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[AndyR]

This is my other desert vehicle. I don't think the Raptor will be up to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MKzH9Qjp0

Andy

 

[MagicMtnDan]

Final words of the video, "Textbook Andy, textbook!"

Nice JK Andy; I like it! Looks like you're running 35" tires and some nice body/slider protection. Tell me about your JK (Jeep). (And where are you located?)

Well, you're right, the Raptor wouldn't be up to that because it's too narrow. But I've tried

I took my Raptor on a 3-day Death Valley trip with other vehicles most of which were Jeeps. The Raptor did great. Yeah, I mangled 2 of the four running board mounting brackets (just bent flanges - nothing serious and the brackets held up well otherwise and there's no damage to the running boards which is a plus), scraped up the driver's side rear bumper end (scratched through the paint) and the Raptor came down on some big rocks flattening my exhaust pipes (the last foot of them).

We climbed up a few "waterfalls" (rock obstacles) and they were tight in some places but I managed to squeeze the Raptor through. The Raptor is wide, the front overhang isn't as short as I'd like and the rear overhang is too long so rock crawling is a challenge but it's great fun.

Unfortunately I don't have many pics of my Raptor - I take lots of pics but can't take them of the Raptor when I'm driving :mrgreen:





Here's a nicely modded Rubi negotiating a waterfall:



We've done some rock crawling on a Raptor Run in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park when we went through the "Tie Rod Gulch" with a bunch of Raptors (maybe you saw the pictures posted here) going up to Diablo Drop-off which we drove up.

I hope we see you on one of our future runs.

 

[AndyR]

Yeah, it was the 1st 4dr JK do to Isham Canyon. It's a SOB of a trail, and the vnotch at the end only has one good liine on it.

I saw your pics of Echo Canyon. I took a stock F250 SuperDuty up those falls and mangled the passenger running board on the way down lol

Here's the JK in Echo from 2008:


This is taken where the yellow jeep is, but looking up canyon

Lets see. It's a 2007 JK Rubicon with:

37" MTRs on Walker-Evans Racing beadlocks
5:13's in the axles
Dynatrac ProROCK44 front axle
4" ORO AiROCK suspension
ORO Tie-rod
SwayLOC dual rate disconnect/swaybar
Advanced Adaptors RubiCrawler splitter - gives a 11:1 reduction with the 4:1 Rocktrack t-case
AEV front bumper with a Warn 9.5si
IPF HIDs (one spot, one wide)
Hanson Rear bumper
ORF rear tire carrier
Rockhard cage & skids
AEV rear corners
Polyperformance rockers
2m & CB
Garmin GPSmap 478c
sPOD switches
and some other junk.

Andy

 

[FSM06]

The MAN DAN can find ANYTHING on the internet...........trust me, some of it you don't want to see!! LOL!

FSM

 

[AndyR]

I'm typing this from the dealership. She came in on today's transport. Black, 6.2, all the goodies except for the accent package.
Will post pics when I get home.

Andy

 

[MarkT]

Congratulations!!!!!!

:ttiwwp:

 

[AndyR]

Here we go, from the top of the transport to home:

I'll be down in Panamint & Death Valley next Fri/Sat/Sun if anyone wants to play.

Andy

 

[AndyR]

Ok, so after another bunch of months of waiting my new ride arrived yesterday. Loaded except the orange interior. Bakflip & Bedrug waiting to be installed this weekend.





Andy

 

[KaiserM715]

Cool!! When are you going to break it in with it's first trail run?

 

[AndyR]

Cool!! When are you going to break it in with it's first trail run?

Probably the 2nd weekend in May, a Panamint & DV quick weekend. Depends on the Mrs schedule.
I also need to remount the 40" LED bar and Ford Racing Skid that I took of my old Raptor.