I only jumped mine once, wasn't bad, i had some decent speed and air. The TTB held up just fine but one of my tires popped and went flat.

everyone Ive seen jump a stock or just lifted ttb has F'ed it up. The only way to make them survive is to have suspension setup.

i jumped mine, on accident, 2 years ago on the dunes in michigan, got all 4 tires off the sand. we hit a hill that was like a ramp. suspension was all stock at the time (almost 20 years old) and nothing broke at all. i was very impressed, sold me on ford/bronco toughness.

I blow upper ball joints and radius arm bushings. Other than that, it's held up quite well, given the less than ideal suspension. I never hit a jump hard without rolling it first and I always check the landing. You have to know the attitude of your rig in the air and don't hit steep, high jumps without a good transition........and a cage.

I didn't check it out to much, it was a decent little hill in a buddies backyard, it was like a ramp. I went way up and BOOM phssssssssss.

I jumped mine a while back. ****ed up the rad arm drop bracket pretty good.

Mine sits about 2inches, IF THAT from the bump stops... hell, cant even hit 30 on the beach without problems.....

My rodeo on the other hand.... thats actually fun to blast on....

Chase

:stupid

I got one tire off the ground once going at it pretty good. I'd never jump the TTB without some kind of go-fast kit.

Cant do it now, but I will regail you with my jump experience tomorrow :histerica

I haven't jumped the bronco yet. But my old Ranger and the F-150 jump rather well. The F-150 was sort of accidental. I was playing in a field of fresh snow and decided to go through the snow piles the plow had left and the end of the field it weld about 4 of 5 feet in the air and landed on the right front tire on the other side. It didn't break a think and yes it was stock suspension with 33's on it. The ranger on the other hand was jumped regularly and other than a muffler or 10 and a bolt in the trans cross member It didn't break any suspension parts. The ranger has been over 8 feet in the air at around 45-50 mph. But the bigger jumps need a good downslope to land on or you'll likely get hurt.

Either spend alot of cash on your Bronco to make it jump or just get a Ranger. I have seen some pictures of all of your Pre runners and think they are bitchen. MAybe someday I would like to get another Bronco and make a nice Pre Runner but for now I will just stick to camping and wheeling.

On a side note, not to jack this thread, but if anyone in the San Diego area is involved with a race team I would LOVE to hang out and give you some free help sometime. Maybe help work a pit or halp with anything on a desert race. Anything really to get to see the inner workings of a team and maybe pick up some tips on racing.

I hit a snowbank in a parking lot at 30 once, went in straight but came out 6" above the ground. Bounced pretty hard, just about lost it and slid to a stop about a foot from an island.

well i havent personally jumped my bronc or a TTB equipped vehicle for that matte,r but i watched a bunch of guys jump the work truck at my old job a bunch of times. It was i think a 92 EB edition f150. anyways, one day we all came into work and eveidently the day before they discovered the ol work truck flys better than a freakin 747 jumbo jet. well they decided they wanted to show everybody before the boss got there. so they proceed up to the lodge (i worked at a sporting clay range) and get this poor truck. well they bring it down the course and go down this hill there going to jump. this hill wasnt stupid big but was to damn big for this heavy ass truck to jump. id have to say it probably stood a good 4 to 5 feet tall and the landing was completly flat. well they turn around and hit this thing at everybit of 40mph and air that sucker out. i mean they must have gotten 4 foot of air, and the whole time im thinkin the front of that damn truck is gonna collapse. WTF are we gonna tell our boss if that happens? keep in mind this is a completly stock f 150. the only thing that happened to it was the tail gate fell off(which happened often). this happened like 2 years ago and the truck was jumped numerous times before and after this and never gave us any shit. that truck sold me on gettin a early to mid 90s ford because there so damn tough. believe me we beat the shit out of that truck. im talkin some guys would take it down the road and just chunk it into park while goin 40mph and laugh about it. people talk about how tough there jeeps are or how tough there older chevy is, well i think this is one that is majorly over looked.

o by the way sorry for the long ass story

ive jumped mine a few times.

1.) i used to jump a large railroad track around downtown Baton Rouge and i had boggers at the time, so i would hit it at about 30mph or so and then all of a sudden it was just quiteness. until i hit the ground really soft then the tires were back to being loud...

