I’ve done that trail 12 times. The last time probably three years ago. I have never seen that rock/water area (6minutes in). I have used lifted Tacoma‘s & Jeeps, also my 2021 Stock Tacoma. Did all bypasses find in stock. I had to build up a couple of rocks for the stair step area. Note to viewers always put your truck in 4low before you need it. This is the reason why. Beautiful area. Thanks for posting.

The TRD Offroad is surprisingly capable, it's all about the tires 👍

You probably already know this but to get into 4Lo after 4Hi is engaged, you need to be stopped and in neutral in order to get 4Lo engaged. It doesn't engage when you are in gear.

This was a great adventure indeed! Challenging terrain totally showed the capability of these trucks. Looking forward to your next video!

there was another adventure that began as a "3 hour tour"

Mistakes and oh s**t moments are part of the learning and the fun. Nice vid, subscribed!

Getting into 4 low can be tough depending on terrain. You have to be stopped and put it into neutral. Sometimes will need some space to go forward and backward to engage/disengage especially if the surface you are on is comprised of rocks and such that will make it more difficult to lock in, or get out for that matter. It's why you should put it in 4 lo before you get to this point, meaning once you know you will need it and before technical terrain like this where rocks binds up your transmission.

I've got a 2018 and pushed those stock Goodyear's like you did. I'm impressed with this truck in stock form. All she needs is a simple lift, shocks and sliders.

Love your wife’s attitude during all of this!

Last Wednesday, 2/19, a Jeep JKU and me in my Jeep TJ came down the backway from CK. You are correct - it is in bad shape in places right now. JKU had 33" tires and I have 31" tires. With the Jeep's great articulation and slow and steady progress we both scraped belly skids only in one place. Articulation was the key to get thru the "creek trail" without any frame hits and that is where Toyota trucks have issues. Bigger tires, lifts, lockers are all band aids to fix the lack of articulation. Wheels in the air do not provide traction. Nice video. Look forward to more of your adventures.

Awesome video! Your wife seems so cool. She’s so supportive! I’m getting a Tacoma off road in the next couple of years once my lease ends on my current car. I can’t wait to take it on camping trips and hikes.

Look at the Misses smile!! She had a riot!! Great job you guys!

I did this trail back in 07 on a 04 taco 4x4 stock on 32’s BFG All terrains ,never got stuck only high centered , the trail definitely looks more rugged now than it did before . I love that crown king area !

I just want to say thanks for risking it all to make this video. I got to say a few times there i was a little scared you might not make it out. But you did it. Wow.

This looks like the backroad to get to our newly purchased country cabin. Took my new 2021 SR exploring around the area and very quickly turned to a trail of tablerock and insanely high grass after a complete washout from the river leaving just mud and rock and a very steep incline. It was very fun for the short time I was on it and definitely look forward to exploring more! Stock trucks are more capable than people think and great video!

I just got me a Tacoma yesterday and I stumbled upon this video! you are guys are amazing trying to take put that stock into the test. Awesome job guys!

You got my subscription! Youve got the balls to do that on a stick taco. Makes me a productive owner. Excited to see the upgrades on the tacoma! 🙌🏽

Nice video. I ran this for the second time in my '17 Tundra alone at the first of November. I have a 3/2 lift and ended up both times with zero damage. Well done 👍

This was great. I'm really glad you posted it! Was looking to go up that track and found your video. I'll hold off till I get my lift kit and pats 😎 Hard to believe 2 years ago you had just hit 1,000 subs! Great work!

We were in Sedona a few yrs back in our JK Wrangler doing some trails. We drove down to Crown King and I wanted to do the trail you did but didnt want to attempt it solo. Its still on my bucket list. The trouble is my Bucket List gets long faster than I can find the time and money to do the trails and visit the places that I want....

Great job on the video! This looks like a great trail, I will add it to my list.

I learned the first upgrade are rock sliders if you go offroad.

