Rubicon Trail

So thank you, Eric, for loading it to us and letting us put it in danger.

So he took this Land Cruiser on the Rubicon Trail, and he had it lifted, just a traditional lift.

And he said, you know what? It needs more, Andre.

It needs more ground clearance.

Yeah, that's key to point out because, yeah, we're constantly being attacked.

You know, I'm up by Rubicon Trail, and there's just always somebody that's trying to shut that thing down, and, you know, they've hedged it now to where we have some really good leverage with the private property owners in there now, so that has helped a ton, but, yeah.

That's good.

So all these years wheeling out here, what is your favorite trail? I'm gonna ask each one of you, what's your favorite trail? And I know you've named a couple, you broke some trails out here and named a few trails, so.

I got to go check it out.

It's the fucking Rubicon Trail.

you know? And so it's like, I'm into jeeping.

I was meant to be up there, you know? That's why I live in Reno is because-

... um, the materiality, the, the whole CMF and, and working with, uh, Lachanze on that and pushing the boundaries on that to create something new was important.

Uh, but the experience side was, you know, going to Moab, uh, doing the Rubicon Trail, um, all of those things that informed me about off-roading-

Mm

... about what it takes to create a vehicle like this, what customers are really looking for.

Um, I've been volunteering now with the Danny Boom Backcountry Byway for, this'll be the end of the second season for me.

What sets them apart is what started out as a recreational trail similar to Rubicon Trail or what most of us listening know as the Backcountry Discovery Route, is now, uh, basically...

I can't think of the right words, but essentially Kentucky Land Cruisers is a charity, a group of riders that is supporting it, and it's a cooperative between the counties and the recreational trail as it is mapped out.

So they're the go-between between all of these counties and the recreational users, so they do two fundraisers a season, and they spend that money on gravel, graders, trucks, trash pickup, all that other stuff.

Yep.

Um, the bugs are notorious out on the Rubicon Trail, um, especially early summer, late spring.

Yeah.

They are really, really bad.

Mm-hmm

... to let somebody know about that.

Um, if you need help somewhere on the trail, you're gonna get help on the Rubicon Trail.

Yes.