Goats Trail 4x4 Off-Road Blog

How Do You Calculate Your Trail Power Needs?

Here’s the reality of the “how much power do I need when offroading” question: there's no universal answer. 

Your Toyota setup will have different requirements than your buddy's Bronco rig, and weekend warriors have different needs than those tackling multi-week expeditions.

The first step is understanding all your trail essentials – be it your ARB fridge and camp lights or your recovery winch and communication devices. Everything is extremely power-hungry.