Yall have a great spirit to you. I would have been sick, if it were me after that debacle. Body armor, sliders at least! Wow.

Last time I was up that way I was on 28's (SXS) and I hit once. Now I have the 32's, we're going up the easy way and coming back the hard way in a couple of days and I'm looking forward to this!

These videos are the most extreme off road of the Toyota tacoma.

Lmao! You guys are awesome! Totally enjoyed your video... your wife rocks she was on it all the way ..Teamwork! My wife would have freaked out . Seriously though get you some Rock Sliders ! Congrats on new Taco it’s awesome 👍

Love that you tried going all stock to begin with, it makes you appreciate all those mods sucking up dollars. I gotta say DOM rock sliders with kickouts are the most important first modification. Cheapest, least invasive, easiest to install and so protective from damage. Tires make a big difference but you get into needing body mount chops, suspension lifts, gears and wheels. Ah, why am I so attracted to expensive hobbies.

Too be very honest with you sir , I like the way how you handled n drive the stock tacoma !!

I once did this trail in my stock TRD off road last year with a raptor following me. I actually had to tow him up that rock ledge! This video brought back tons of great memories 😂 keep them coming.

Great video, cool adventure and some fantastic trail footage. Well done!

Great video. I can’t wait to have sometime off from work to go have some fun on the trails too.

Brave. Great video. Great couple. Great friends. Poor truck! But that’s ok, everyone is safe.

“It’s just money” haaaaa love it!!

Love these videos and all your new stuff too. Keep it up!

Damn, glad you did this in a stock tacoma! I went up there a few times in my side by side and it was a sketchy ride lol

That was fun to watch, thank you.

Kudos to you and the positive outlook of your wife. I enjoyed watching the capability. As I am preparing to purchase a Tacoma in the next 12 to 18 months, I learned a lot from you and your experience. I may very well go after the factory lift and pursue a set of rock sliders and get a spare set of mud terrain tires to swap out when I do go off-road. I plan on keeping the stock wheels and tires for the 90% of the time I will be on City streets and grass fields. The upfront investment should pay later as cost of labor and materials will likely only go up…

I’m weary to do this trail in my stock ‘20 Trd off-road. Crackerjack mine was pretty fun! Tho no where near as intense of a trail, it definitely put my truck through it’s paces.

Dude your dog kills me hanging out the window at full attention like "the heck goin on here?". What a soldier!

That was a proper adventure!

2 door jk with 33" tires and a sway bar disconnect would have shredded this trail. Don't get me wrong love the tacos but you can't beat the wheel base on those 2 doors. Also the straight axel comes in handy for the travel lifting a tire off the floor is what you want to avoid haha great vid!

It’s all tires! Change those and the stock taco climbs every mountain. Unless it’s a jeep rock crawl trail. Those are just insande with the wheel base and articulation required

Great video...very entertaining. A true honest feedback.

Recently did this trail in my 2019 Tacoma. Bilstein 5100's with 285/70/17 Ridge Grapplers air down to 20 psi. Got hung up on that same rock ledge.

Tacomas are just bad ass trucks. Good job, guys!

Very impressed with the video. Also watched Schultz pass. You have a lot of potential. Do more actual offroading vids and I will be hooked. Just came back today from pushing my 4runner on a CO trail. Heading to AZ in the fall.

I definitely know where you’re coming from, did a bunch of wheeling with my stock Tacoma not the best thing in the world! however, if you air down to around 17 psi you really helps with traction. Awesome vid Btw

Amazing video, keep them coming 👍👏

Air down and hold the gas slightly so the computer has time to hit the break on the spinning tire. The other guy had better tires and looks like he chose better lines as well.

Nice truck - you have a cool wife who was really into this. My wife would have killed me doing this off roading with my truck and its 15 yrs old

Battle Scars!!! You guys are awesome!!!

