Impressive off-roading rock crawling by Cybertruck

PATEL · May 6, 2026

This Cybertruck was spotted by the Gold Country Crawlers group.

SabrToothSqrl · May 6, 2026

Noice.

ChiTownCT · May 6, 2026

That's pretty impressive to be honest..

CYBERTRUCKco · May 6, 2026

Awesome, good work!

REM · May 6, 2026

I always laugh when I see a comment section filled with "hurr durrrrr my miata could do that"

the level of precision control this truck has on extreme surfaces is astounding. most people have no idea.

Ted · May 6, 2026

What bumper does truck use?

teethdood · May 6, 2026

Only regret I have for wrapping my CT. Stainless steel is awesome for off-roading.

SabrToothSqrl · May 6, 2026

Still waiting on my CT. But this was TWENTY years ago this fall...
Mine is the black TJ... Did all the work myself.

pricedm · May 6, 2026

SabrToothSqrl said:
Still waiting on my CT. But this was TWENTY years ago this fall...
Mine is the black TJ... Did all the work myself.

Articulation of Jeeps is pretty amazing. I bet your rig has some nice mods. Solid front axle was a new concept to me until I started paying attention to offroad capabilities, which occured once I got my Cybertruck.

SabrToothSqrl · May 6, 2026

That was my 2nd Jeep (of 3 lol, they are addictive), 5.5" Long arm lift with spherical ball joints. The front axle only used 3 control arms and a trac bar. I'm fairly sure each wheel could travel up/down damn near 3 feet. I had to put limiting straps on it so the springs wouldn't pop out. That video was before the steering mods too. The control arms were 2" thick cold rolled steel if I can recall from 20 years ago. If you could bend them, they'd give you new ones! Also a triangulated rear end, so no trac bar needed.
It would flex so well, keeping all 4 on the ground, I barely needed the lockers.

I do miss those days, and while the CT is a beast, it's a very different setup.
I might tackle some trails when(if?!) mine ever gets here, but I don't see even needing the lockers where I'll go. the Trail Assist Mode would have been epic for some of the easier trails I did long ago. I always wanted to build an off road EV TJ, but 20 years ago (and still mostly today) the cost is just insane vs. a rebuilt 350.

But I always wanted to hit the trails in dead silence, with massive torque and simple control. Maybe I'll get back into it, but the list of expensive hobbies can only get so long!

What's kinda (funny?) is that the $60k CT was such a steal. It has dual lockers and 35s... a Wrangler Rubicon X is $61k!!!

pricedm · May 6, 2026

SabrToothSqrl said:
That was my 2nd Jeep (of 3 lol, they are addictive), 5.5" Long arm lift with spherical ball joints. The front axle only used 3 control arms and a trac bar. I'm fairly sure each wheel could travel up/down damn near 3 feet. I had to put limiting straps on it so the springs wouldn't pop out. That video was before the steering mods too. The control arms were 2" thick cold rolled steel if I can recall from 20 years ago. If you could bend them, they'd give you new ones! Also a triangulated rear end, so no trac bar needed.
It would flex so well, keeping all 4 on the ground, I barely needed the lockers.

I do miss those days, and while the CT is a beast, it's a very different setup.
I might tackle some trails when(if?!) mine ever gets here, but I don't see even needing the lockers where I'll go. the Trail Assist Mode would have been epic for some of the easier trails I did long ago. I always wanted to build an off road EV TJ, but 20 years ago (and still mostly today) the cost is just insane vs. a rebuilt 350.

But I always wanted to hit the trails in dead silence, with massive torque and simple control. Maybe I'll get back into it, but the list of expensive hobbies can only get so long!

What's kinda (funny?) is that the $60k CT was such a steal. It has dual lockers and 35s... a Wrangler Rubicon X is $61k!!!

With your offroad experience we could use you as a Telluride or Moab guide! Looking forward to seeing you post your Cybertruck offroading experiences.

HaulingAss · May 6, 2026

SabrToothSqrl said:
But I always wanted to hit the trails in dead silence, with massive torque and simple control. Maybe I'll get back into it, but the list of expensive hobbies can only get so long!

What's kinda (funny?) is that the $60k CT was such a steal. It has dual lockers and 35s... a Wrangler Rubicon X is $61k!!!

That's for sure! The cool thing about the Cybertruck is that it's excellent on-road, but can navigate challenges that every other stock 4x4 pickup would fail at. Also, the ride is a lot better than any short-wheelbase off-roader I've owned or ridden in.

Tesla had a good design strategy here. Rather than compromise on-road driving ability by giving it big articulation, they threw front/rear mechanical lockers on there and said "damn the articulation", keep it strong and rigid. It works for me.

But isn't the AWD base model $70K? I think only the RWD Cybertruck was briefly $60K.

SabrToothSqrl · May 6, 2026

I would love that, but I've been out of the game nearly 15 years.
I'm no expert, but I do enjoy it.
Probably the best off road advice:
"As slow as possible, as fast as necessary"

Everyone wants to jump into this, like it's a Jeep commercial. Slamming into water/mud/rocks etc at 50 MPH... that just pushes water/crap where you don't want it.

SabrToothSqrl · May 6, 2026

HaulingAss said:
That's for sure! The cool thing about the Cybertruck is that it's excellent on-road, but can navigate challenges that every other stock 4x4 pickup would fail at. Also, the ride is a lot better than any short-wheelbase off-roader I've owned or ridden in.

lol, yeah, I'm fairly sure the Jeep Wave was mostly to make sure your kidneys were still intact. (hey, is that guy OK? Maybe we should wave)
My 2 TJs rode that bad. The JK was much improved, but yeah there are trade-offs. Usually the better you make it off road, the worse it is on the highway. And, let's face it, 99.9% of my time.. is a paved surface. And if it's not, you might as well break down a build a rock buggy anyway.

tingmo13 · May 6, 2026

SabrToothSqrl said:
Still waiting on my CT. But this was TWENTY years ago this fall...
Mine is the black TJ... Did all the work myself.

these are customized while Cybertruck is natural. Moreover, Cybertruck is Green so blends naturally and won't scare/disturb those wild animals-besides non polluting the beautiful outdoor.

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