Returning Home to Explore the Florida Adventure Trail | Ocala National Forest Overland by Jeep
Returning Home to Explore the Florida Adventure Trail | Ocala National Forest Overland by Jeep
We’re returning to the Florida Adventure Trail! Come along as we follow the F.A.T. through the Ocala National Forest. We’ve explored the Ocala National Forest dozens of times over the years, and there’s always something new to see when we go! Today we’ll follow the F.A.T. through the main dirt roads and through the narrow trails, pushing through the thick Florida scrub brush!
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Chapters:
00:00 Start/Rodman Lake
00:34 Rodman Dam/On the Trail
03:10 FR-33 and the Scars of a Recent Wildfire
05:16 FR-9 and Dodging Thunderstorms
06:57 Finding a Little Water
09:24 Skirting the Bombing Range
10:54 Gratuitous Aerial Montage (That View, Though!)
12:33 Getting into the Thick of It (Bring On the Pinstripes!)
15:58 In the Middle of Nowhere
17:46 The Last Few Miles (Were My Favorite)
21:05 Parting Thoughts
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This trail looks 2wd friendly
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Which off road map app do you use?
We where just there in our 2019 nissan frontier and my brothers 2000 tj wrangler
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Thanks for the video. Looks like you probably need to start this trail with a full tank of gas. Did you need to bring more jugs of fuel with you?
Very nice rig build mate! Lovely landscape and terrain. Beautiful all round!
I’m glad to see that others stop and pick up litter while they’re out on the trails. Have you finished the rest of the FAT yet?
Great place .spent a few weeks this past winter boondocking in Ocala NF just got back from the Jersey pine Barrons
Hard to make onf look good, great camping but the worst 4 wheeling obstacle is sugar sand…
Very good video Thanks..stay safe out there..👍🏼 🙏🏼
Awesome video, but boy Florida is so flat. It really trips me out going there, or even South Carolina and not seeing a mountain in any direction. Not saying it’s not beautiful there, but I get lost in my sense of direction sometimes there.lol People are outstanding! Love the people
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Were you in 2H or 4H for most of this? Did you ever have to drop into 4L?
back in 1976 we’d go out to the "Canal Diggin’s" and scale that wall of dirt….much fun then with my 76 CJ 7 V8, loved the jeep and the ONF. Glad ya’ll are still trailing out there and taking care of it. God bless
This is awesome thanks for uploading! My pops and I are going to drive here from Clearwater in our Wrangler and Gladiator! Very cool. Cheers 🔥🌴🤙 120524
Great video. Your footage is very beautiful with the places you are going through
I loved it! I’m really going to have to get down there soon and try that place out.
Awsome video, you did an absolutely amazing job capturing the beauty of this place on video. I go off roading here pretty frequently and it also bothers me how much garbage gets dumped on the trails. Some people just have zero respect for the things they are lucky enough to have available to them.
Love seeing others pick up litter, good on you brother. We all have to take care of our Earth. Enjoyed the video!
I really enjoy watching your videos. All of your trips are great and have many beautiful angles
Do you have a cell phone service in there? Can I go by my self?
We ride there all the time our adventure bikes when training for Paris-Dakar. Excellent training grounds.
Nice ! When I bring the G to Florida I wanna try this !
Thanks for not making us subscribe to a patreon in order to know where the trail is.
I was out there last weekend and it was dry as a bone. Some good advice I was given before my first ONF trip about 20 years ago that I will pass on is the following: don’t go alone and take a gun.
It looks like I’ll be down there in the fall. I’ll most likely be staying in the Gainesville area…I’m thinking I’ll have to check this place out.
My son and I just drove the FAT in his 2005 Jeep TJ Rubicon. What fun – we started about 50-hours of some heavy rain fall and expected to have lots of water crossings. We did, managed all except for one and had to use our winch for recovery but that in itself was fun. One thing we quickly learned approaching these unknown water obstacles – if there was a bypass and it looked fresh, take it. Probably some local who knew more about the trail that we did. The one time we didn’t, yep that’s when we had to use the winch. We also decided to do some night driving one night (my son had recently installed some new overlanding lights and wanted to give them a try). That was even more fun – all the animals we saw along the way. The ONLY negative in this trip were two marked camp sites on ONX were occupied by some creepy vans. One site had three vans and by the amount of garbage around them they had been sitting awhile. The other had an older female with her dog. We gave her plenty of space and set up as far away as we could. As other adventurers have done, we filled several large contractor bags with trash we found at each site. My son plans to drive it again with his wife after he finishes building her jeep. Safety in numbers for sure so take a buddy in a separate vehicle. My son documented our adventure for his own youtube channel. His next adventure will be the Georgia Trail.
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Awesome place! Was that last part of the video the Pasley trail?
Lol got crazy stuck on fr 09. Great vid!
🤝😊👍 Отличный контент! Успехов!
Do you think a Chevy 3500 trailer boss ltz can make this trail without any problems?
Can you pull off the trails and camp? I know it’s a national forest and there ae rules but what about just pulling over and setting up camp?
I have a front wheel drive pick up truck. What do you think would be my limitations when visiting the park to drive on trails and camp in the truck bed overnight?
Shitheads like that is what makes it bad for everyone else that wants to get out and enjoy our jeep trails. It’s a shame that people do that
Wow, the landscape is so incredibly different than where I am in Cali..! It’s amazing that there are wildfires there too. Great video! Subbed and looking forward to watching some older videos and new ones as you post! 👏🏻👊🏼😃
Nicely done video! Who knew that Florida had so much land to explore? I pictured it as old people, snakes, and alligators.