Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro vs Jeep Gladiator Mojave - Off-Road Showdown in Ice, Mud & Snow!

of course the front camera is cooler because you want to see what you're running on, you have tire lines there to see where your tires are going to be and you have the clean camera button because that camera has a spray so if it gets dirty you can do it while you're on the move, although I have to tell you guys, in very cold weather, spraying that little camera doesn't clean it completely, so the sprayer is much better in the summer and the other thing I'll say is that yes, these cameras only the resolution is much better than the

jeep

toyota

must spend a lot more money on their cameras than

toyota

but i appreciate it because it looks nice and sharp everyone it's time for the hydra line and the taco had to break the ice on the left hook, so the

jeep

is doing it. here on the hydraulic line and I think the jeep has a tougher job ahead of it there's a lot more ice here I just stopped there's so much ice here it stopped me abruptly that's one thing about manuals you have to keep it accelerates you know what I want for low I want the power I want the power let's go back down to four low first gear let's hit it a little there we go it's going up but it's also breaking this ice is almost supporting this

gladiator

what can I I don't think so so far so far so good so far so so far well we're breaking through i think the mud patches are right on top of the ice now oh there's a breakthrough oh boy when it breaks through it's crazy i don't want to try too hard she here i can't believe she was riding on the ice it's only december I didn't think this ice was that thick oh my gosh but she's moving slowly but surely she's moving forward and you know what I love I can feel it's direct contact of the tire with the ice my bumper isn't dragging I don't think it's dragging not even the skid plate, the tires are doing all the work here and this

gladiator

with that 44 degree approach angle just means that whatever you pointed out is basically What happens is the tires hit it first, so something else The one I want to talk about quickly is the clutches on both trucks and they're actually very similar, the engagement point is very low and it's a very smooth engagement point, which is exactly what you want in an off-

road

truck like this.

You don't want a harsh commitment and I should mention that they are both basically new trucks so it's not because the clutch is worn because they don't bite hard. because that's how they're designed and uh I don't really feel like one is a little bit better than the other, although I will say that I actually like the shots on the Tacoma a little bit better if you care about this kind of thing, the heel that it has. The slightly shorter throws feel a little nice and a little sharper than here in the Jeep. The throws here in the jeep are fine, a little longer and a little less accurate, so with just a quick shot of our ice you can see a lot of this stuff. about two inches thick, this is the main thing issued by the government here in Canada.

I'm a little surprised it's so thick so early in the season anyway, that's what we're dealing with today. Okay, we're here in Tacoma and I was going in. four high, but from my experience in the jeep, I'm actually going to go down to four low because every time I broke the ice I stopped so fast that I ended up stopping this thing, which doesn't help, now there's a problem. she doesn't want to go into four low here, I should mention that I also like that the gladiator has a physical control to go down to four low, whereas here in Tacoma it's still just a dial and what just happened is I turned the dial.

I heard a beep. I had to roll around a bit until it appeared on the gladiator. Sometimes you have to move a little too, but with that handle it feels like you can physically get it into place rather than relying on the ECU to do it. and now we're back on the ice, of course, with broken ice in front of me, this gets a little bit easier, but it's not a picnic out here for the taco and, yeah, right off the bat, I can already tell you that the free space here has Not even 10 inches of ground clearance is going to matter because here in the

tacoma

my nose is dragging on this ice oh this is gnarly ice oh the

tacoma

is not breaking here oh interesting oh there it goes so the taco went up the ice is longer than the jeep and don't forget the jeep is about 500 pounds heavier.

I gotta tell you the muddy terrain definitely had more traction and now that I'm in these ruts I feel like I'm in a slot car and this lug won't come off while the jeep I was able to turn those wheels while it was in the middle of the ice and I couldn't. turn so bad. The tacoma is doing it, but the jeep did a little better. Now we're out of the way folks, what's the verdict on this one? Well if you go with the trd pro package here on the tacoma it makes for a formidable off

road

er and I love the fact that it is so small and light but if you really want the truck that will have better off road performance you want to get this gladiator

mojave

.

Nowadays, all our obstacles seem so easy and when you get behind the wheel you feel like their number one priority is off-roading. from the seating position to the suspension, the differentials, everything in there is so set up to address things like this, so if I was spending my hard earned money it's going to go to the gladiator, but I want to hear what you guys think , so please go. in the comments below right now, let me know which truck you would buy while you're there, don't forget to like, hit subscribe, hit the join button to become a channel member and then come back here to see what we do. they are testing next time see you