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Rim Rocker Trail, 160 miles, much of it looked like this: The dust even changed color: And I was running second so the first guy could map the trail. Now due to my lift, my wheel well liner is gone. The front right tire churns up the dust and the air box intake, which used to be separated...

Awesome. I approve.

I just thought it was funny. The Skyjackers even look like Ranchos- with the distinctive red boot and all.

How do you like those Skyjacker shocks, which are built by Monroe that also owns Rancho?

Isn't WD-40 largely comprised of fish oil? WD-40 is probably the best thing washed off most rigs in a stream- glycol from antifreeze, oil leaks, gasoline...... EDIT: ok the fish oil thing isn't true. http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/myths-legends-fun-facts#fish but fish seem to like it anyway.

Ford sold more Explorers than Dodge sold Durangos and the Explorer has a very limited aftermarket as well. Time to either learn to fabricate or make friends with a fabricator (or at least find one).

Agree 100%. Reasonably stock is more than enough for most of us but we get caught up with gadget envy and start going crazy. And pay no attention to the Explorer build in my signature.......

:lurk: Can't wait to follow along!

Great to hear! I like when non-standard platforms get a high profile feature. You did a baseline run recently with it in stock configuration, right?

Buy what you think you will enjoy the most. Screw MPGs. You only live once. Put the numbers to it: 3000 miles per month at 10 mpg vs 3000 miles per month at 15 mpg. The difference is 100 gallons. Sounds like a lot. At $2.15/gal that's an additional $215/month. But if you're getting 15 mpg...

See my signature. I love out-of-the-ordinary vehicles. Based on what you described for terrain, there's no reason that your Durango shouldn't be a fine vehicle. Go forth!

Doubly agree about parts availability. And while the D110 is more capable, is it more capable for the places YOU WILL GO?

I've been a big fan of my UltraGauge. I can display up to 8 gauges at a time (out of hundreds of possibilities) and read/clear check engine lights. Cost about $70. Cheaper and better looking than the ScanGaugeII that I have in my Explorer.

I have 24k miles on mine (since I bought it- no clue how many were on it before I bought it) and there is heaps of tread left.

I have a friend that had the GMC version: the Envoy. He loved it until he got rear ended on I-25 and totaled it. Had close to 200k miles. We had just gone through the front end and replaced a bunch of stuff too. Now he drives another I-6. A BMW 3 series.

For grins I priced out replacements for my Expedition. The Big O tire actually comes in at $29 MORE expensive per tire than the BFG KO2 in LT275/70/18. But at the rate my current set of Big O's are wearing, BFG will have come out with the KO3 by then (didn't the original KO have something like...

I was a little shocked when I saw pics that looked like 7 Mile Rim- and then you confirmed it. Well done in a stock 'Burb. While I was driving it in my Explorer, I was thinking how glad I was to be in it and not my Expedition.

And lots more examples that have been ridden hard and abused. There are. But they are fairly rare. It's hard for me to think of anything Chevy without also thinking of transmission issues. That and steering/alignment issues. 2 V6 options: OHV and SOHC. The SOHC is significantly more...

Very nice. Looking forward to more.

I've recently been stalking the Excursion forum on ford-trucks.com. And I don't even know why. It's way too big for my needs. My Expedition is too big most of the time. But I just like the Excursions.