How many of you wheel?

[f100cleveland]

I have wheeled for 25 years or so, most of it with the Bronco in my avatar. The club I belong to is River Valley Off Roaders and we wheel in Minn. and Wis. Our web site is in its infant stage right now at RVOR.org My son is working on a 85 Toyota with 1 ton axles and a 460 for his trail rig. Ever hear of the Memorial weekend at Dresser, Wis.?

 

[ranger boy]

i like to go out on trials, but it's hard now cause the rims have no clear coat *shrugs and sighs*

 

[DavidJ]

My Avatar is my crawler, but I won't be able to use it until I can get my X prodjects settled. So it sits in the garage on a tender til then

 

[Crumm]

I am looking at a rig to run trails and do some crawlin with. I want a Bronco II or a 91-94 Exploder!

I have a completely stock 95' Explorer but have never really thought of it as a trail rig. I think the suspension is different in the 95' than it is in the 91'-94'. Would the 95' make a trail rig or do you need the 94' twin beam suspension to get any travel? I have the 95' because the price was right and I planned on just keeping it around for the kids to drive in a couple of years but you got me to thinking....OH no here we go

 

[s d mills]

I'm BAAAA-ack! Had a ball. Weather was sunny and in the high fifties on Saturday....extra soupy conditions which work swell for the 35" Ground Hawgs. Lots of vision problems, though. Lots of pics I haven't gone through yet and some vids I'm waiting on, but this will give y'all an idea of conditions:

Tow rig did great....65-70 mph on cruise control (disspelled the BS about having to run at 55 to stay in OD) and averaged 13+ mpg for the entire trip towing. And, the comfort level of the Super Duty PSD dually is awesome beyond description.

Some perspective:

Late night shopping at our favorite supply outlet:

This was our Third Annual SnowBall Run and the best yet in terms of safety....everyone and every rig got out on time with only one casualty....our rig seriously overheated and the right radiator tank literally exploded, blowing the water inlet nipple completely out and the tank split from top to bottom.

The crew at the summit:

Wish y'all could have been there and you can find more images at: TRS SnowBall Run '06

 

[acjjkamp]

S D:
love the pics. looks like fun!! Too bad its so far away.
We have too many areas closed off here in Cali. Makes me wish I was back in Nv or Wa

 

[s d mills]

I have a completely stock 95' Explorer but have never really thought of it as a trail rig. I think the suspension is different in the 95' than it is in the 91'-94'. Would the 95' make a trail rig or do you need the 94' twin beam suspension to get any travel? I have the 95' because the price was right and I planned on just keeping it around for the kids to drive in a couple of years but you got me to thinking....OH no here we go

Yep....the '95 is IFS but has the 31 spline 8.8" rear diffy which is plenty strong for general wheeling. Replacing the IFS with the D44 SAS front will do the job....'Sploders make really nice rigs. Here's one:

Attica (IN) BadLands Off Road Park has every type of terrain you can imagine and the above 'Sploder rules it.

 

[95_stroker]

Yep....the '95 is IFS but has the 31 spline 8.8" rear diffy which is plenty strong for general wheeling. Replacing the IFS with the D44 SAS front will do the job....'Sploders make really nice rigs. Here's one:

Attica (IN) BadLands Off Road Park has every type of terrain you can imagine and the above 'Sploder rules it.

Is that Lakins rig? If not, looks very similar.

 

[s d mills]

Is that Lakins rig? If not, looks very similar.

Yup....it was Lurch's but he recently sold it and is beginning a new build-up. I've been in that truck and it's truly awesome on the trails.

Here's a couple of vids from the weekend:

Twister

Mud Climb

If they won't automatically play, save them to hard drive and retry. Each are 10-15 MBs.

 

[powerboatr]

the video of the mud slid has some great audio, at first it sounded like you had a motorcycle engine in there.
cool vids thanks