How many of you guys do some offroading in your trucks that are flat out stock. I got an 03 FX4 and I wonder what I can do with it without tearing anything up. So if you guys have some pics of stock trucks having fun will you post them for me...Thanks

 

I'm not stock anymore but I was once. I've been wheeling since the week I bought my 95' that was just 4 years old. Here's some old pics.




These were taken in Moab several years ago. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

 

I don't have any hardcore pictures but my gallery has some of pismo beach pictures.

https://www.f150online.com/galleries...w.cfm?num=5304

I have done some other wheeling but unfortunately no pictures. My best time is playing in the mud/water but I wouldn't recomend it unless you like to pull off coil packs.

 

I used to four-wheel all the time in my truck when it was stock. At least the suspension and tire size was stock, anyway. Now I runn 285/75/16s, and they helped out my truck a LOT, but it always did fine stock.

 

I have some wheeling pix but dont know how to post them

 

i go wheelin' in the desert in my stock 04. it is completely stock. here are some poor quality pics from last Thanksgiving in Glamis. The truck was about 3 weeks old then.

 

I took my 2000 F-150 up a class 5 4X4 trail in Colorado. It worked great, but it really ate up the Wrangler RT /S tires which are basically street tires anyway. I read in my Four Wheeler mag that the stock setup actually has more articulation than with a 4" lift. The reason being, the IRS suspension doesn't benefit from a lift, except for putting larger tires on.

 

BroncoBoy,
Which trails are you talking about?

I'm looking for some decent trails to explore and most of the 4wheel shops around here say the F-150 isn't up to snuff even if it's hopped-up. It seems that they wouldn't dare get their pickups dirty but need a full blown jeep rock crawler to have fun off road!

Sure I'de love to some day go that route (maybe even an old bronco), but I want to get out there and play with what I've got...a 97 F-150 4.6 5 speed 4x4 with a 3" body lift and a few perf mods.

Can anyone out there in the Denver, CO area point me in the right direction?

 

Little clarification here, the F150s have never and still don't use an IRS. IRS is an Independant Rear Suspension. The Explorers and the new Expeditions use an IRS, but the F150 has always had a live rear axle. The IFS won't benefit from a lift like you say because all suspension lifts for them do is drop all the equipment down. It doesn't change any of the stock settings for the most part. On the rear it depends on the kit. If you get all new leaves on the rear you might get some more flex, but if the kit you're using just uses blocks then you're really not going to get much more for flex from the rear since the setup is still 98% stock. Most IFS lifts are only to fit larger tires. The older TTB lifts were capable of more flex since they changed out the front coils and some had longer radius arms which DRAMATICALLY helped.

 

I have a 2003 SuperCrew that I take hunting and fishing. It will go in places I won't take it. In those instances I ride in my sons trucks. They have no fear of thrashing!

 

last night me and a buddy got a call from my brother, saying that him and a buddy were stuck, (brother 89 f-250 265-75 workhorse extra grip, and his buddy 85 chev 1500 brand new firestone destinations can't remember the size this pickup had some lockers,lift and what not on it) so me and my buddy are like hell yea we'll come get you, i have a 02 f150 33-12.50 mickeys and a buddy has 04 PSD crew 2863miles with 285 goodyear MTRS, so we get out there and get stucks trying to pull those 2 out so now we have 4 pickups stuck. so we call acouple other buddies, saying come get us we need a tractor, they just laughed and called BS... so they come out and both get stuck, (00 chev 265-75 firestone something, and the other one has a 01 chev 285-75 st's and a body lift) so there we sit, 6 pickups stuck ahhhh what fun, so then we have to walk to our farm 3 miles away in 38 degree weather to get a 4 wheeldrive tractor.... what a night. started at 6pm and ended at 1am, i should of had a camara

 

Alright, here you go. The Rampart range goes at least from colorado springs to denver and there are some good trails along the Rampart Range Road.
You can also head out to the leadville area and do the Mosquito Pass. It's no big deal with a lift, a bit more challanging without, but perfectly doable either way, weather permitting (13,000' elevation at summit) so check the weather first. you can also start by south park on the east end of the trail if you like. It is next to "south park" If you want an idea what it is like, look in my gallery.
And ***** the closed minded bozo's that are schmakkin' our trucks. ask them which way goes forward in the snow, because I have seen my share of CJ's spinning circles when it gets a bit slick, and ait isn't about anything but having fun.

 

Hey, I live in Colorado. I didn't even realize it was mentioned in this thread until now. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. I wheel my F150 Longbed HARD. No rock crawling, but it's not built for that. My F150 can do anything a similar jeep can do. I could show you a thing or two.