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[DrPep]

Samoa Dunes along the Northern California coast. Not too hard but a lot of fun driving on the beach.

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[ProtonDecay]

Here we are winching our HQ15 out of the Eel River in Northern California a couple of weeks back. We were with a group (Overland Bound) of fairly capable vehicles so decided to test out whether the Ranger/HQ15 could make it across and up the bank of loose water smoothed cobblestones (about 1-2 inches in diameter, maybe 3/4 inch thick). Nope! That trailer is very heavy (6K lbs) on a single "axle" (actually, timbren-style suspension), so it sunk in pretty good once we lost traction coming up the bank and it took a healthy dose of our winch to pull us up onto the level.

Winch setup is a Warn 12K Zeon in a Shrockworks bumper. Very happy with both. We ran a soft shackle/snatch block on the front of the jeep and secured the synthetic line with a Factor 55 Prolink to the bumper with a hard shackle. The winch handled the load (about 12K total, maybe a bit less) fairly well, but I'd run a second snatch block next time if the bank were mud instead of those cobbles.

No damage near as we can tell - we got stopped with the engine and front suspension out of the water, and only the bottom of the rear diff was in water while we were stopped. I pulled the rear diff cover off when we got home and no water or discoloration (indeed, it the fluid looked new, but I replaced anyway).

Anyway, now we have a good reference point for the capability of the rig. I don't typically take on unnecessary water crossings, but the mood to play struck us and gave us a good story to tell.

 

[Glocker]

Here we are winching our HQ15 out of the Eel River in Northern California a couple of weeks back. We were with a group (Overland Bound) of fairly capable vehicles so decided to test out whether the Ranger/HQ15 could make it across and up the bank of loose water smoothed cobblestones (about 1-2 inches in diameter, maybe 3/4 inch thick). Nope! That trailer is very heavy (6K lbs) on a single "axle" (actually, timbren-style suspension), so it sunk in pretty good once we lost traction coming up the bank and it took a healthy dose of our winch to pull us up onto the level.

Winch setup is a Warn 12K Zeon in a Shrockworks bumper. Very happy with both. We ran a soft shackle/snatch block on the front of the jeep and secured the synthetic line with a Factor 55 Prolink to the bumper with a hard shackle. The winch handled the load (about 12K total, maybe a bit less) fairly well, but I'd run a second snatch block next time if the bank were mud instead of those cobbles.

No damage near as we can tell - we got stopped with the engine and front suspension out of the water, and only the bottom of the rear diff was in water while we were stopped. I pulled the rear diff cover off when we got home and no water or discoloration (indeed, it the fluid looked new, but I replaced anyway).

Anyway, now we have a good reference point for the capability of the rig. I don't typically take on unnecessary water crossings, but the mood to play struck us and gave us a good story to tell.

Man! I bet you are glad you opted for the larger winch!!!!

 

[Colo_Ranger]

April 24 will now be known as Ranger Day. 8 Rangers, no Toyotas or Jeeps. It was a glorious day.

Also, today marked 1 year since I picked up my Ranger.

 

[Chris M]

April 24 will now be known as Ranger Day. 8 Rangers, no Toyotas or Jeeps. It was a glorious day.

Also, today marked 1 year since I picked up my Ranger.

TAFFR!

 

[UnregistredHypercam2]

April 24 will now be known as Ranger Day. 8 Rangers, no Toyotas or Jeeps. It was a glorious day.

Also, today marked 1 year since I picked up my Ranger.

this was a great run, looking forward to the next one

 

[BladeRanger]

Went camping this past wknd up in Big Bear, CA. The rig easily handled a few different forest service roads with some decent sized ruts & moderate rock crawling? Good times with beautiful drop-off views & meadows!!
Going from a 3rd gen TRD Tacoma to a 5th gen Ram Rebel & now to this guy in the past 4 1/2 yrs......finally got it right & we're lov'n the Ranger!!

Robert is this you, what's up bro? Nice rig, brother.

 

[dascavernas]

Robert is this you, what's up bro? Nice rig, brother.

Whas up Blad!! Good talk catch'n up yesterday & comparing the mods on our rigs side by side yesterday lol =]

 

[LT Dangle]

Can't wait to get back upstate this year. Next week it'll be in some new shoes!

@Brett Fields where'd you go?

 

[TheKracka]

Put together a little compilation of water crossings.

 

[TheRoushRanger046]

I think we’d all like to appreciate some pictures of where our trucks have been.

Big Bear Ca, got snowed on a little. Ranger exceeded my expectations for comfort off-road.

Very cool pics… I know I’m late to the party but love that.

 

[Brett Fields]

@Brett Fields where'd you go?

This is actually an off roading school in the Catskill mountains of upstate New York. Northeast Offroad Adventures. 72 acres of joy.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Put together a little compilation of water crossings.

HI klay,

loved it! Ranger was not really taxed but the adventure is super! I so wish I had video of some of our Travers City 4x4 evaluations where you see extreme articulation of our trucks...Sadly the route was closed to vehicles due to environmental opposition to vehicular powered vehicle...

So we recreated this on the Romeo Proving Grounds in an off road course...except for the running water...

It is what it is...

Best,
Phil

 

[TheKracka]

Went back to one of my favorite spots the other day.

 

[TheKracka]

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