Back way to crown king was the first trail I did in my new 2017 tacoma TRD Offrad. Solo. Was fun, definitely hit skids a lot and slid on the rock ledge section I slid into a boulder and scratched my rear drivers side door and dented the cab corner. Wouldn’t recommend doing the trail without rock sliders or solo but I was surprised with my truck’s capability

Id like to try that with my 2018 TRDOR, great job you guys did... Subscribed...

We're over in lake Havasu. New Ram 1500. We need to do a local meet n ride!

Very nice video. Strongly recommend Rock Sliders. Got them on my 5th Gen 4Runner Trail model and did Lippincott Pass in Death Valley by myself. There were many nail biting moments and hit the Rock Sliders a few times on pretty big rocks. No problem though. They were made tough. The exhilaration that comes after you come out of difficult obstacles successfully is why we do it.

I'm in Gilbert, and I have the same truck except it's a 2019, same color though! My Fuel Shok wheels arrive today, and the Eibach Pro suspension arrives tomorrow along with a set of Wulf AAL's, and some Cooper ST MAXX's. Can't wait to bolt it all up this weekend!

really good video showing stock capabilities, rare view of extremes,, I'm ordering tires and a lift on the other browser tab lol

Cool video. Subscribed! Looking forward to a video on your upgrades.

Cool video. It looks like the biggest difference between your and Rhett's truck was those tires. His would grip where yours slipped.

I have 17 dclb trd or, did the Sherman pass trail on stock tires and suspension, was a great challenge but deflating tires helps the grip and screws the clearance but it works as for 4 low my experience is look ahead and engaged it before is too late, Tacomas are very fuzzy with that 4 low and if it gets stuck in 4 low you need to back it up a few feed, happy trails.

some people say you oughta be on flat level ground to get to 4lo but as long as you pop it into neutral you can get it in. Ive done it while on a fat incline with full flex going on and sometimes a little roll back is needed to for "roll in" so the reduction gear set can link up.

Stock got it done. Even a bigger tire and suspension will have issues as you hit that next trail, with a bigger rock, rut etc.

My friend lives in Congress AZ, I spent the winter out there a couple times. I lived out there in the 80's and had done the Backway to CK back than in a slightly lifted Toyota pickup, the old solid axle one. Him and I did it several times in a stock Dodge Durango with BFG All Terrains in stock size, (31x10.5) and in my XJ with a 2" lift and 31x10.5's with a Spartan locker in the rear. This past winter I made it with my 04 WJ, 3" lift and 32's with the stock Vari Lok axles. And that one I drove out there from Michigan. It's a good trail but not really that tough.

ENjoyed the Video! Gotta love Arizona!!!

Your wife is awesome! Great job on the video.

Great video. Looks like fun.

great job i don't have the balls to do that to my taco. you deserve a sub

Love that trail we’re headed up March 20

Good video! I think it convinced me to just go with the wrangler rubicon. More ground clearance, front locker, can fit 35” tires without lift.

Awesome off-roading

I think it did great for a stock truck with no 4lo and locker. 👍🏻

Wow, that's crazy you did that whole trail in 4hi! Obviously I'm sure you know, having access to 4low, crawl, and the locker would have made so much difference. Even so, watching that Pro behind you was a great illustration of how much a difference good tires and a slight lift can make.

I would like to make a suggestion to you. It is always a good idea to go with a buddy so you have two cars. You never know what is going to happen. I see you did have another truck with you. Good going.

Awesome wife you got! You need to let her drive!

Love the content from our state love the AZ....

Subbed. This was very interesting. I used to own a lifted 2013 Tacoma SR5 with 285 70 17's and I just bought a 2019 TRD OFF ROAD stock and need to get it lifted and put some BF Goodrich KO2's on it. It is good to know what a stock Tacoma Off Road is capable of though. Buying some recovery boards very soon.

I use spend the summers jumping off an 83ft cliff into Lake Pleasant during college. You needed a serious 4x4 or boat to get to that spot.

