Watch this Bronco recovery and the damage the owner did to his Bronco

[Realtor]

Note to self, remove spare tire and put it in cargo area before going wheeling

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[M Redwood]

My wife and I were snowed in at about Lake Arrowhead California house two weeks ago. Perhaps you saw that shit show on the national news. I was hoping to make it a mile to a plowed road in my bronco and winch when needed. What actually happened was that chains just dug holes while 20 psi gave me a better result. I could make 15 feet of progress aired down with both lockers on until the the wall of snow would get to the top of the bumper. Then we would shovel the wall down and move forward a little more. In a few spots I had to winch to get unstuck.

In total we made it about 300 feet. Then I started worrying about the snow packing up around the plastic transmission pan… damn I wish I had gotten around to installing a trans skid plate. I made the call to back down my tracks and into my garage and avoid doing any damage.

a few hours later, wife, dog, and I hiked out to a plowed road and a couple we found on Facebook gave us a ride to our Pasadena home an hour and a half away. the next morning I made the flight I had to make for work. We are heading back up tomorrow morning shovel snow and get the bronco.

here is a pic of us walking out 12 days ago. The horizontal metal top bar on the fence to my left is 6 feet tall and I’m walking in the middle of our small road.

Oh my..yes this is insane Ca getting hit so hard i understand your need to escape....thxs for intel low psi...

 

[Skeeterjack]

Sending it all right. Right back to the dealer or body shop.

 

[fairlane_68]

People like him are the reason why my insurance skyrocketed when I added my Bronco to my policy.

 

[kodiakisland]

All of this did get me thinking about the drop-offs one routinely goes over in Moab, etc and the possibility of catching the spare when dropping down, even when going carefully and slowly. So I rummaged around in my stuff and found a trailer hitch that will serve nicely as a protector. Does it reduce departure angle a bit? Probably, but I'll give it a try.

It doesn’t just reduce your departure angle, but will hit on rocks short enough that would have cleared the spare. The crossmember the hitch is mounted to is not exactly stout.

 

[Tex]

It doesn’t just reduce your departure angle, but will hit on rocks short enough that would have cleared the spare. The crossmember the hitch is mounted to is not exactly stout.

Easy solution, bolt one of these bad boys into that hole where the ball would go
Just roll right over those rocks

 

[mike8675309]

Seeing that has me thinking that is likely what 60% to 80% of the bronco owners would likely do. They are not car people, so they don't understand all the risks present every time they drive, particularly offroad. They've watched too much Matt's Offroad Recovery and think that's how it's done. It's not bad; it's just the reality. We don't know what we don't know until we run into it.

This became apparent after breaking the rear window and pulling on the spare tire, saying this didn't seem safe to drive on the road.

I wonder what the percentage of people taking advantage of the bronco off-rodeo is? I highly recommend it to people that feel like they are like that guy.

 

[contented]

It doesn’t just reduce your departure angle, but will hit on rocks short enough that would have cleared the spare. The crossmember the hitch is mounted to is not exactly stout.

Correct on every point, but as I said I'll give it a try and see how it works. I kind of like the extra measure of safety. Damage the tailgate or hitch mount? To me the choice is easy. If it doesn't work, it's easy to remove.

Take care.

 

[Brnzbronc]

Newbs on the trail

 

[swooshdave]

Seeing that has me thinking that is likely what 60% to 80% of the bronco owners would likely do. They are not car people, so they don't understand all the risks present every time they drive, particularly offroad. They've watched too much Matt's Offroad Recovery and think that's how it's done. It's not bad; it's just the reality. We don't know what we don't know until we run into it.

This became apparent after breaking the rear window and pulling on the spare tire, saying this didn't seem safe to drive on the road.

I wonder what the percentage of people taking advantage of the bronco off-rodeo is? I highly recommend it to people that feel like they are like that guy.

60-80% will never see off road.

 

[kodiakisland]

Correct on every point, but as I said I'll give it a try and see how it works. I kind of like the extra measure of safety. Damage the tailgate or hitch mount? To me the choice is easy. If it doesn't work, it's easy to remove.

Take care.

The hitch mount is not what I’d be concerned with, but if it works for you.

 

[WJHoch]

I was lucky when I had my 2012 Jk. I went with a few very experienced trail jeepers. We would stop before a section. Get out and discuss the lines. Why that was the line and talk through where one could push hard and where to be light. Basically saved me quite a bit of frustration and made it so I would go out more often. Also helped to make sure I had a good chance to drive home as well as not tear up the trails. New to off roading need to follow the never go alone. Especially at first. At minimum bring the common sense approach and ditch the ego at the start to the trails.

 

[Compta38]

This $60k Bronco will be a $30k Bronco in no time! I just don't get buying something so expensive to just destroy but to each their own.

 

[mark1031]

This guy sorry to say seems rather clueless about just about everything.

Way too much gas, almost hit the dude, didnt realize he mangled his door until it was pointed out, still really didnt get it, drives for several miles with a badly aligned front end, rig is all over the road... good grief.

 

[Msmymny]

Nothing to see here...know your approach and departure angles.

Seen this with Jeeps for decades

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