Enjoy the photos of the John Bull trail, a fun rocky & technical one that many consider the toughest in Big Bear, CA.

Although you normally only see built rigs on JB there had been some reports that things had been rearranged & the trail made tougher because it was getting too much use? Hum…have to check this out…to make things more interesting we went the harder way mostly uphill west to east.

I wheeled the family hauler…Toy Fzj80 with a 3” lift & 33's, dhsundance; 02 SC X with a 3” lift , and scorpion drove his new 04' Rubi with a 4” RE lift and stock MT/R's.

The weather was near prefect as we hunted a few caches along the way and had a great time wheeling without missing a beat… I used my sliders a few times but my big 80 mostly laughed and climbed over everything w/o any problems. The Rubi was impressive to me…with the wheel travel, crawler gears, etc but could have used some extra ground clearance/larger tires a few times. DH in his X did really well despite a leaking PS box and would have made a clean run if his balding AT's didn't slip off a boulder & dent the front bumper up a bit.

While airing up we came across a banged up blazer with a torn off front bumper, destroyed rocker panels, dents, messed up suspension and he was surprised that DH had taken “that X” on the trail.

Great stuff Toolbox. I miss the John Bull; it's been awhile.

I might be able to "ride the bull" again. It's a better-than-good chance that So Cal might be our home once again in about a year from now! Point Mugu would be our new homestead.

It would be great so see all of you folks once again!

Wow, great pics Brian...looks like fun. Someday I'll get out there with you guys. See you soon.

Nice pics Brian I was wheeling with a LandCrusher over the weekend. We climbed a mining trail 800+ feet in just 4 switchbacks along a shelf.It just lumbered along like a bull elephant, crushing the earth beneath it. I remarked the next worst thing was Black Bears corners..

Looks like it was a fun trip on a fun trail...

Sometimes I wish I lived somewhere else were there is more wheeling without driving 2 hours or 4 hours to get there.

Hope you get Pt. Mugu Travis. It would be good to wheel with you again.

Jason

I wish I was into offroading back when I drove one of those Land Cruisers.

His Crusher did very well.

Jason

Hey J where in the hell did you get loop choke from? I thought you wre Scorpion on XOC. ah well I guess new vehicle means new name....

Yeah, I had to change my name in a number of forums. I got it from my favorite choke in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I will have to show it to you sometime.

Jason