the front. Simple and reliable. No issues maneuvering in tight spaces.
@Thehelpfulcontractor Жыл бұрын
12:55 the look of a proud passenger talking the driver into giving it another shot. Nice work👍👍
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Yup, I thought it was a cool moment as well. Had to try and share it!
@nicholasbaldwin1674 Жыл бұрын
for sure a bucket list trail
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
👊🏻
@northwestoff-roadopportuni7176 Жыл бұрын
Looked like a great trip! Thanks for sharing
@joemcgee2918 Жыл бұрын
Awesome, Team TJ, all day. Love it.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Haha, yup team TJ all the way👊🏻
@goodgreenmen2126 Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with hunting a little shrooms whilst on the trails XD great video guys!
@Woahitsjurb Жыл бұрын
This trail looks amazing
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
It was🤟🏻 far away and long but worth it
@MacsSpecialitiesMotorsports Жыл бұрын
Looks like a Dusy!! If I ever make my way out west this is now on my 🪣List!! Nice Vid!!
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks man, I would recommend it for sure.
@slowfox89 Жыл бұрын
Cool video and glad you got to have such a great experience. If I weren't several thousand miles away I'd try it out. Guy and the gal collecting the mushrooms seem like really cool people to hang out with. Great vibes.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, this was an awesome trip, great propel and one of my favorite video I have ever done.
@goatlocker219 Жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to doing this trail. After watching this, I think I'll put my soft top down. Great video. Thanks for letting us watch your group.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, good idea👍🏻
@DerekStormer Жыл бұрын
Man what a cool place... Cant wait to finish my project Yj. Also good looking out for the Trees.. Reminds me of myself..
@chriskenmotsu9 Жыл бұрын
@MuddyBeards4x4, Absolutely spectacular views and camping, Awesomeness brahda 🤙👍👊✌
@hansoor8719 Жыл бұрын
Oh man, I'm envious! My all time favorite trail! My first time on Dusy, in my early Bronco on 33s (those were "big" 33yrs ago!) with worn out limited slips and an automatic trans and a loose body mount let my fan eat my radiator on Thompson Hill....the shame of being pulled out by a Jeep 😣 The sections where he couldn't pull me, I drove (connected the radiator hoses together) and shut it off before it got too hot. Had my dad run my spare radiator up from Pasadena! There used to be a real tight side hill beside a tree that was really challenging until the Hummer clowns cut it down!😠.....if you can't run a trail as is, find another trail! My Bronco (and experience) has come a long way since then and I pull a trailer behind it now. Next time you're out that way, you have to try some of the other trails....Swamp Lake is awesome and on the northern side of Shaver are the Red Mountain trails.....Red/Coyote, Stawberry Lake and Mirror Lake.....all one way in same way out. Coyote probably being tlhe most difficult. I'm retired now and living in Utah and really miss wheeling/camping in that area the most......and the food, I'm living in a culinary desert!
@iRIDE279 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see something other than 4 door JK. Nice video. This trail is on my list for sure.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks. Although it was 4 Tj’s so not that diverse of a group.
@messix7768 Жыл бұрын
awesome video Kelly. that trail looks like one long rock garden and rock hill climbs. an epic adventure.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, there were long parts of not so interesting, boring trails but that doesn’t make a good video. And it’s so long it can’t all be rock gardens or we would be there forever, lol.
@TheVentureBeyond Жыл бұрын
Just ran Dusy a few weeks ago, for the first time. Agreed = New Favorite Trail 👍
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Nice, probably around the same time we were there👍🏻
@TheVentureBeyond Жыл бұрын
@@MuddyBeards4X4 seems like it might have been right about the same time. We hit the trail on Monday 9/5 and finished that Friday. Not sure if you heard about the guy that was wheeling alone and reported missing. We were the group that patched up his rig and got him off the trail.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
We were there the 14th through 17th, so the next week. And I did not hear anything about that.
@TheVentureBeyond Жыл бұрын
@@MuddyBeards4X4 he was reported missing cause he was on Dusy by himself and 2 days overdue. His passenger hi steer was totally broke. Check out the vid if you get a chance.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Yea I actually checked it out after I saw the comment tussle with the rock stacking hater, lol.
@artyseibert Жыл бұрын
Wow. This place looks amazing. Thanks Kelly, for adding to my bucket list.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
It was amazing 👊🏻
@pigasus_1 Жыл бұрын
Definitely on my to do list
@brandonq6373 Жыл бұрын
On my bucket list for sure! 🤘
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
It should be👊🏻
@chesterbates3365 Жыл бұрын
Loved it
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks man🤟🏻
@MegaMarclar Жыл бұрын
oh man looks like a blast. put a ton of time into the video too
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
It was a blast. And it was a ton of time, thanks for noticing 🤟🏻
@adidas4275 Жыл бұрын
dude! you are in our backyard!!! Love the greater Shaver Lake trails... hope you come back sometime and do swamp lake, coyote lake, Bald Mt, & the other trails in the Red Mt trail network. Nice video of a great trail!
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks man, I love it down there. I definitely will come back and hit those other trails nearby for sure.
@danielmagalhaes5739 Жыл бұрын
Awesome trail! Keep up!