2.) at the barnwell orv park in texas there are some dirt mounts like 4 feet tall that are just there to roll over. well i was going up to hit and i decided that i wasnt going fast enough to have any fun, so right before i hit it i flored it! a guy behind me in a badass fj40 swore that there was 5 feet of air under my axels. then i slamed down really hard nose first. SOMETHING BROKE! i came to a emediate stop with out hitting my brakes. i got out and my tires were all the way back ribbing my rear wheel well. my fenders were bent pretty badly and my radius arms shot completely through the brackets on the frame! i had to leave it on top of that mountain for a week before the parts came in and i had to repair it on sceen with a hi-lift jack that wouldnt jack down. it was actually a year from this weekend. hot!

I had a bunch of spare TTB parts, including a complete assembly with springs, TTB 50 arms, and another set of TTB D44 arms inside my garage. I used to have jump over them to get to my toolbox......does that count?

I have only truly jumped mine once.

And I was 15

And my mom was asleep in the passenger seat.

I was driving her back from south Ga on Ga-19. There is a hill with about a 40* incline that at the top just flattens completely out over some rail road tracks.

I forgot it was there and hit it at 60mph :toothless

The way I know 100% that it came off the ground is because I had the cruse set. The engine reved way up when it came off the ground.

The 31"s bottomed out in the fenders on landing. :duh

Strangely, my mother insisted on driving the rest of the way home. :histerica

:histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica

I popped a foot-and-a-half tall treestump at about 20mph, with the Bronco FULL of people. It was at night, so of course it wasn't on purpose. Whole damn front end was airborne. This was at an ex-GF's dad's place, and her entire family was watching. They liked me a lot more after that little stunt.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and that's probably why I have the broken coil spring I'm replacing right now. :toothless

I jumped my 84 when I thought I was Ricky Racer. 6" spring lift Big Dick coils, superlift frop[ brackets and Rancho extended RA with 6" lift leaves in the back 1/4" thick custom packs. I jumped it reapeatedly but never over about 2' at the most. I had a cinder track around Flagstaff, AZ that had a nice jump on each lap. Then you also have to love jumping the water diversions on the forest service roads (basically a large speed bump up to about 2' tall).

I had taken the top off, back seat out, tail gote off, front and rear bumpers off and removed some weight in the doors. Loosing all that weight made a huge difference!

I jumped mine once...It was within the 1st six months that I got it.
There was a long off ramp coming off the freeway by my old house. At the very bottom, the intersecting road formed a pretty big bump(think speed bump x100). The people coming off the freeway had the right-of-way at that intersection, but the speed limit at the bottom of the hill was 30mph.
Instead of slowing down, I hit that intersection doing about 60. I launched my rig completly off the ground, to the amusement of my passangers, and the line of cars at the stop signs.
I did manage to get all 4 off the ground, and my landing wasnt too bad(so I thought).
I only had about a 1/2 mile to go, before I got to my house. I started to hear a rediculous grinding noise, and you could smell smoke.:doh0715:
On top of that, I lost all break pressure, and had to pump the brakes at the last few stop signs/lights(not fun during rush hour).
I made it home, and looked things over. I noticed my wheels now looked like thise: l-o--/
I blew up my passanger side wheel bearings. My rotor was cracked, and one of my brake pads fell out on the corner of my street. The reason I found the brake pad, is b/c it was still glowing red.
At the time, I knew nothing about working on cars/trucks, so fixing the problem wasnt in the cards.
I ended up having to get it put up on a flatbed tow truck, and brought down to the local Les Schwab(2 block away from my house), so they could fix it.
IIRC, the total damage was $780.

I'll chalk it up for being young & dumb. I was 19 at the time, and didnt really think/care about consequences. That stupidity wont happen again. Live and learn.

I just jumped the Bronco out at the dunes last weekend. I wasn't going very fast but I hit a steep 3 foot (roughly) lip and caught a few feet of air. As expected the suspension soaked it up.

During one of my Bronco's maiden voyages (post suspension upgrades) I was doing about 65 over some long rolling dunes and hit a smooth off-camber dune and probably jumped about 20 feet and maybe 4 feet off the ground. Surprisingly even though it landed mostly on the right side it was smooth and controllable.... Whew!

I jumped my old Explorer a bunch of times and almost rolled it a couple times. One of those times it was about 10 feet off the ground doing about 60. Too close!

Some mild pics of the Explorer:

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/289268/fullsize/explorer-d-day-(5).jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/287644/fullsize/explorer-d-day-(9)2-(2)avatar.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/257485/fullsize/explorer-d-day-(1).jpg

this is the form i ahve been waiting for. you will not belive howmany times i have gotten air in the bronco. i have gotten atleast 6feet of air, possibly more. i have had no problems at all. no alingment braking anything. i have a 4inch lift with drop brakets and it is invincible.

i have gotten atleast 6feet of air, possibly more. i have had no problems at all. no alingment braking anything.I find this verry dificult to belive.

