Muddy Rangers - Post Your Off-road Pics Here!

[doug910]

Let's use this thread to post off-roading/wheel pics and videos! I'll start.

This past weekend I drove down to Rush Off-road park in Rush, KY and took the Ranger. Huge, technical park with a labyrinth of never ending trails. Everyone at the park stared at the Ranger and remarked, "you're taking THAT on the trails?? Hope you come out in one piece!"

Needless to say, my Ranger is fine haha. Got it up on three wheels multiple times, scuffed up the front bumper and skid plate, but the Ranger performed like a beast. However, I will note that I didn't try many blue trails - hard green trails/easy blue trails seemed like the limit for my comfort/driving skill and ground clearance/articulation for the Ranger.

Three vids from the trip:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/191JTCtVOpozBM-7LCwcgpa_0ZM-GNUNO

Edit: Sorry guys, some of you may notice a double post from the "Off-Road" subforum. I found the original "post your offroad pics here" thread after I made this thread. I tried to delete this one after seeing the original but I don't think I can. I guess now we have two!

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[RedlandRanger]

That looks like it was a lot of fun! Those videos were AWESOME!

Wondering if you used any of the terrain management stuff or your rear locker in any of that?

 

[doug910]

That looks like it was a lot of fun! Those videos were AWESOME!

Wondering if you used any of the terrain management stuff or your rear locker in any of that?

Thanks! Yeah it was a tun of fun, a little nerve wracking at times too haha.

Yep, I kept it in the Mud/Ruts mode most of the time. I've noticed that if you just keep it in normal 4H in mud, the throttle is too laggy since you have to wait for the engine to downshift which can be problematic when you need wheelspeed in mud. Mud/Ruts mode applies the right amount of traction control too, definitely not too intrusive.

The rear locker was on when I was climbing the hill! But otherwise it was almost always off.

 

[FX4Offroad]

Let's use this thread to post off-roading/wheel pics and videos! I'll start.

This past weekend I drove down to Rush Off-road park in Rush, KY and took the Ranger. Huge, technical park with a labyrinth of never ending trails. Everyone at the park stared at the Ranger and remarked, "you're taking THAT on the trails?? Hope you come out in one piece!"

Needless to say, my Ranger is fine haha. Got it up on three wheels multiple times, scuffed up the front bumper and skid plate, but the Ranger performed like a beast. However, I will note that I didn't try many blue trails - hard green trails/easy blue trails seemed like the limit for my comfort/driving skill and ground clearance/articulation for the Ranger.

Three vids from the trip:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/191JTCtVOpozBM-7LCwcgpa_0ZM-GNUNO

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Now THATS off roading!

 

[t4thfavor]

You should definitely upload those to youtube! They would be easier for those of us who's current "Condition" disallows us from using Google Drive

Where you at in Detroit? I'm in Southfield area most days

 

[doug910]

You should definitely upload those to youtube! They would be easier for those of us who's current "Condition" disallows us from using Google Drive

Where you at in Detroit? I'm in Southfield area most days

I'll try out Youtube! Starting a Youtube channel just sounds like....work haha. I'll definitely look into it to make viewing more user friendly, thanks for the tip!

I'm out in the Plymouth area! But you'll find me in Dearborn a lot for work. You can probably put two and two together

 

[t4thfavor]

It's cake, you're not doing it as a job, you just have one so you can share vids with a link to the vid instead of pointing directly at your google docs .

I definitely can add the numbers together

 

[doug910]

It's cake, you're not doing it as a job, you just have one so you can share vids with a link to the vid instead of pointing directly at your google docs .

I definitely can add the numbers together

Good point, I'll do that next time!

 

[mrsmith]

Let's use this thread to post off-roading/wheel pics and videos! I'll start.

This past weekend I drove down to Rush Off-road park in Rush, KY and took the Ranger. Huge, technical park with a labyrinth of never ending trails. Everyone at the park stared at the Ranger and remarked, "you're taking THAT on the trails?? Hope you come out in one piece!"

Needless to say, my Ranger is fine haha. Got it up on three wheels multiple times, scuffed up the front bumper and skid plate, but the Ranger performed like a beast. However, I will note that I didn't try many blue trails - hard green trails/easy blue trails seemed like the limit for my comfort/driving skill and ground clearance/articulation for the Ranger.

Three vids from the trip:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/191JTCtVOpozBM-7LCwcgpa_0ZM-GNUNO

Edit: Sorry guys, some of you may notice a double post from the "Off-Road" subforum. I found the original "post your offroad pics here" thread after I made this thread. I tried to delete this one after seeing the original but I don't think I can. I guess now we have two!

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Awesome!! What tires are you running? Stock suspension?

 

[doug910]

Awesome!! What tires are you running? Stock suspension?

I'm running 265/70/17 Falken Wildpeak AT3W's, stock suspension! The tires are just over an inch taller than stock and I love the tires, especially for their value. They clear mud very well, air down nicely, quiet on the highway, and well built. Definitely an upgrade from OEM. I talk about the tires in this thread a little bit more on pages 7 and 8:

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/biggest-tires-no-lift.2458/page-7

Cheers!

 

[Brito]

We took a road trip this week to Hidden Falls Adventure Park in the hill country of Texas close to Marble Falls. It was a test for me and the truck. While I’ve owned a few trucks, this is my first 4X4. The 3 hour plus drive down was great using non-interstate roads. My wife said the seat could be more comfortable, but I thought mine was as comfortable as any car or truck I’ve previously owned. In the park I aired down to 20 psi and we drove the park for about three hours (the day after the drive down). We took park roads 1-4 on the advice of the park employees after explaining I was a noob. We took several videos, but honestly they really don’t do justice showing the steep angles, terrain contour, or even the rocks.
The truck performed flawlessly. Nothing but rubber touched the ground. I’m excited to put more skid plates on for higher level terrain in the future. Everything we did was level 1 or 2 rated trails. Next time I’ll deflate down to 17 psi as the warm temperatures pushed the tire pressures up around 24 psi by the time we were done. Everything on the truck is stock with the Ford tune installed. Even though my wife was nervous at times, this truck genuinely impressed the hell out of me. I can’t wait to get it dirty again.

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