We have done thousands of miles off road, including one 300 miles trip over 5 days in the greater Death Valley. Over the 2 years of ownership, the only real challenges we find are overhanging trees and rocks, especially on the narrower Jeep trails.

 

Awesome to hear that you covered so much ground without any issues! Even though the dimensions can be a challenge

 

Quigley doesn't even offer a conversion for 2020+ Transits. I'm curious if they'll go through with developing a design for it or if the AWD will reduce the demand so much they decide not to. Sure you hear about 4wd being better than awd, but is it better than AWD, $15000, and 500 lbs of cargo capacity.

 

I sure hope so! I just dropped off my van at Quadvan. Truetrac front and rear is going to be better than AWD, and it only adds 270 pounds.

 

In the video there is a spot where the jeep going uphill almost landed on their rocker panel. knowing the low clearance, even with quigley or quadvan, did you take the same track, drive around or have skid plates in addition to larger tires?

 

The spot where the Jeep is flexed out was an optional line that we didn't hit with the van because of the high rollover risk. That's my dad's jeep but I was driving it up the hill climb I had to engage the rear locker to get past those deep ruts. The locker wouldn't turn off afterward. We opened up the rear differential in the parking lot of Oriely's in Barstow and disengaged the locker with a screwdriver. A short distance down the road it re-actuated electromagnetically. Long story short Jeep is replacing the entire rear axle under warranty and it's been in the shop ever since.

 

Beautiful video and trip! A few questions if you don't mind. Does your Transit have the rear shock attachment mod? Skid plates? Did you need extra fuel? Did any water get into the van during the river crossings?

 

Thanks for your comment on the video! I don't mind at all.
I have held off on the rear shock mod because I would loose 2" of rear axle travel. Would need to add a 2" bump stop extension and 2" shorter rear shocks. We recently did some rock crawling in the van and found that the loss of articulation on the rear axle would be more detrimental than the low hanging shock mounts. I am a metal fabricator so I have the ability to mod the shock mounts in my driveway in an hour, but just don't want to give up the already limited articulation.
No skid plates yet, but I am planning on fabricating a front winch bumper and intercooler skid plate sometime very soon. We did not need any extra fuel in the Transit, but my Dad's jeep had to use 4 extra gallons we had in a jerry can. A little water pooled up around the lower track of the sliding door from the river crossing, but didn't get as high as the floor of the van so there was no damage.
Are you planning on making the trip? Cheers!

 

Hi everyone, we recently drove the Mojave Road in a Quigley 4x4, 130" 3.5 Eco

Thank you for posting the vid! I’ve watched it a few times now and really appreciate seeing how capable the mid roof shortie can be. I vacillated on buying one either with AWD or without so I could convert. I ended up going down the AWD route and am in the process of deciding how I may want to “lift” it and which skid plates to get, etc.

While I don’t expect it to be as capable as yours, I hope it will be capable enough to get me to all of the off-the-beaten-path locations that I am used to when I had my TRD off-road Tacoma

 

how capable the mid roof shortie can be. I vacillated on buying one either with AWD or without so I could convert.

Sadly, not many of us here can settle with a short mid-roof Transit. It gets to the point of what is more important in our intended uses.