Michigan Bronco Club

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.

TART TRAILS SMART COMMUTE WEEK AWARD CEREMONY

Event details
29th Annual Smart Commute Week presented by Bronco Wild Fund and Neighborhood Michigan Ford Dealers

Join the Bronco Wild Fund for the award ceremonies at Oryana (260 E Tenth St, Traverse City, MI 49684) on Friday, June 9th

Bronco Wild Fund works to increase access, preservation, and stewardship of public lands and is proud to work with non-profit collaborators like TART Trails to further our shared mission of connecting people to the outdoors, responsibly.

Full info here:
https://traversetrails.org/event/smart-commute-week/

Smart Commute Week is an annual celebration held during the first full week of June. The purpose of Smart Commute Week is to promote alternative forms of transportation and to educate area residents of the benefits of a smart commute.

Join us June 5th through June 9th for events promoting cycling, walking, taking the bus and carpooling. Free daily breakfasts are hosted at various locations around town for smart commuters. Every year community members challenge each other to a friendly competition known as the Commuter Cup Challenge. The Challenge is open to ALL and totally FREE to participate.

Organizer: Bronco Wild Fund
Website: https://www.ford.com/bronco-wild-fund/

Hello! Just joined the group and I'm looking for some advice on taking my bronco to the Silver Lake Sand Dunes for the first time next month. I have a stock 2 door Big Bend and I'm wondering if the stock tires can handle the sand with an air down to around 15-18psi. Also I'd like to avoid breaking anything as this is my daily driver and I love it lol. Any advice will help

Hey everyone, i found a bronco that is a dealership order and it has a build date of 5/17/23 and i was wondering for those who received their broncos already in Michigan, how soon after your build date did you receive your bronco? I was thinking since we are close to the factory, they would show up a lot faster to dealership. Please let me know if you remember.

We have another MIchigan Bronco Club get together planned for Tuesday May 30th, 5:30 to 8PM?@Ford’s Garage Novi. Come hang out and enjoy some spring topless weather (hopefully). We will have about 20 parking spots reserved. If you want to plan for dinner, they are asking you make reservations.

Reservation Site : https://reservations.getwisely.com/ford-s-garage-novi?g=novi
Restaurant Phone Number : 248-274-3673 (option 3 to speak to a Team Member)

Just found out they are charging $5 to park that was not advertised. We will rally at 1pm in front of the fairground then drive back as a group. Meet and greet 1pm come hang out grab some food! Will have club decals for sale as well!

Here is a link to the Michigan Bronco Club Calendar. Any registered member can view, add and edit events to make sure we have the latest information across formats available to everyone.

https://forums.michiganbroncos.club/calendar-1-year-2023-month-6.html

Best beginner trails in SE MI?

I’m in the WB area and I want to go on some off road trails that are more beginner level. I’ve downloaded the bronco trail app but it looks like almost all the trails in the state are at a 3/3 difficulty. Anything nearby that’s not listed on the app or listed on a different app/ website?

The Club Forums are back up. Thanks to Jake C, we are now on a different host (we outgrew the old one). We lost a lot of content, so hopefully people can re-create older posts and of course, new content is always welcome! https://forums.michiganbroncos.club/index.php

I wanted to let everyone know, we will be joined by Ford Perfomance, Saturday, June 17th at Holly Oaks off road park. They will be bringing a host of Raptors (Bronco, F150, maybe Ranger) to do ride alongs, get feedback and do some trails with club members. It should be a pretty fun day! They are (and have been) supportive of our club and interested to get our feedback in a real life situation. We are planning to meet up at 10:30 in the parking lot and hit the trails for a few hours. Let me know if you have any questions.

Since the club forum is currently down, I thought I would share this trail clean up event here. We are group 11 on Saturday. Come out and help maintain the trails and maybe go for a ride after, depending.GLFWDA knows we are coming as well. DM me if you have any questions.

Earth Day Adopt-A-Forest Clean-Up

GLFWDA is joining forces with Wicked Jeeps to clean up our forests and trails. We will be cleaning up trash and debris that has been dumped in the woods at various sites around the St. Helen/Roscommon/Higgins Lake area.

Open to ALL full size 4x4's. If you have a utility trailer or a pick-up bring it! Also bring gloves!

Please use the link below to sign up for GROUP #11 GLFWDA ON SATURDAY 4/22.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a...Rp5pIhPsm8wauly9BBB9iLBRzFj5MYa4qgzdYt2kK3Q#/

We have are planning to go to Bronco the Mac event in St. Ignace June 9-11. The crossing starts early Friday and people will be caravanning Thursday night and early Friday morning from across the state. We will try and facilitate met ups and along with exploring a meal and or social event for Friday night. There are trail rides, local events and lots of easy trials in the area for Saturday and Sunday as well. Please respond here if you plan on attending. We are trying to get a rough count for the Friday night plan.
https://stignace.com/event/bronco-the-mac/

Does anyone have recommendations for 4x4 shops in SE MI? I had a local (non-4x4) shop install Bilstein 5100s on my F150 a few years ago, and it was kind of a painful experience. It would be great to find a place where that sort of thing is their bread and butter.

This is a cool, quick video of Braptor climb in Gladwin a few weeks back.

I am looking to make an event in the Cedar Springs area. The owners of "Pour Michigan Wine Barn" want to host an event for broncos similar to jeep days. This is a winery that serves a variety of Michigan-only wines and has food trucks often for events. I am looking to find a way to start this event and find who I need to contact to get this started. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

So . . . . . I've heard only 10% of the new orders that are being built for the 2023 MY are going to be 2-Door but what the hell, I did put my order in yesterday for a 2 Door Black Diamond so we shall see. IF (and to me that is a very big if) it gets built I would figure near the end of the MY.

If you are thinking about underbody protection, you might find this interesting- https://forums.michiganbroncos.club/t/dv8-shock-skids/278

Hi all,

I have my oem Badlands wheels and tires for sale. They have a few scratches, tires have 15k miles on them but tread looks good. Will take more photos when I have an opportunity to get them out of my garage. They have been off my two door since mid-December. They still have the TPMS sensors in them. Looking for $1200. I’m in Grosse Pointe. Pick up only, I can’t deliver with my the two door as five wheels and tires are a very tight fit. Drop me a note if interested.