Coolluke01
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I’ve been testing out the off roading capabilities quite a bit recently.
We have a 4 wheeler trail with a good ramp for jumping. When I give friends a ride we take it over that and have jumped it pretty good several times now. It’s really quite amazing!
This weekend I took some friends for a ride down a minimum maintenance road in Baja mode for the first time. Drifting around a sand pit was a ton of fun with 80/20 rear power bias. On a straight stretch we hit several large whoops, should have checked the out closer first. After the second whoop at around 70 the rear end started to rise as the front came down to land. I punched the gas to try and straighten it out and keep it on the road, we veered off a little into the weeds and found a dirt pile that was almost 3’ tall. Needless to say when we landed a full 25’ later we were all pretty hyped up. Lesson learned to do better recon before hand.
I can’t explain the smoothness of all this. It handles the jumps and rough terrain like nothing I’ve ever driven before. Even the dirt pile in the weeds, it was a full send off that thing and the landing was amazing. No fish tailing or bouncing. It tracked really well and landed very level.
Lost the rear wind dams (the fronts are already long gone) and one wheel liner. There are some pretty good rub marks in the rear wheel wells from the wheels rubbing when we landed. The tonneau cover came off the tracks on one corner. The manual says it can stay up or down, I’m thinking it would be better retracted but I’m not sure.
I already had a service appointment for this Tuesday so I’ll get the cover and plastics fixed/replaced then.
If you haven’t taken your truck off road and drifted and jumped, you must do it. This was pretty extreme for sure, but you should push it in some rough terrain a little and you’ll see how impressive this really is.
My truck isn’t a pavement princess and I will keep driving it like a 16 year old in a Ford Ranger!
We have a 4 wheeler trail with a good ramp for jumping. When I give friends a ride we take it over that and have jumped it pretty good several times now. It’s really quite amazing!
This weekend I took some friends for a ride down a minimum maintenance road in Baja mode for the first time. Drifting around a sand pit was a ton of fun with 80/20 rear power bias. On a straight stretch we hit several large whoops, should have checked the out closer first. After the second whoop at around 70 the rear end started to rise as the front came down to land. I punched the gas to try and straighten it out and keep it on the road, we veered off a little into the weeds and found a dirt pile that was almost 3’ tall. Needless to say when we landed a full 25’ later we were all pretty hyped up. Lesson learned to do better recon before hand.
I can’t explain the smoothness of all this. It handles the jumps and rough terrain like nothing I’ve ever driven before. Even the dirt pile in the weeds, it was a full send off that thing and the landing was amazing. No fish tailing or bouncing. It tracked really well and landed very level.
Lost the rear wind dams (the fronts are already long gone) and one wheel liner. There are some pretty good rub marks in the rear wheel wells from the wheels rubbing when we landed. The tonneau cover came off the tracks on one corner. The manual says it can stay up or down, I’m thinking it would be better retracted but I’m not sure.
I already had a service appointment for this Tuesday so I’ll get the cover and plastics fixed/replaced then.
If you haven’t taken your truck off road and drifted and jumped, you must do it. This was pretty extreme for sure, but you should push it in some rough terrain a little and you’ll see how impressive this really is.
My truck isn’t a pavement princess and I will keep driving it like a 16 year old in a Ford Ranger!
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