thethePete
Explorer
^ I would say yes. You get much better shots of it in the video. Very cool to see someone out romping around in one.
2013 Ford Raptor SuperCrew build
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Big50
Adventurer
haha must have been your imagination. Thanks and you definitely should. It almost seduces you...you don't want to leave.
Yes it is! It did great and outperforms the Raptors in most situations. The lack of 2wd made a couple sections tough but all in it did well.
Big50
Adventurer
Thought I'd give an update on the tires. They continue to perform really well. We had a lot of mud on our last run through Arizona and Utah. The tires kept us moving. I was able to self recover after being stuck twice.
Still no flats between my truck and Gordon's which is huge based on how much it costs to replace tires.
Still no flats between my truck and Gordon's which is huge based on how much it costs to replace tires.
Big50
Adventurer
Spent a few days up in the Black Rock Desert and Bodie over the weekend. Bodie was really cool and I recommend everyone add it to their list. The only thing I didn't like is it's definitely filled with tourists but it makes up for it with all the amazing buildings.
Update on parts: Everything continues to perform well. I continue to be impressed by the Icon RXT kit. I had 4 people in the truck with me while hitting a nice whoop section and the truck just took it in stride. Considering I had an additional 600LBS in the bed of the truck, I say that's pretty damn impressive. Falken Mt's continue to hold up well. No flats yet. I expect to get a years use out of them which is about 20K miles of which 3500-5000 will be offroad. If you were to spend most of your time on pavement with mild offroading I'd expect 40K miles or more out of them.
IMG_8946 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9052 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9006 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9047 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9080 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9090 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9084 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9106 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9123 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9121 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9096 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9084 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9140 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9138 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9135 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9129 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
Update on parts: Everything continues to perform well. I continue to be impressed by the Icon RXT kit. I had 4 people in the truck with me while hitting a nice whoop section and the truck just took it in stride. Considering I had an additional 600LBS in the bed of the truck, I say that's pretty damn impressive. Falken Mt's continue to hold up well. No flats yet. I expect to get a years use out of them which is about 20K miles of which 3500-5000 will be offroad. If you were to spend most of your time on pavement with mild offroading I'd expect 40K miles or more out of them.
IMG_8946 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9052 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9006 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9047 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9080 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9090 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9084 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9106 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9123 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9121 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9096 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9084 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9140 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9138 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9135 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
IMG_9129 by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
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Big50
Adventurer
Thanks fellas!
Great thing about the Raptor is I can pack a ton of crap in it lol. But I try to keep it as light as possible. I usually use this cot tent. It works great and keeps me off the ground. This model folds up in a way so I can store it on the side of my bed. A lot of the other models fold up in a way that make it very awkward to store in a vehicle.
d2eae76c-77ec-4132-b547-a18abcaedee0_1.af0f0c2751298950f7a2bf8362c9ee1c by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
7ee1b4c9-a20d-4d37-aa6a-905b79babd9f_1.4bfece0144a86506e66b19640709184e by Expedition X Offroad, on Flickr
pgoodrich
Observer
Big50
Adventurer
Thanks! 2 of the Opening shots were caught by a DJI Phantom and the rear were with a Phantom pro.
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Big50
Adventurer
Thanks and lucky you! Sure would to get one for work haha.
wrmmt
Adventurer
Big50 I am curious about those Lowrance units that you guys use on your trips. Are you guys using auto specific units or just their units advertised for boats/fishing? It sounds like you can load your own tracks and route data onto them to follow, is that right? I am starting to think about adding something like that to my set up, I work a lot with GIS/mapping and would love to be able to put my own maps/data into the GPS and follow that for trips. From what I have seen it would be harder to do that on a GPS/audio system like lots of cars come with now...
bigskypylot
Explorer
I had a HDS-7 Gen 3 but never got around to using it. Sold it to a buddy and now using a tablet and pairing it with a dual receiver. Those units are pretty cool and it's the Marine unit that you can create own tracks etc. There's even a way you can use Google maps/earth with it. Mine had the Baja Bundle with external antenna.
https://youtu.be/YGxoyQ2LtwE
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