<|->Watching these
flatties ascend and
descend the Moab
Rim trail was noth-
ing short of inspir-
ing. They might not
have 40-inch tires
or 1-ton axles, but
they sure conquered
obstacles in a style
untouched by rigs
of the present day.
Sometimes, how-
ever, they needed a
friendly push to get
over the hump.
32 SEPTEMBER 2019 FOUR WHEELER
Feature Slickrock Scenes
<-Do the occupants
of this Jeep enjoy a
certain type of soup
or is this license plate
referring to the 1-ton
axles beneath the rig?
Perhaps both? Sadly,
they cruised past before
we had time to ask.<-<|Though mentioning the name “Hell’s Revenge”
might strike fear into the hearts of the uninitiated, don’t
let the moniker completely fool you. This trail has been
described as the quintessential Moab Jeep trail, and it
is, in fact, accessible to most stock 4x4s. Verne Simons
proceeded through the slickrock in the company of many
kinds of Jeeps: old, new, small, and enormous. No, that
is not a tiny human. It’s Big Willy—a 1.648:1 scale ver-
sion of a Cummins-powered, rear-steering, custom-built
Willys Jeep crawling the red rocks on 52-inch tires.Photo: Harry Wagner