We tagged along on this year’s Top of the World FSI run, snapping photos and recording video as we went. It wasn’t long before we ran into other 4x4s on the trail, (a common occurrence) and we started taking photos and videos of some of those cool rigs as well. In the attached gallery of photos you can some of the rigs in the Fullsize Invasion as well as some of the rigs we saw on the trail. There’s even video!

Video Photo Gallery of the big rigs taking over on Poison Spider

What was a small, unofficial protest to the lack of vehicular diversity, the Fullsize Invasion quickly became a hit. It turns out that there are a lot of full-size enthusiasts out there that want to experience the splendors of Moab for the first time. Some have decided to make it an annual trip, rejoining friends every year in an off-road paradise. 

The first Fullsize Invasion was intended as a proverbial finger in the air to the masses of Jeeps that descended on Moab during the annual Easter Jeep Safari...

It was 1967 when the Chamber of Commerce of Moab, Utah, was looking for a way to attract people to come visit. Moab was an absolutely magnificent little town that was beautiful, but far away from any large population. It survived largely on money tied to uranium mining...