I did a little off-roading in the snowy mountains
of Southern California Friday.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bla6cfeSpaY

I enjoyed breaking trail for several miles, then
turned back and did some rainy lower-elevation.

As always the Ex performed very well,and I had
a good time, back home in the early afternoon.

One of the neat things about living by the coast
in orange county...

Quietman
www.roenation.com
2005 EXCURSION LIMITED-options (everything) equipped Eddie Bauer edition 4X4 PSD
4" FabTech lift/level, Bilstein $$ mono-gas shocks, Rancho Steering Stabilizer
Silverstar 9005 fog and H13ST headlights + wiring mod to run high beam and fogs together,
BFG 315/75/16 AT KO's on Factory Mags, 22" front and 18" rear rain-x wipers, Auto
-zone aftermarket voltage gauge, LANDYOT Generation II Radius Rods,
Ford factory hood insulator, Mojave Pin-Striping

 

just remember - the Excursion is one heavy monster - difficult to get unstuck - and be ASSURED you can get these tanks VERY stuck.

The problem is a mis-conception, of those of you who are not mechanically inclined, that "4 x 4" means FOUR wheel drive. It does not.

Unless you have removed the stock front and rear differentials, and installed "lockers" (or are one of the VERY few who have "limited slip" differentials on both FRONT and REAR differentials) "4 x 4" means TWO wheel drive.

That's right, once you get into the slippery stuff, each of your axles MUST convert to ONE wheel drive. That is the price of living in this particular universe, with the laws of physics and mathmatics. Our vehicles have DIFFERENTIALS. Guess why they are called that !

You have a differential, so that when you go around a corner on dry pavement, you dont break an axle or tear up your tires from the fact that the inside wheel goes MUCH slower than the outside wheel.

One trick you can use to some LIMITED degree of sucess, is that when you get what you THOUGHT was a FOUR wheel drive vehicle stuck in slippery stuff, gently apply the brake. That will impose a roughly EQUAL resistance to all the wheels turning, and each of your differentials will try and drive both wheels.

 

one outstanding video with one of the best sound tracks in sometime i say! thanks for starting the day off with a chuckle as i enjoy the 30+/- weather today.

 

Quietman,

Looks like fun! Here's what I get to drive in tonight (picking wife up at the airport). Even my kid's snow men are buried.

 

Nice video! I'm itching to get my truck out to play. I used to go to Lytle creek to unload some of my rifles and hand guns, many years ago. Dangerous area, lol.

 

I believe that most of the Ex's came with the optional limited slip rear. I think it was only a $50 option.

 

yeah, that may be true, but I have been relatively unimpressed with the performance of mine at least.

For instance, I had a contact fall out of my eye while i was on the highway, so I pulled off the road (1 rear wheel on the shoulder 1 on the grass/mud/dirt. After i fixed my contact, I gave it some gas to accellerate back into traffic, and the wheel in the dirt spun significantly more than it seems a limited slip should have allowed it to, IMHO of couse

 

Nice video

 

Nice video...thanks for sharing!

 

nice video

 

That is a great video. Looks like fun. thanks for sharing.

 

Nice video. Whats the name of that song

 

Funny video, loved the sound track. That snow looked like our typical daily fair here. We're in snow season here, it will snow everday from now till the end of March at least.

 

I believe it was at least 'based' on the Johnny Cash song of 1968 "Ring of Fire" but I'm not sure exactly what artist did the one in the video...

Here's the ORIGINAL Cash version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2iv_E-Fn9E

joe.