off road driving tips
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here's a Good one but you shoudent have a problem make sure you have tow hooks on front and back I pulled a toy. out and it screwed some stuff out once cause he forgot tow hooks.....the more the marrier....Just a thought...
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From: Senoia, GA
Originally posted by MustangGT221
Well there are always exceptions...depends on what kind of off roading your doing, suspension travel is also important.
Well there are always exceptions...depends on what kind of off roading your doing, suspension travel is also important.
doh!even in mud it is surprising what a good articulating machine will accomplish!
-jason-
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thats why you cut the fenders! look at rock buggys. they need tons of suspention travel, yet they are all low to the ground. so it seems as though low truck, big tires is the best way to go. the exception being mud bog trucks that need to be a little higher to stay out of the goo. also look at desert race trucks... 20" or more of travel and they sit lower than my stock truck. not to argue really. just trying to explain where i justified this comment.
Last edited by Texan1983; Dec 16, 2003 at 01:28 AM.
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ever been to tellico? or moab? or Badlands ORP? or El Hill? or Sledgehammer?
mall wheelin' doesn't count
BTW...jeeps are a lil different they come with quite a bit of clearnce from the factory....I myself haven't cut my fenders out yet...I am looking for metal wheel wells so that I can. But my bronco has been cut to hell.
my main point was on the trail is gonna get scratched and if you are willing to get it scratched then why not just cut the fenders out and go with that? Helluva lot easier in my opinion, but what do I know? I don't wheel any and I am all talk
-jason-
mall wheelin' doesn't count
BTW...jeeps are a lil different they come with quite a bit of clearnce from the factory....I myself haven't cut my fenders out yet...I am looking for metal wheel wells so that I can. But my bronco has been cut to hell.
my main point was on the trail is gonna get scratched and if you are willing to get it scratched then why not just cut the fenders out and go with that? Helluva lot easier in my opinion, but what do I know? I don't wheel any and I am all talk
-jason-
Last edited by fishmanndotcom; Dec 16, 2003 at 12:19 PM.
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Never been, but there is plenty of wheeling in Texas.
Examples:
1) http://www.agrwheelinranch.com/photo1.htm
2) http://www.treesranch.homestead.com/memorialrun1.html
I'd like to visit out of state wheeling spots....I'm building a trailer right now for this exact purpose.
As for clearance, this is true, but we usually require more lift to fit tires. A jeep correctly requires at least 4" of lift to run 33's and not rub.
I do not have a problem with cutting, but I'll leave the metal there until it needs to be cut.
Examples:
1) http://www.agrwheelinranch.com/photo1.htm
2) http://www.treesranch.homestead.com/memorialrun1.html
I'd like to visit out of state wheeling spots....I'm building a trailer right now for this exact purpose.
As for clearance, this is true, but we usually require more lift to fit tires. A jeep correctly requires at least 4" of lift to run 33's and not rub.
I do not have a problem with cutting, but I'll leave the metal there until it needs to be cut.
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
proeliator, you are not a wheeler. i don't know why you thought you could be one but come on, you have to modify you truck just a little. 
By the way you are the one exception i was talking about with the mud trucks, becuase i knew you would pipe in and ruin my arguement!!!
By the way you are the one exception i was talking about with the mud trucks, becuase i knew you would pipe in and ruin my arguement!!!
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Lol. But there is allot of truth to what you were saying, even if I'm kind of a funky exception. Mine is primarily a mud bogger, but the only reason I can even wheel on the trail with my lift is because my custom suspension articulates so well. Generally, its better to stuff the biggest tires your drivetrain can accomodate, lift it just a little, and cut the fenders the rest of the way.
Anyways, I'm all about sticking my nose in and ruining arguments
Anyways, I'm all about sticking my nose in and ruining arguments
