I get that a lot. The desert is a funny place. The middle of the valley is a flat silt outflow from the carving of the grand canyon, agriculture. Not rocky and sandy like the surrounding "wild" desert. If it's wet, it's sticky grease, horrible. If it's loose, you will get stuck. If it gets wet...
The bronco was as good or better really than my last 4runner with coilovers for going across the desert. Rode and handled well at speed in washes, impressive for stock. Seems they did their homework and worked at making a capable out of the box rig. Dunes really well too, and crawled and climbed...
The only other way I can imagine doing it would be to slash everything off from a bucket and chunk it down. The fronds are a nightmare. It would take several times longer, with two people instead of one.
pretty miserable dusty cutting the spurs off. Chain choking fibers, nasty dust. Taking the trees out with any other method I can thing of would be lots of miserable hand work.
I just pulled it out of my rear…a little sketch. Too big of a tree or wrong angle I think it might tip the lift back? Maybe… 5,000lb ish tree 26,000 lb machine, but leverage.
They hinge better than the eucalyptus I’m used to but not as good as a green conifer. Huge gap face and high back cut...