Getting left behind definitely sucks, especially if you didn’t really those folks. I’ve only been on the trail a few times but always with a club, they always vouch not to leave anyone behind regardless of what is planned. I saw a few damaged vehicles but never left another behind 🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿

I enjoyed how you turned your "bummer" experience on your wind-flattened campout to a positive memory with some laughs with your son. Reminded me of the time in about 1970/71 I was hunting with my dad and brother near Young, AZ and it rained and rained and rained for more than three straight days. Everything was soaked and we were tired and muddy and grumpy. We gave up and went home. My dad must have called home when we stopped for gas ( Idon't remember) because when we got home my mother had hot tomato soup and toasted cheese sandwiches ready for us. Tasted SO good and everything was fine after that. To this very day tomato soup and toasted cheese saandwich is my favorite comfort food and I always think of my mom and dad when I have it. Thanks for taking us all along.

Awesome video as usual, Brad. When I left active duty my goal was to live a nearly permanent overland lifestyle. Your channel was and is one of my main inspirations. Love it. Cheers.

Nice to see and hear from Marco.

Hats off to the guys with the full sized trucks. WOW. Still figuring out some life changes, but will see you out on the trails soon with my XJ.

Yep. I love Arizona too. We have four seasons, just like the rest of the US: Sugaro season, Cedar season 1, Ponderosa season, Cedar Season 2. The difference is that you have to tour the state to experience the seasons! That's not a bug, it's a feature 😎. Thanks to you and a few others on YT, along with OnX Maps, I know exactly where to go to experience the season I want!

That Toyotas girls story was kinda sad, the group left? Not one person could help besides her friend?

Love the variety of vehicles. Use to love the sticker that says " Build Your Own"

Just loved your journey as always, Brad, thank you.

Can’t thank you enough for taking the time to record and produce this adventure and take us along for the ride.

As a fellow Veteran and Purple Heart recipient (wounded in Afghanistan in 2008), I always will be appreciative of all military medical personnel. As a Light Infantry Platoon Sergeant when I was hit, were it not for my platoon medic, I would not be here today. So great to see what you are doing with your Gladiator "Doc" and what you want that Jeep to represent. I myself have a modified '22 Gladiator named "Sarge" that would look great parked next to Doc ☺ Great stuff!

That water coming out of that spring is at least 50+ degrees all year long. That’s how those fish can survive in the cold temperatures.

Outstanding and awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

All of the editing, voice overs, camera, and drone footage. When Senior commits to something, he commits! Awesome products.. incredible! I wasn't far from there just last week on the dirt bike... Best channel out there

Wow what a great adventure!! Loved the stories. Thanks Brad!!

Awesome video as always Brad. This was an epic adventure full of awesome people and a bunch of awesome looking rig.

Constantly impressed with this channel. You're a great person and inspire many. Stay safe. BEAT NAVY!

Your videos are so wonderful to watch. Thank you so much for sharing them.

The quality of your videos are excellent, thanks for the content Brad.

What an absolutely great video!! With the drone shots, sunset, sunrise.. just amazing!

Great video, Brad! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Brad for another rich and colorful off road video. Enjoyed immensely.

Wow, yeah beautiful sunset, sure appreciate the video and you bringing us along on your journey so cool. This is the beauty of life.❤️👍👍😎

Great story telling, great video angles, great production - this is what Brad does best, Trail Stories of his Adventures Thank you again

Brad really enjoy your videos, the story is very well composed, outstanding cinematography, you can tell that you really dedicate time to compose the overall story of your videos, keep doing what you are doing, we'll continue to support your videos!!!!!

Another great overland series of our great state. Thank you Brad, for taking us on an adventure round the northern parts of AZ.

Loved the video Brad, your new intro is cool, great trail, cool rigs, Trent’s International is killer, DOC looks awesome and with Marco there I’m sure y’all ate good. I loved that big camping area, Arizona is beautiful, while everyone had a story about their bad trips, everyone still fights the fight. Great video as usual.

Heck, yeah this is what I’m talking about, so cool. What a awesome campsite.👍👍😎

Couldn't agree more Brad, challenges add to the adventure and make for great stories. Some folks call it Type 2 fun...maybe not all that fun when it is happening but in retrospect you look back and smile at the memory. Like my Dad used to say, it's just "great being out". Take care!

