Is IFS Durable Enough For Poison Spider? | Moab Trail Guide

IFS in Moab?! What were we thinking… We took a group of wildly different off-road rigs—IFS, solid axle, overbuilt, and underdog—and tackled one of Moab’s most iconic 4x4 trails: Poison Spider Mesa.

This trail guide delivers the full experience: slickrock climbs, stunning desert views, sketchy ledges, and more. But the real story is how a Nissan Xterra, Jeep Wrangler (2-door and 4-door), Commander, Tacoma, Power Wagon, Tahoe, FJ Cruiser, and Bronco all performed side by side on this classic Moab trail.

If you’ve ever wondered how different vehicles stack up on real terrain—not just spec sheets—this one’s for you.

▶️ Trail: Poison Spider Mesa – Moab, Utah
🧭 Rigs: Nissan Xterra Pro-4X (IFS), Jeep Wrangler TJ & JLU, Jeep Commander, Toyota Tacoma, Ford Bronco, Toyota FJ Cruiser, Ram Power Wagon
🎥 20+ hours of footage distilled into a full Moab experience

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About Colorado Mallcrawlers:
We are a channel that aims to show incredible off-road trails and our adventures to get through them with stock or your not so typical off-road vehicles. If that sounds like a fun watch, we'd love to have you as a subscriber! Our focus is making great videos rather than being "Overland Influencers." If you want more from us, we created the channel membership to give our community the best trail info on youtube quicker since trail/overland guides take a while to create. We organize our trips through membership as this allows us to get on the same page before we wheel/film together. Video Editors are Drew Hunter and Dewie Jones. We're always looking for more offroad video editors as we film a ton of trails (most of a video's adsense goes to the editor since that is the work of making trail guides). We currently have 40 trail guides and overland routes filmed... some incredible videos/routes, so there is always videos to edit.

YouTube Membership (covers production costs):
Slaughterhouse ($1): Filming Trip Details (join us)
Black Bear ($4): Member Videos (Trails, Gear, Tips)
Holy Cross ($9): Channel Producer, Early Release
Poughkeepsie ($25): 1 on 1 Trail Planning

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TrailsOffroad:
Is simply the BEST trails app, but they DO NOT PAY me to promote them. We just have an affiliate link for a big discount. The other company was going pay me a lot to promote them, but I still use TrailsOffroad instead.
https://trailsoffroad.com/all-access?...

Amazon affiliate links, but we are not part of the program (I don't push gear and people have to use your links to become an amazon affiliate). I just put these links on stuff I have been asked about in comments.

Dewie’s tent: https://amzn.to/4ewcA3G
Dewie’s sleeping bag: https://amzn.to/3XUksqe
My Cooking Stove: https://a.co/d/9LZRgl0
Jeep TJ Radio: https://a.co/d/fABIIb7
Best thing I bought for the JeepTJ: https://a.co/d/aULDqNH
Awning (untested, not reviewed): https://a.co/d/cKQ6Brt

My cot, pillow, and water containers are from Walmart. My stove's skillet was bought from REI and other gear is made up from stuff I already had.

Colorado Overland Rentals:
https://www.tacrentals.com/4x4-overla...
Use “Mallcrawlers” for a discount (no kickback provided to us, just a cool company)

TrailRax is how I carry my fuel as seen in the video. I don't have any links or discounts, but if interested in the rack, send me a message and I will see if I can get a discount code.

Kenda Tires are my go to tires. I have been using them since 2012/2013 on my Jeeps and in 2025 I finally reached out to them (My TJ and camper have Kendas currently). They are getting my JL new tires in 2025 and we may do other stuff together. We will see, but I truly love these tires (see my old review video)

02:39 Gate Keeper Obstacle
07:59 Ledge Obstacle
14:50 The Launch Pad
17:05 The Waterfall
21:00 The Difficult Obstacle
27:50 Bronco Makes It Look Easy
28:54 Got a Winch?
34:40 Whatever You Do, Don't Roll
36:18 Scenic Arch
45:45 Trail breakdown And The Return Trip