@306bigdog Жыл бұрын
Im hoping to Run it in the next couple weeks, its not to far for me! Nice video👍🇺🇸
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Nice, have fun.
@cksean Жыл бұрын
Trail looks amazing. We gotta get out that way soon. Question. I noticed you're not running a spare. Are you just carrying a repair kit?
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
No spare, I have tire repair kits and gluetreads. I had been running that tire setup for 5 years and never needed a spare so I stopped carrying it on the Jeep.
@Owl566 Жыл бұрын
Nice! Is there a walk around video of that blue TJ??
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
The smaller one with 35’s? There are currently only walk around videos of my Jeep, the red one. If people are interested, I might do others as I have time.
@Owl566 Жыл бұрын
@@MuddyBeards4X4 yeah the smaller one, they all look awesome but that smaller one looks about the perfect compromise
@konnergilman3846 Жыл бұрын
Cool to see you wheeling close to my neck of the woods, how'd you like it compared to the wet PNW stuff you're normally in?
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
I love it, the views are great. Trail was great. I always enjoy wheeling In California
@Roamingloba Жыл бұрын
Looks like an awesome area to ride! Is the trail doable with a Tacoma? No hate 😂 I love jeep fam!
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
It’s doable with any brand vehicle as long as it is setup for it.
@Sixguns1 Жыл бұрын
Hey MB, great video! The views were amazing, looks like a great place to wheel. I noticed only one of the Jeeps had tons ( I think?), yet all had big tires...looked like 37-40s. I was wondering if it's ever a problem with parts breakage with the dana 44 and the big tires. I'd like to run the stock dana 44's and lockers in a JK Rubicon with a regear and RCV's and 37-40 inch tires and wondered if you thought it's doable with reasonable driving.
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Well… we have 1/2” ton Dana 44’s and 9” so they are larger and a stronger housings with bigger knuckles and brakes. But I have never had any issues with gears, only one broken axle shaft/ u joint before I switched to rcv’s. So it is doable. My Jeep doesn’t make a ton a power especially with the auto so it’s easy on parts. So with lots of upgrades and a good truss to hold it together it should be good 👍🏻
@poorwboy Жыл бұрын
Looks like a blast, i plan on doing this trail in mid September. Where did you guys park your trucks and trailers?
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
We parked at the maxson trailhead. And did the trail south to north. When we were done we had a few hour drive on pavement to get back. We learned most the locals come in the north and come down maybe half the trail and come back out the same way. Most of the hard stuff was on the second half, but I would say doing it both ways will give you different experiences.
@poorwboy Жыл бұрын
@@MuddyBeards4X4 Perfect, thank you for the feedback. Csnt wait to go
@savagereviews7212 Жыл бұрын
What where the build specs on that tj with the short arms dude mobed it with you guys 🤘
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
35’s with skyjacker 4” short arm lift. Limited slip rear, lunchbox locker in the front. Stock tcase and skids. It got pretty beat up though, lol. Skid plate is not straight anymore.
@robertquackenbush5547 Жыл бұрын
Interesting group name
@bajamedic Жыл бұрын
Muddy who’s beadlock and rings are you running?
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
I believe they are the total metal innovation weld on beadlocks kit. I bought them already done, but I think that’s it.
@jeffmurphy9987 Жыл бұрын
Question when you guys are in lo range climbing and you let of gas sometimes there’s a noise coming from front axle. My 05 Rubicon does same thing it sounds like click. Is this normal? Seems like most Jeeps I’ve been around do this. I have checked my front axle and the pinion yoke has the slightest amount of play in it. What causes this and should I worry? Enjoy your channel. Thanks
@calven727 Ай бұрын
You have the KZfaq or instagram page for the black TJ?
@fourseven9833 Жыл бұрын
Besides tree savers, you know another thing that ruins trails? When people dumb down trails and lower the difficulty by rock stacking. At least move the rocks back away after.
@TheVentureBeyond Жыл бұрын
Or when a-holes go through trails tearing things up with the V8s and 42s... Maybe they should go back and put the rocks back too... Just stop it, Karen.
@fourseven9833 Жыл бұрын
@@TheVentureBeyond You Karen it up with your tree saver and then can't take a comment about rock stacking. It's insanely obvious who is the Karen here. lol
@fourseven9833 Жыл бұрын
@@TheVentureBeyond BTW - comments are good for a channel whether you like the comment or not. It helps promote and create interaction on your channel which is good for the algorythm. So Karen, I suppose I could go delete and stop interacting with your channel or you can man up and stop being a pansy
@TheVentureBeyond Жыл бұрын
@@fourseven9833 um... dude... not my video. I didn't "Karen it up" about the tree saver, big guy... LMAO 🤣
@TheVentureBeyond Жыл бұрын
@@fourseven9833 yes... it IS insanely obvious who the Karen is here... Karen
@MrJoshItIs Жыл бұрын
Full hydro is cheating. ;)
@MrJoshItIs Жыл бұрын
Wussed out. Bugs add protein.
@joemcgee2918 Жыл бұрын
Also sub the shit out of the channel you guys
@MuddyBeards4X4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks man🤟🏻
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