- First Name
- Brian
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2020
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- Location
- Rapid City, SD
- Vehicle(s)
- Powerstroke Bronco, Cummins Bronco, LS Bronco
- Your Bronco Model
- Wildtrak
I'm excited for you, because you have yet to experience something other than a Humvee off-road, you are going to be blown away. One huge advantage of the Humvee vs Bronco is tire size though, 37's will roll over rocks and dips very well, 30" tires will kind of be a letdown since you are used to 37's. Both these vehicles are geared down so crawling around may be similar. 33's are a great all around size which I would recommend getting for sure. I am not sure if you need the lift for 33's, you could put 33's on it and not rub, the 30's leave a huge gap in the fenders and plenty of room for bigger tires.I apologize for standing up for the Humvees. It never occurred to me they might not be great at what they were designed to do, and I have off-roaded in them extensively and never got stuck myself, though someone mentioned high centering jogged my memory and yes, people in my convoys would get high centered more often than getting stuck in any other way. To avoid that kind of thing I always swung it out and attacked the hump from a side angle and that seemed to work. But then again I might have been more aware and particular about finding my line several steps ahead to overcome whatever obstacles or problems I'd have.
As far as Humvees having brutal rides, I just thought that was how it was.
I'm truly excited then about the Bronco. It didn't occur to me that it, for the most part, should actually be better at off-roading. Wow.
Question: While I don't desire to nor have the income to build or upgrade a Bronco much, I think a fair compromise of a 32-33" highway biased A/Ts (made another thread about this, I have a few I'm considering but from personal experiences it seems like Continental TerrainContacts A/T or I think it was Bridgestone "K02s") on a base model manual with standard transfer case (better gearing for street use) and 2.3T engine. If the factory offers a 2-2.5" suspension lift as a standalone option I'll get that certainly as the base is lower than the rest of the Bronco trims and as I understand, upgrading the stock 30" tires to a 32-33" tire may need more room. Plus it looks better to me. Thoughts?
Another important thing to note is lockers. Humvee's comes with Torson lockers front and rear so all your tires are spinning at the same rate and allow you to get a tire off the ground and still move. The base bronco has no lockers, so that will be a disadvantage. I would upgrade to get the rear locker in the bronco at least and that will get you where you need to go for the most part. But honestly if you sasquatch it you will have the ultimate off road rig, lockers front and rear, 35's and that bronco will go anywhere.
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