How Jeeps Climb 'Verticals' | Carsplainers | Insider Cars

YouTube is filled with viral videos of Jeeps scaling vertical rock walls. While most of these vehicles are modified, there's a reason Jeeps are so often the choice of these extreme off-roaders, or rock crawlers. From their unmatched standard features to the number of ways they can be modified, Jeeps are the perfect tool for crawling.

In this video we refer to rock walls as "vertical walls", this is misstated. While the rock walls shown in the video are steep, they are not at a 90 degree angle. Also, at 4:21 we showed a cyclist hill-climbing easier by shifting upward on their rear gear cluster. A cyclist climbing hills would ideally shift downward on the rear gear cluster, and lower on the bicycle's chainrings. Insider regrets the error.

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[maxstrong]

I never knew that 45° was interchangeable with 90°

[davidkline]

I love how he shows a trashed Jeep front end when talking about the hazards of not having a good enough approach angle.. then later shows a bike shifting into higher gears when he's talking about shifting into lower gears and how low gears add more torque...

[jamescrud]

Poor guy just doing his job reading a script for a voice over not knowing he's going to get ripped to shreds when the video gets uploaded to youtube.

Such is life.

[oliverschmidt]

I took an off-roading course and the spotter that guided me over the difficult terrain was key. Also brings a much needed confidence boost.

[ShoddyRC]

Almost 90 degrees seems a little much. It only looks like 90 degrees when you use the camera angle in your favor. Overall good video though.

[paulhightower]

Disclaimer: a jeep can not climb vertical walls

[johnr.timmers]

4:20 "You select the lower gear" Shows the cyclist selecting the highest gear. Fail on editing there

[xKenneth]

Got the bike gears confused there. You use the larger gear cogs not the small gear cogs going uphill. You'll pedal more but it won't feel as hard to do so. The smaller cogs are for flats and downhills.

[whoabuddy]

I hope no one actually believes you can climb vertical even near vertical walls. It's extremely dangerous especially in offroad environments where no one is around

[DesertRunner]

“Demolishing your front end”
That Jeep’s front end is the least of its problems.

[jeffjohnson]

Camera angles. It's mostly camera angles. I've been to some of those places that are in the video, you can get a minivan up some of those places.

[Orod]

And with Fiat manufacturing your Jeep parts you know you’re getting the highest quality vehicle for your off roading experience

[lanceislateagain]

Independent suspension: "This makes for a smoother ride, better handling, and *better fuel economy*"
Bronco with independent front suspension and worse fuel economy than the Wrangler: "Bonjour"

Seriously tho. Fuel economy is not impacted by the suspension design as much as you think. It's overall weight and aerodynamics that plays the bigger parts. I guess you can say a vehicle with an all-independent suspension *can* have a "cleaner" (and thus, more aerodynamic) underside, but when talking about vehicles that tip the scales at 3 tons and with the aerodynamics of a barn, suspension design isn't gonna change much.

[codeninja]

Lol whistling diesel climbed that hill with a bone stock 1990 Toyota hilux😅🤣🤣

[MrSwaggernaut]

Lol the difference between "nearly" vertical and vertical is IMMENSE

[rayhess]

I didn't see any vertical climbs in this video.When I was growing up, the local landfill had some vertical climbs.I remember watching some guy on a trials bike make-yes a vertical climb that actually had a "lip" at the very top.He must have ridden that up to that lip then forced down on his bars to walk it up over-I'll never forget that.

[wafity]

certified Hill climb racing moment right here

[hozihu]

almost lost it when he said "LIGHT WEIGHT machines" lol

[michaelbrenner]

One of the most informative Jeep videos I've seen. Well done!

[skeetermcswaggerU]

I'm normally really critical of videos like this but every time I started to get a little annoyed with a description or a segment of the photos not matching the narration,
I found myself still kinda impressed with how accurate a lot of the mechanical physics he explains are
gonna help someone who doesn't know anything about how much of a mechanical advantage a well thought out build has over an average off-road vehicle.
Even though the term should be 'Closer to Vertical' instead of 'Vertical Climbs'
In the picture of the 'crashed jeep' as an example of the drawbacks of not having a good approach angle was ridiculous!!!