Michigan Bronco Club

So, the day that I didn't think was ever going to show up, we picked Augie up today. My biggest fear was that I was going to get it drive it and absolutely hate it but there is no chance in hell at that. Taking it over to Grand Rapids right now to see the kid but loving every second.

Here are a couple of video's form Drummond Island this weekend (9.15-9.17 2023). It was a great time.

- 14 day one in the Off Road park.
- 20 on the trails Saturday on a run form Pins to Marblehead.

Total Carnage-

- 2 tires with cut sidewalls. No one had to stop on the trail.
- No broken tie rods
- No blown alternators (lots of water, these reported problems seem entirely driver related)
- Most were on SQ "35s" we had three Badlands on 33s (including one manual 2 dr)
-Everyone made the entire trip, using a strap once in the park (it was pretty dry)







One picture of the group.-

This is a fun shirt from our over-landing trip a couple of weeks back.

Headed up to silver lake this weekend with the family and the Jeeps. It’s my first time not as a passenger so I have been in the dunes but never driven. Anyone have any last minute tips. I have looked over some in here but there was like 2 replies. I’ll be airing down to like 18 psi. I’m in a Wildtrak. Also should I ditch the spare and its extra weight or no worries?

Have you used your Bronco off Roadeo token?
Would you like to go as a group to the Texas location??
Any feed back in interest would be awesome working with Andrew Farkas to try to set up a date for Michigan Bronco Club owners.
Also have it posted in the facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/michiganbroncoclub

Have a few more to share

stonewalker walking up Mt Magma today.

I had a September 4 build week and was hoping to get pushed back a week to get another pay period under my belt for the down payment . . . . . . Naturally Ford moves my order UP a week. Oh well ;-)

Good morning folks! Any meetups planned for the upcoming Dream Cruise?

We wanted to get out the ride registration for Drummond Island for September 15-17. We will have a Zoom call in early September with details, but at a high level-

You should have-

33" All Terrain Tires (rear locker recommended)

GMRS Radio

Schedule-

• Friday Pre-Running (have to be flexible, time and locations will change) starting at 10AM

• Saturday- Trail Rides (2 groups of up to 12) starting at 9AM

• Sunday- on your own

More details to come, but this will give us an email list and count for the get together. This is at will, MIBC and the "ride leaders" are not responsible for you, your vehicle or and expense related to the get together. I will try and shut down registrations when we meet our max. anyone is welcome to come to the Island for the weekend, we just may not be able to fit you in a group.

Here is the form (hopefully this works!) https://forms.office.com/Pages/Resp...__qKq0TxUQUlGQktOOEVEMEJFVTdVNFJYVkpDNkdLNy4u

I thought I would share this club video from Bronco Takeover. Pretty cool overview of the weekend!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Bronco Takeover at Silver Lake. It was great to meet some of you and I think we got a few more members which is exciting.

What kinds of tires are you guys running in the dunes and how has the performance been? I have the goodyear M/T 35” tires now but plan to get different wheels and therefore new tires. Specifically looking for thoughts on different Nitto tires but open to others. I do more street driving obviously but want to be able to air down and hit the dunes too.

Hey All - the club will be at Bronco Takever at Silver Lake Friday August 4th from 3-7. Stop by and say hello. We will have some swag to sell and some new patches! See you at the Dunes!

So . . . . . . . I have a build date for September 4. I totally expect that to be pushed out a week or two but as long as the wife agrees not to total any more cars or some other financial calamity happens, I am hoping to have my 2D Chili Pepper Red Black Diamond by mid-October.

We did a run last night in and around Oscoda. It was absolutely perfect outside! The exhaust notes on the first two Broncos are worth the video I think.

Anyone have any good recs for a flag mount for silver lake? Trying to find a nice good looking solution for where to safely mount a dune flag.

Hey everybody, happy Father’s Day! I am new to the off road world. My lack of experience has definitely kept me from venturing out on the trails. I am going to be near Drummund Island next week and am looking for some recommendations. Do you guys feel I would be able to navigate the trails or would I be in over my head? I would have my wife and kids with me and wouldn’t want anything too challenging. Any feedback would really be appreciated!

Here’s a quick video from our last Holly Oaks event-

Great day at Holly Oaks! Glad so many could make it out

If anyone is interested in purchasing my OEM 2023 4 door Bronco soft top please let me know. I had it on for 24 hours and decided I’d rather just keep the hardtop on! I’m in the northern suburbs of Detroit if you want to come pick it up.

I think I posted this, but B6g isn't easy to look backwards in the Clubs pages. We are having an fun event with Ford Performance at Holly Oaks Saturday, June 17th. There will be a bunch of Ford Performance team members, some Raptors (Bronco, Ranger, F150R and maybe more.....). We are getting together around 10AM and riding to about 2 or so? If you haven't been out before, come a few minutes early if you need help with flags, radios, whatever. We will be on channel 17 FRS/GMRS.

Here is the link on the MIBC forum. https://forums.michiganbroncos.club/thread-16.html

I posted this in the Broncos for sale tab, not sure how it shows up. So, I'll post in here as well. Remove if not allowed.

I have a 23' WT 354A 2 door available for sale here at the dealership. New. MSRP +$1716 for 5 year ceramic/ leather protection and diamond fusion windshield protection. $64,401 +ttl


My GM will most likely do A/Z plan plus the protections. Let me know if anyone is interested! He is tired of looking at it on the lot!

Update on "Bronco the Mac" OK, we got some additional info. There are not really any rides planned by the organizer. We will help coordinate one local "on-road" tour for Saturday. The MIBC is also organizing a "easy" trial ride for Friday after the bridge crossing and we will have a special area designated for the club to get together for the supplied dinner Friday night. Saturday we are organizing a couple of trail rides (moderate and advanced) but we will hit our limits of participants pretty quick if we don't have additional trail leader volunteers. We will have a pre-meeting June 1st at 7PM via Zoom. And and agenda will be finalized prior to that meeting. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81420610369?pwd=Y1hkZWdBanlYUHNUVkcvZ09pbTNoQT09

Put about 1,200 miles on this past weekend starting in TC, headed to the far side of the UP and back home to TC. Camped in four different locations starting in Ironwood and each day headed a little east until our last night in Marquette. The bugs in the Western UP were the worst I have ever experienced (I worked for the FS in Ironwood for a few years and never experienced this level) so we did more driving than hiking. All around it was a great trip and I always highly recommend the Ottawa National forest of you are looking for something with very few people and lots of waterfalls.