Group of Jeep Wrangler Builds Conquers Infamous and Dangerous ‘Waterfall’
Group of modified Jeep Wrangler builds takes on a notoriously tough trail and emerges victorious.
The Tillamook State Forest is a massive, 364,000-acre publicly owned forest that’s located around 40 miles west of Portland, Oregon, which has helped fuel its popularity in recent years among off-roaders. But this large plot of land also contains some of the tougher trails in the U.S., including the infamous “Waterfall,” a stretch that has proven to be quite dangerous thanks to the high risk of rolling or dropping your rig off the steep path, leading to significant damage. Recently, YouTuber igiOffRoad and his group of Jeep Wrangler owning friends decided to take on this difficult trail head-on, and he recorded the whole thing for us to watch from the safety of our living rooms.
He and his fellow Jeep Wrangler owners have been working on both their rigs and their skills for some time now, building up to this moment, which is obviously the smart way to do things. Far too many have attempted to tackle more treacherous trails in vehicles that aren’t up to the task, or with a driver behind the wheel that doesn’t know what they’re doing. In the best-case scenario, this ends with them getting stuck and needing help, while the worst case can be much, much worse, leading to destroyed vehicles and injured occupants.
Thankfully, that isn’t the case for this prepared crew, which makes its way over some large rocks on the way to more dangerous parts of the Waterfall trail. There are some seriously tricky sections along the way, including steep drop-offs that require a spotter. Along the way, we see some pretty cool heavily-modified rigs as well, including a JT with a 6-inch lift, 37-inch tires, and a stretched wheelbase, as well as a JKU with a 4.5-inch Teraflex Longarm suspension and 40-inch rubber.
These modified rigs make mincemeat of this difficult section of forest, though there are plenty of hair-raising moments worth checking out in the 20-minute clip. It’s clear that these Jeeps need every bit of their serious upgrades to handle these giant rocks and steep drop-offs, as well as an experienced driver behind the wheel, but if nothing else, it makes us want to pack up and head out to Oregon to experience it for ourselves.
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