Why is a JK Wrangler So Much Better

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by RuggedH2

I just spent a week wheeling with a modified JK. I took my truck on every trail and every line he did. He has some advantages, for instance he was able to see more than I can, and my rig is much heavier than his, but my H2 did everything his rig did, on some pretty difficult trails.

There is a caveat here. You arguement holds the logical fallacy that because you you both completed the trails together, both rigs are equally capable. That is simply not true. In reality, the JK will do a lot more than the H2 off-road and the JK could do a lot tougher trails than two drove on.

I drove my H2 through Moab on 7 separate trips. I became very comfortable driving it and knew it inside and out. This year I drove my modified JK thru Moab and it walked everything like it was nothing. I am now looking for new trails to do (Pritchett, BFE, Rusty Nail, etc) because the JK is so capable it's almost boring doing something like GS.

When I ran GS this year I did a lot of things that I could not historically get my H2 to do (The wall - left side, Golden Stairs - slow crawl instead of momentum lurch, Double Whammy (never tried in H2). Almost everything was dead simple easy in the JK. It's simply a more capable off-road rig. I'm not saying it's a "better" rig because that such a stupid idea I'm not going to go there. But it's is more capable off road when you lift if and get some meats on it.

I believe you have to drive both rigs yourself to actually have a perpective on which rig is better offroad. That elminates differences in driver capability.

Finally, I'm not saying the H2 is not good offroad. It is, and I've take mine all over the place and have done things I couldn't believe were possible with such a big rig. I do miss the interior space, the nice quiet road ride, and the power........especially the power.