6 feet? You are going to have to back that up with some video or at the very least some pictures.

I find this verry dificult to belive.

LOL

i have a 4inch lift with drop brakets and it is invincible.

Now this I doubt! Although, I used to pound the hell out of my drop bracket kit Ranger! I think at certain times in our lives it's not so much that the vehicle is invincible, but we just think WE are, LOL.

Well I just noticed the new forum and until recently the bronc never left the ground. I was pre running the course for the MORE race sat and I was moving along a fast section pretty good and hit a double whoop that wasnt too bad but off the second one was a significant drop and all four where above firma terra we were running about 60 at the time, landing was soaked up well as I expected though. I have had the bronc in the air a few times never intentionally though and so far the suspension has soaked it up quite well. I am pretty happy with the front but I need to do some work with the rear setup. I dont think I could be playing as hard as I do know without alot of breakage if I would have went a different route on the suspension.

Tough XLT I think it was you... I hav eput the offer out in another thread in the west coast if you are interested in chasing/pitting we wil be supporting a class 9 car at the MORE race over memorial day weekend PM me if your interested.

I stink bugged at the last MDR prerun and was rolling on the front wheels for a few seconds. Was coming out of a fast whoops section into some monsters. I knew the Bronco couldn't take the hits, so I had no choice but to slow 'er down and hope for the best.

Don't have many jump pictures. Just what you see in my sig.

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/473096/fullsize/jump.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/499597/fullsize/fotmjan07---138.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/499592/fullsize/jump.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/499595/fullsize/fotmjan07---144.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/499594/fullsize/fotmjan07---145.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/499596/fullsize/fotmjan07---146.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/499591/fullsize/jump2.jpg

I really need to get some pics, I hate that stink bug thing but it can be the better option sometimes, nice shots though yikes

i love those pics of the bronco jumping, i really enjoy people still rocking the TTB and hearing stories of how well they hold up.

I love Jumping Blanco! :beer
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/501010/fullsize/blancomdr-jump.jpg

& so far this has been my only issue.
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/478997/fullsize/img_1100.jpg

But Thats why I have swaped over to AutoFabs FiberGlass Fenders.
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/516045/fullsize/img_3885.jpg

I always said I would'nt swap the fenders until I damaged these...
This aint what I had in mind, But Damaged none the less...

So No more Stock Fenders for me. ;)

i dont have pics or videos, but it will do it and not break

http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/worthlessw-opics.gif

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/Dan90FSB/1031.jpg

Ive probably had the whole truck about 2 feet up...Ive never broken anything in the TTB jumping (knocking on wood...)

Is that flag big enough?

Nope, I'd get a bigger one if I could find it, gotta sport the FORD love.

i dont have pics or videos, but it will do it and not break:bs
There is no way that you are putting 6' worth of daylight below the tires on a standard drop bracket suspension without fawking $hit up.

You do understand that your saying you are getting your tires as high off the ground as I am tall.

There are Broncos that can do that reapeatedly and survive, but they are heavily built. You have a standard drop braket suspension.

Heck, Andy jumped his 3' and it bent one of his extended arms.
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/102437/thumbnail/111_1182.avi (http://www.supermotors.net/clubs/superford/vehicles/registry/media/102437)

The best to date, a little older though

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/157293/fullsize/8.jpg

Result's, fan shroud came loose, bent radius arms and floor pan.
Lots of little ones with no major damage.

The best to date, a little older though....

Result's, fan shroud came loose, bent radius arms and floor pan.
Lots of little ones with no major damage.

Ouch!

Well me and my freind were out in his 96 Bronco a couple months ago and decided to have some fun with some snow banks, We ended up jumping a snowbank atleast 10 feet high and came down on the other side almost straight down and nothing broke, It was quite the boom when we hit. After that I was completely sold on Ford toughness and so were a couple of our other friends.

We ended up jumping a snowbank atleast 10 feet high and came down on the other side almost straight down and nothing brokeThe snow bank was 10' high. But how high did the truck get and how much snow was on the other side to cusion the landing?

i use to jump mine all the time. it had 8" skyjacker with 2" spacers
never broke anything and it was jumped many times at comps.
here is an pic.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/twisted4x4/P1011425.jpg
l8ter

i use to jump mine all the time. it had 8" skyjacker with 2" spacers
never broke anything and it was jumped many times at comps.
here is an pic.See thats cool, but thats at most 2' off the ground.
(probably more like 1.5' or less)

This other guy is saying 6'

Ha, my F-150 was jumped 1 TIME, with the lift(no need to discuss brand or size)....:goodfinge

Needless to say, it needed to be DRUG out by a dozer, then a roll back had to winch it up, and bring it to my house... :banghead (my father was NOT amused:smilie_slap )

It got a 60 underneath that week... There is STILL a TTB, with drop brackets, and a spring, etc, floating around the woods Westfield MA, up behind Whip City...:doh0715:

Chase

well if all 4 off the ground counts, then im in the club....