Awesome adventure, great stories along the way, whether they were good or bad. That's what makes it awesome and challenging. Like that older gladiator 😊

A Fantastic Video. Love the comraderie the never give up attitude!!!! And the Love for Off Roading!!!!! Great to see Marcos!!! A Beautiful group of people. If I ever get a jeep, your the BEST people to travel with!!!!!!!

You are so good at shooting spectacular scenery.. Thanks for sharing.

🔥🔥 as always great video and hope to be able to do some trails with yall

I really enjoyed the detailed expression of the journey on the trails. Maybe one day I will venture on one. God bless

Hi Brad. I always watch your videos. Just when I think you have it nailed you set the bar higher. The scenery was beautiful and you really capture the sense of adventure and comeradery of wheeling with friends. I will miss you and Regena in Flagstaff next week. Take care.

Brad my dad and I took the Apache pop up out for a boys weekend when I was 15. Wind was blowing so hard we had to chain it to the truck to keep it from blowing into the river. We couldn’t even get it to the hitch cause we could take it down!!! Great memory we still laugh about 40 years later!!!!

Great personal stories, sharing adventure mishaps are always easier among friends 👍🏼

That was an amazing experience. I enjoyed all the sights. 😊

Great trail adventure with amazing stories. I love the international, and Honcho jeep. I have a 62 willeys overland jeep station wagon. Thank you and Blessings

Love the stories and scenery.

Another awesome adventure....just loved the narration ,felt so happy as if iam with you guys in this adventure...keep up the awesome adventure ❤ love from india

Great video. Reminds me why I love living in Arizona

Never disappointed my friend, thanks

Great video and adventure.

My worst wasn’t on the trail. A broken trans mount is the worst thing on the trail, the ole Ramcharger has always saved its problems for the road there or back. 2013 Sarah and I did Moab for our honeymoon, Vista, CA to Moab and back, 4 days of wheeling. Turned into 3, the radiator I’d had rebuilt the year before ruptured just outside Mesquite, NV the night of the drive up. It was 2pm the next day before the CarQuest got a radiator in. The rest of the drive there was plagued by a failed reman NAPA starter and heater valve that froze shut. I long since converted the truck to a NV4500 so we were able to roll it down a hill in St George, left it running in Green river for our gas stop. But a pre winter storm rolled in while we were in St George and we had to change from our SoCal t-shirts and shorts to jeans, flannels and jackets. Sarah had to use a blanket too as we went through the storm all up the I-15 and across the I-70. Then the wipers failed. The old nylon bushings Dodge used forever. Changed the starter the next morning at the Moab KOA, which they were not happy about. They don’t want you working on vehicles there. Rest of the stay went well, no issues. Trip home was fine until we were near Baker. Traffic jam back up in the 110* heat was too much for the cheap parts store radiator. We spent the last night of our honeymoon at that now closed Baker (Sarah calls it Bates) hotel. No parts stores in Baker, my father in law brought us a radiator the next morning from SD. I discovered after we got home I’d broken my frame, likely on Steelbender. So that was a major fix before we went again in 2014. I did that at home in my driveway, plated and reinforced, still going 10 yrs later.

Thanks for sharing

Another great adventure video! Btw the little pig-like animal with teeth is a Javelina pronounced Hav-a-lee-na 😂

Enjoy all your videos, I would love to see a more detailed video of your build, like what skid plates you chose, what wheel offset you went with, fender liners you use, items like these and how they have been working for you. Hope to see you on the trail sometime. Take care

What a great channel and a great wheeling trip. I’m in Northern California an hour from the Rubicon and Sierra Trek trail. I’m using out in my 88 Cherokee with my metal detectors and prospecting gear.

Great video!

Great video. Thanks for taking us along. I loved the aerial drone shots as well. CRAZY QUESTION - How do you steer the drone when you are in your Jeep? AWESOME

As a fellow Tacoma driver listening to all these Jeep breakdown stories, I was waiting to hear what she had to say. And then she told a story of her old Jeep breaking down haha.

Awesome I just found you guys again, had to get a new phone and loss bunch of my prescriptions. I’m watching now 7:45 PM Wednesday, June 12. Had to resubscribe to bunch of my channels. Glad I found you again. Sure is beautiful out there.👍👍😎

Love it guys I’m glad I refound you. I’ll be watching for Moore. This is the beauty of life well until next time feast and chicken grease😁😁👋👋👍👍😎

Thanks!

