Need advice... 12ud Baja offroad?

[Tommyduncan]

About to pull the trigger on a new12ud BAJA. We are excited but I am also concerned...

We will be mostly towing it with a 15 Grand Cherokee Overland V8 w/32" tires. I plan to use it off-road and occasionally tow it with my lifted Jeep Rubicon w/35"s. Most of our favorite places involve dirt roads, mostly nice roads with short rough sections. 200+ miles of dirt in a weekend is the norm for us.

Can this trailer handle it or will it rattle apart? I fully expect to repair things(I own 2 Jeeps so nothing new to me), but for the money I don't want to destroy it.
If it will mostly handle it are there certain weaknesses I should address right away?

[Midnightmoon]

Welcome from another Baja owner. In our case, it is a 22BHM.

The short answer is, it depends on how you take those rough sections. We boondock with ours almost every weekend when the weather allows. That includes a dirt/gravel access road that is just a little under a mile from a paved road. The furthest we have been off road is approx 5 miles in. I take it really easy on the truck and trailer and we haven't had a single issue in the year that we have owned it.

Will it handle 200 miles a weekend every weekend on a logging road or off road, I don't know. It really is going to depend on how you handle it.

Best of luck in what you decide to do.

[Colorado]

If you have Jeeps then I’m sure you know the benefits of airing down your tires. Depending on your elevation either a small compressor or put together a CO2 set up to air your tires back up.