I've been to a rock crawling event once. I've seen it done. I've also watched a lot of video, I guess.
It's a very slow and methodical sport where you will eventually end up with all four wheels in the air and sitting on your roof. And that's okay, the trucks are built for it. It's also why you never go crawling alone. You go in groups AND you go with a spotter. You need someone to be outside of the vehicle to spot you and actually tell you where to go and what to do. They need to be very good.
I have seen some videos of that.
It looks like fun.
It'd probably be smarter for me to just rent one and use that to play with for a day/weekend. I'm sure someone rents them near places like Moab or whatnot.
I just searched the 'net and it looks like there are indeed places to rent stuff meant to crawl on the rocks. So, that's an option... There are also tours, some of which I assume have you as the driver and they provide support and a co-driver/spotter.
That would be better than buying something only to use once
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