Great video...I'm subscribed! I have a 20 Tacoma also, interested to see what mods you do!

❤️❤️❤️❤️all the thrills!

I pulled a single axel trailer loaded with camping gear up this way with my 2003 Yota prerunner. I shit you not. Now I didn't care about pinstripe, rock rash etc it's 17 yrs old. But 2wd with locker towing a trailer was achieved. It has 4 in suspension lift with 31" Copper 10ply tires .

U guys are awesome. Subscribed. 😁👍

You guys are great, amazing job 👌👌👍👍

Awesome content. I’m looking to do this trail after Montana mountain 🤘🏽

good video. just some feedback on general off-roading. lift and bigger tires are not always the answer. driver skill can play a large part in whether or not a vehicle can make a trail obstacle. as its already been said in comments, air down your tires to improve grip, especially in slippery rock conditions. Work on throttle control during crawling as well, try to keep a smooth steady throttle once you pick a line thru the hairy stuff. get out and walk the line if you have to before attempting. I have a stock '17 TRD OR and made the same route without needing assistance (still made use of skid plates though, that's what they are for!). Great point at the end as well, NEVER off road solo unless your rig is setup for it. Even then its not the best idea. Would it have been easier with a lift and bigger tires, sure, but I definitely would not have learned what I have learned about my truck without running stock first.

Love it!

I've found that being on as flat a surface as possible will help engage 4 low. Nice video man.

Your wife is awesome!

That trd pro behind you seemed to of been doing great. Or he was just more experienced maybe. All and all was awesome footage

Best way to learn how to four wheel is in a stock height rig like that. Couldn't tell you how many times I've run that road in the early 90's testing our builds.

I also have a stocked Tacoma offroad trd 4x4. I have learned a lot here. Lol. Good stuff, glad you guys made it out.

Did this trail in 2017 with a 02 4runner with a sagging rear end, that area at 9:50 mark was terrible. The creek was flowing a lot higher than too.

You gained a subscriber sir 👌🏽

I did this 30 years ago in my new 4 cylinder Mazda 4x4 - Holy Shit! Never again! I did experience a bonus at the end - saw an albino deer near the top. Four wheel drive trucks do have their limits and it's easy to get into BIG trouble!

So 4lo is a separate gear set in the transfer case, meaning, if it's in 4hi then you attempt to shift to 4lo while in neutral, the gear sets have to be lined up properly to allow it to shift. In a manual transfer case engagement, you wouldn't be able to due to physical interference where an electronic system will attempt to try it, then fail without the benefit of tactile feedback. If this is the case (where you were stuck it appears to be) you typically have to roll either forward or backward a few feet to allow it to engage. It's not a common thing but can occur. It likely happened to you in this spot, because you had load on the drivetrain as you got hung up. This load prevented it from shifting. If it happens again in this type of situation, back up a few feet, release the brake while in neutral and let it move a few feet, then attempt to shift to 4lo. If you're on a hill, shift to neutral, let it roll a few feet with your foot on the brake, then attempt to select 4 lo. That should remedy this issue.

That’s what the truck was made for!

great video! i love when the wife goes "shit!" lol

Hey, just liked and subscribed to your channel because you done it with your wife. Awesome. My wife and I will be having the same adventure soon as well. I look forward to seeing what all you do to your rig. In the tough times, why didn't you use crawl control.

9:47 the absolute worse location to try and drive up this obstacle. Stay far right or what most everybody does now is the creek side on the far left. Live and learn. I, too, hate that the owner of the mining area has made the rocky section so hard to maneuver through - but it does cut down on the stock vehicles from attempting to go further up the trail and get more damage to the vehicle.

Wow Real Off Road !!!

I did it 3-4 times in the '90's in a stock '85 Toyota 4x4 but I think I had 30 inch tires. It looks like it may be a little harder on the Oro Belle Rd portion than it used to be.....and I didn't do any "optional" obstacles