Michigan Bronco Club

Would like to join.
Received VIN and 6/20/22 build date. I'll believe when it actually happens.
My Bronco is a Base model. 2.3 with AT, aux switches in cactus gray. No lift.
33" Mickey Thompson's with America Racing AR62 matte black outlaw rims.
( I took this pick of a similar build from Ryder Graphics and added rims)
I have light bar, nudge bar, lights for nudge bar, and stubby antenna waiting as well.
Goal is a simple, clean build and then see what comes along after market down the road.

We used a couple of different gps systems on our pre-run of Camp Grayling. I think we will use gaia as the club standard. The free version is good and should let you both record and download tracks with other club members.

In the Bronco, you can display the output on Car Play (not sure on Android Auto) and the interface is fairly easy.

https://www.gaiagps.com/map/

any recommendations for which ford dealer here in michigan that i should order my 2023 bronco at? let me know any good experiences or bad experiences. i am in the metro detroit area.

Here is a short video from the camp Grayling pre-run yesterday. My takeaways Stromboli the ride for those of you headed to the groups ride next Saturday.

1. It’s doable by any level Bronco in the current conditions.
2. It’s sand. We all did it at street pressure. I think I will go with 30psi next week to make the ride that much smoother.
3. There is just an insane amount of area to explore. I have a route for us, but anyone that wants to do more could come early or stay longer and ride for a couple of days without hitting everything.
4. There is some cool scenery.
5. It’s very pet, family friendly (don’t forget bug spray).

My neighbor is my sales guy and he texted me a single image this morning which made my day!!! My Bronco was finally built and arrived at the dealer this weekend, and I'm going to pick up the beast this afternoon.. What an experience, I can finally stop stalking trackers, and spreadsheets and maybe focus on work. OR just focus on looking at the bad boy sitting in my driveway

I am going to do a pre-run of Camp Grayling with @cmarsha8 July 1st staring at 1PM. We will meet at the Hanson Hills recreation area to map and explore as much of the area as we have time for. We could probably use a couple of additional members to help map and plan routes for the bigger group heading there July 9. DM me for details if you are interested.

https://goo.gl/maps/tKPA6sTbpUd1F8948

https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/Publications/pdfs/ForestsLandWater/DNRRoads/PA288_CampGrayling.pdf

I couldn't resist a quick sand ride after taking the dog for a walk on our lunch break. Trail Turn Assist is so cool!

Picked up the Bronco yesterday. Brian Lynch at Mike Lynch Ford was great. Not only did he honor the price we set for the original reservation, but he helped get everything prepped before I got there so it took a whole 5 minutes to get the purchase complete.

Absolutely love it so far, I purposely never sat in one before this so that mine was the first experience with it. Due to trees falling over a road to my brothers I even had to take it on some muddy back roads for a soft break-in.

The reverse mullet is a thing! Topless no less!

OK, we have the poll results. It looks like Saturday, July 9th is the day. The top location was- wherever , but #2 was Camp Grayling, so that will be the spot. Anyone who has explored the area, let me know, we need trail leaders (may pre-run July 1 with @cmarsha8 and another person or two if interested)!

More details to follow, but here is a link to the trail map (pretty wild looking!)

https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/Publications/pdfs/ForestsLandWater/DNRRoads/PA288_CampGrayling.pdf

Poll results-

Hi - did Denton Creek route across the St. Helens connector and into the St. Helens route on Saturday morning (as far as Maple Valley Road). Had a great time - weather was great and traffic was light! I can see now the subtle differences in the two and why the St. Helens was graded a little tougher. Would recommend it for other noobs like me. Looking forward to joining the group for a ride soon.

We have another trail ride coming up. Make your preference known (we try to pick days the most people can make the trip and in this case, 4 location options).

https://forms.gle/JkibxoZFDP1CSK6X8

Hi all - I am a complete noob when it comes to off-roading, but I did have fun with my new (base) Bronco a couple of weekends ago on the Denton Creek trail. I was thinking about another trip up this weekend and going across the St Helens connector and into the St. Helen's trails. I noticed on the MBC site St. Helen's was listed as 'challenging' while Denton Creek is 'moderate'. Can anyone give me some advice on how challenging/areas to watch out for, etc...? I plan to stick to the wide tracks, but I don't have experience with water besides big mud puddles. Thoughts? If you all say 'don't do it' I'll just go back and play in the sandy/friendly trails of Denton Creek - or if anyone else has an alternate location suggestion I'd be happy to listen!

Anyone in here buy through a Northern Michigan dealer? And how long did it take to ship the vehicle after production? I'm in the TC area, but am buying from Mike Lynch Ford in Rogers City.

Ok, looks like the overwhelming preference for Drummond Island is September. I will go through the responses and work with the people interested in leading the rid to determine the best weekend. We will post details across formats as we get them finalized.

Ride “side note” - For those not on the Facebook group, there are alternating Saturday/Sunday weekend rides at Holly Oaks all summer. I will ask that @yeet post the dates on the MI Bronco Club events page and link it here too.

So, still ordering accessories in case I do get a Bronco some day ;-)
Ordered my BYOD rail today and up next will be mudflaps.

I'm heading up to to the UP this weekend and staying near Marquette. Any insight on good trails to hit?

Looks like everyone is having the best time off-roading! When you get back onto real roads, how fast are you driving with the soft top partially back? I can't really find anything that says to avoid the freeway with the top only half down, and I've seen some people on the main forum who have tried it, but I figured I would ask those of you who have already driven around with your tops partially down. What's your max comfortable speed?

Finally had a few minutes to put together my GoPro footage from the Silver Lake Ride. Nice meeting everyone and glad everyone had a good time. Looking forward to Drummond Island!

Bronco Silver Lake Meetup

Several members have talked about Drummond Island trail ride. I thought we could do a poll and see the level of interest and which dates would be the best (knowing no date is good for everyone). Once we have that narrowed down, we can do another poll to set the date(s) with the possibility of multiple groups attending different rides.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...5ZSMYQ_uVVZRgbNt5u81FlFg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Some pics from today. Hopefully some videos to follow.

Absolute blast yesterday. Shout out to Matt for organizing this meet up. It was also great to finally meet a lot of you. Looking forward to the next one.

I have a video to post later.

On the dunes

See everyone soon!

I know posts get buried in the clubs section here on B6G sometimes, so here is a quick reminder/update for silver lake-
* DM me for my phone number and I will be on GMRS\FRS channel 7 once I get into Mears. I will have two basic FRS radios to loan out as well.

For anyone headed to Silver Lake tomorrow, I am heading to breakfast at The Golden Eatery about 8:45. Feel free to join.

Details-
(231) 873-3663
https://goo.gl/maps/r2Mb3o3ZPkpUVcp19

We will then head over to the dunes parking lot to see if anyone needs help with flags, airing down, whatever. “Drivers Meeting” is at 10:30. It might be a mixed bag weather wise, but it should make for a bit easier time in the dunes. I can’t wait to see some Broncos in the wild again!

Would like to head up to Silver Lake for the Bronco run on May 21. Any tips or accessory links for an easy installation of the flag placement on the front bumper of a base bronco?