THE "BLAH BLAH BLAH"
use to run down a road that was being built from two lanes to four, and dirt to paved, so its taken the county a long ass time, and they couldnt shut down this road because it is necessary for it to exist.
THE "BLAH BLAH BLAH"


anyways i hit a packed down birm of clay/dirt, and landed on some soft dirt and sand, if i had to guess, id say maybe 2' off the ground, landing was suprisingly smooth, and i let off the gas before getting air. it didnt drop like a rock, and didnt hit the bump stops....


was real fun, but as soon as i did it, all the /--o-\ ....\--o-\ ttb threads ran through my head and i decided not to do this again.....


my 93 ranger, saw more air then flipper on a daily basis, when it ran....

The snow bank was 10' high. But how high did the truck get and how much snow was on the other side to cusion the landing?

The truck got a good 5 feet easily I would say, It took us a few tries of patting down the snow to where we could launch off the snow bank. And there was nothing but asphalt on the other side.

See thats cool, but thats at most 2' off the ground.
(probably more like 1.5' or less)

This other guy is saying 6'
The one thing I've gotta say is that from the drivers seat, it always seems much bigger of a jump than it actually was. :rolleyes:

:stupid

That pic I posted felt like I was 4-5 feet up and it was 2 at most.

The one thing I've gotta say is that from the drivers seat, it always seems much bigger of a jump than it actually was. :rolleyes:Oh absolutly.
Thats exactly my point.

www.myspace.com/chacosta
theres vids of mine and bronconvicts bronco jumping some small hills in riverside...he hit it way faster than me which made for a sick video...

i found some railroad tracks near my house and i hit them at like 150 and it shot me 134523457896 feet in the air. i do it all the time on my way to get groceries and never have a problem! oh yea my bronco is all stock too!

i found some railroad tracks near my house and i hit them at like 150 and it shot me 134523457896 feet in the air. i do it all the time on my way to get groceries and never have a problem! oh yea my bronco is all stock too!

Is that the '97 you bought for $45 and a tugjob from a Salvadoran hooker?

i jumped mine goin over a small bridge up the street from my house. its really like a giant speed bump but when your mother needs to go to the hospital you dont slow down for no bumps. i really have no idea how far i went or how high but i didnt hit that little bastard at close to 75, and i reallly needed an alignment when i was done

i found some railroad tracks near my house and i hit them at like 150 and it shot me 134523457896 feet in the air. i do it all the time on my way to get groceries and never have a problem! oh yea my bronco is all stock too!

at least andy has the pix to back his shiat up...:thumbup

BTW Gack love the sig...

Mine has been jumped on several occasions at glamis, various race tracks while running chase and maybe 1 on pavement. But one in particular got me lots of air and distance. That was at El Mirage dry lake bed. It was the first outing with my GF's family and at the time they had a bunch of quads. Well there were always arguments about whose is fastest and what it tops out at so I said "Let me go ahead and clock you in my truck." So we made a few high speed runs and the quads clocked out at 80 and 83. Well they go so impressed with he abilities of my truck they decided to challenge me to a little race across the lakebed and back. We lined up. 660 Raptor on one side, a banshee on the other and took off. At about 30 or so I caught and started running neck and neck. Then I passed them and kept going, aiming in a direction that did not interfere with anyone else on the lake bed.

So there I was blasting across the smooth, flat lake bed with the needle buried. Elated that the truck is running sooo smooth at this speed (had a little bit of a shimmy on normal roads) when I reach this dust cloud kicked up by someone else across the lakebed. I go through it and as soon as the dust parts I see something that shouldn't be there... a ravine. 20 feet wide with (luckily) 3ft tall sloped sides. I barely have the time to say SHIT! I think it only came out as a SSSS I latch onto the wheel and nail the brakes, no stop... I'm traveling at 100 or so MPH on a silty dry lake bed with a Farging ravine 150 feet in front of me... plus I got two quads in the dust cloud behind me that probably will smack into the back of me like bugs on a windshield. This is baaaad very badddddd... BTW: funny how much you can think about in a span of half a second, yet in conversation you can never think of what to say...