Thanks Brad

Awesome new subscriber great channel. From Australia

Soo amazing awesome trail

I’ve been watching your channel for awhile and I’m going to say that was pretty impressive trail and you guys made it look not easy but like real seasoned 4 wheelers . Great video

Great video Brad!

Love these videos and wish I could join you on one of these trips

The old International is a beast and I love the Cherokee Comanche. We never got those in Australia, unfortunately.

I love that old Gladiator!

amazing sunset

Thanks for the ride along Brad! Excellent video. Did you have to use your front locker at all for that trail run? Just curious. Looks like the gladiator did well there.

Every Toyota fan just blamed the driver lol

Awesome video as always. Just a heads up the "J" is silent in Javelina. Those suckers are mean to. Keep up the good work, happy trails.

A Helen Keller quote as an introduction to an off-road driving video? 😂

I enjoy watching your channel and the places you go. I would love to do what you do but financially unable to do what you and your friends do. I live my fantasy thru what you guys do. Thank you very much. There is only on thing I would like to mention to you. In some of your videos you mentioned javelinas. The J in this case sounds like an H as in HAS.

Great adventure. My JT Sport S would have to bypass the rock section lol.

Your comments on the wildlife got me wondering. What do you all do to stay safe in bear country? Do you leave food in your vehicles overnight or do you use bear cans? I have a soft top wrangler and leaving food in there worries me a bit.

I've never had a "worst" adventure. If I had to pick one it would be the first time on black bear pass not seeing a boulder sticking out below the window line and turning too tight to it causing a pretty bad gash to the passenger door and a little touch on the rear door. We got to the bottom, I put a black bear pass sticker on it that remains in place today and has started many conversations within the community, usually including laughter. We've had some pretty technical recoveries which I consider fun and success, not worst. I suppose I won the wheels off award once (nothing to do with 4x4). We don't talk about that one...

There used to be goldfish in China Garden Spring in Darwin Wash. The road has been washed out by last year's rains and the remnants of Hurricane Hillary so I don't know if they survived. Fantastic trip!

Great follow up video Brad. Nice to see you changed to a Gazelle tent to try out. I've done that trail once before and it's a blast, a good mix of terrain. There are some great hidden campsites around there as well in the small canyons. Doc is looking amazing, but I still think you should have gone with 37s. Just my personal opinion but perfect overall size for highway and off road use. Especially when on 37s when aired down.

the best memories come from the craziest trips.

Brad, did you change your camera? The resolution isn't very good. Just wondering if it's a new camera or my internet. Either way, still a great video! Love watching!

Nice adventure! I noticed Jason of Autoedits at the end. Was this your first time on the trail with him?

Man, that M-715 is a beautiful rig! 😍

Hey @trailrecon what mudflaps are those on the Gladiator? they look perfect for what I want for my truck. Thanks in advance!

Great video. What kind of tent are you using. Looks pretty cool

Been to that mansion a million times and never tried going down the trail...to see if it was any easier..

Sorry, I can’t resist “javelin”😂😂😂😂

Brad looks like the 35s did great 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

As someone who has hiked the Hualapais as many times as I have, it is very common to run into a mountain lion! 😂 and a couple of bobcats.

Afternoon Brad, Is Trail Recon going to be a Expo West this week? Thanks Jeff

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Quoting AJR (a band) 100 bad days makes 100 good stories. 100 good stories makes me interesting at parties! If you think of it that way. it makes the bad day a little easier to take 😉

Worst? Helicopter. floods. then there are the waterfalls. Lost in Central Mexico. oh,, and those are the Fun Great ones!

Good video. You never showed the damage to your right rear from the tree encounter.

Are there any trips planned to Colorado or the sierras? We prefer the pines more than cactus.

Hank said bork bork!

Do you have one interviewing folks about their favorite gear? 😊

What size were the tires on that Tacoma?

Is there any way to get a copy of the route you took through the Owyhee Canyonlands? I'd love to make that drive.

Quick question, have you always used regular gas and is there a difference if you use premium? TIA

Damn! $4.49 for gas. Guess its still cheaper than California though.

$4.49 for gas - the pleasure of wheeling anywhere that is NOT California :)

Hi Brad, You said that your group would be heading north from your location on Yavapai Ranch road at the end of video. Did you find your self intersecting with Williamson family road exiting Seligman?

Great video as always. Going to nit-pick on that quote though: it's nonsense. Got the same vibe from the quote in the last TR video, although I can't recall exactly what it said.

I see I don't have to take my mud guards off when wheeling. Good to know