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> "" wrote:
> > Anyone know of a site where I can get unbiased comparisons of
> > the offroad
> > capabilities of stock Frontiers and Tacomas and Explorers and
> > such?
> >
> > I need something that can go up a dirt road with 2-3 feet of
> > mud without
> > getting stuck.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> 2-3 feet of mud. gonna need alot more than anything stock. a wangler
> stock couldnt touch that, maybe a unimog. heres a good test: get a
> yard stick, measure 3 feet up on ant 4x4 your looking at. if you run
> into any electronics, air intake, or even the bumper for that matter
> then it wont make it and forget about stock brakes, gearing, or
> anything else that you expect to work when you get done. people may
> argue the finer points of mud meets 4x4; but really if you have to ask
> it wont make it. you would need something lifted, with lots of power,
> oversized mud tires, etc. If your looking for your weekend camping
> trip wherer the dirt road has some standing water in places, then the
> difference in a fronter or tacoma isnt that great. Toyota has a good
> rep behind it, so I would go with that. but 3 feet of mud is probably
> up to your waist, and it takes a real beast to get through that kind
> of mud.
Well, what about 2 feet of mud then? I've made it through plenty of times
with my old '91 Explorer of what must have been easily 1 1/2 feet of mud.
Maybe I need to go measure but it was higher than the bottom of a Bronco
front bumper anyway. At some point I would have to say it was not actually
driving but planing on the skid plates. If I would have stopped I would
have sunk and not have been able to get going again (probably). More like
boating than driving a car, I guess. What about getting one of those little
propellers ya used to see on the back on SUVs in the trailer hitch? That
might help me get going again if I have stop in the mud.
My main concern is to get through the county-maintained dirt road here.
They come along in the summer and put a bunch of fill on it and I guess they
never went to kindergarten and didn't learn that dirt and water (rain) makes
mud. After enough of us back here call 'em up and scream at them they come
out and scrape off all the fill and everyone can drive in and out again.
The next summer they come back and put a bunch of fill on it....
I've always made it with my Explorer but it's getting really old (200K miles
on it) and I'm wondering if the new trucks with the active brake limited
slip traction control systems are really any better than what I have now.
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