So I set back on my training by my father, "Set up for the jump, regulate your speed and once you are at the bottom hit the gas to raise the front end in the air." So there I am still 95+MPH about ready to wreck my truck with my new girlfriend in the passenger seat. This is soooo baaaaaddd, oh well do what you are trained to do. I let off the throttle the front drops down I then mash the throttle, the FI figures out what the hell I am doing and takes the engine to full power, downshifting the E4OD. As the power makes it from the rear axle, through the wheels, through the tires and to the ground my front end hits the bottom of the far embankment, beginning the compression of the front suspension, the chassis and body resist the upward momentum favoring the forward momentum but gradually concede to the new direction of the momentum as the front tires near the top of the embankment. The suspension rebounds sending the front of the truck skyward as the rear wheels hit the bottom of the embankment and clamber for traction.

At this time I am resisting the urge to scream as well as retaining control of my bodily functions. All I see is sky, all I hear is the roar of the engine, "Off the pedal, all pedals, keep the wheel straight, that is the only way you are going to pull this off." The horizon starts to peak out from under my hood as my engine's weight starts to bring the front end back to mother earth. "You will be OK as long as you don't lawn dart it, the tires are straight wheels are free to roll and the motor is spinning down the RPMs. You are in good shape." As the Horizon grows I see images of my front wheels popping off and the truck rolling onto it's top, or coming down slightly sideways, folding the wheel under the truck sending the truck into a barrel roll flinging parts of itself, the desert and us the occupants across the lake bed like some macabre yard sale.

But none of that happened, The front tires touched earth ever so gently transferring this new force upward through the suspension compressing it, the shocks trying their darndest to control the landing while, the chassis realizing the downward force is being canceled and decides to resume it's forward momentum. The TTB did it's job to the fullest, and survived. The rear suspension did little to absorb the impact, in fact I think it kind of liked it because the rear of my truck kept see-sawing up and down up and down as the force of weight and momentum regained equilibrium.

"Is it ok to hit the brakes now? Yes, but controlled, remember you have two quads behind you that still can't see anything. Speaking of which you may want to start remembering your many first aid courses, you might be needing them." So I put gentile pressure on the brakes keeping it light as the forward momentum bleed off pulling to the left ever so lightly expecting to hear a THUD! As a quad slams into the back of the truck, but that never happens. I slowly apply more pressure to the brake as the truck slows down to a stop. I look over to my girlfriend and there is a mix of horror and glee in her eyes I ask her "Are you ok?" She says, "Yes..." I then turn the truck around watching for craters where the quads just landed. All I see is dust and then a glint. Then two quads with intact riders come out of the dust. I stopped the truck got out and walked over to the riders of the quads, my GF's brother and his best friend. We chat a little about what just happened and they relate their side of the story. As they were following my dust trail they saw my brakes and started hitting their brakes then they saw my truck launch high enough for their eyes to be level to the bottom of my tires then saw the truck land in an enormous column of silt dust. After a few minutes we decide to cruise back to camp, myself not going over 50 MPH on the way back.

After making a short trip over to the port-o-potties because while I kept my bodily functions under control my GF had a little slip of control. We headed back over to camp. I got out and started checking over the truck all looked good. Surprisingly good, except for a hisssssssss... I had popped one of my tire's patches. So I get it up on the jack once that is done one of the lug nuts falls off the wheel. Broke a stud. I then start removing the lug nuts and snap off three others. Luckily I had a few studs in my toolbox and got those changed out.

Well that's my TTB jumping story... Now back to the daily grind..

damn thats a long story!

BTW Gack love the sig...Thanks :thumbup

damn thats a long story!Yea it is.
You wouldn't happen to have a stripped down single paragraph version would ya :toothless

Froggmann,

That is one of the best written stories I have read on this site. Very entertaining.

I jumped mine once, look at the pic in my sig and see the front drivers tire is launching. I jumped a couple feet but my lame camera guy was only able to get that one.

Thanks :thumbup

Yea it is.
You wouldn't happen to have a stripped down single paragraph version would ya :toothless

Cliffs notes:

El Mirage Dry Lake blasting across at close to 100 MPH maybe faster dust clears in front, big ass ditch. I hit brakes no stop. Fall back on some training my father gave me dropped down one side flew up and over the other jumpping high and far. Landed smoothly with the front and pogoed seemingly endlessly upon landing. All this while having to wonder where the two quads were behind me.

Oh and the GF lightly peed her pants.

:histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica

Here's my damn pic ya'll are sick of. I jumped this so many times I forgot! It was a little track I was making. Soft landing in the cinders like sand. I later rolled and totalled her. This pics was taken 8 years ago!

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/479458/fullsize/bessy-jump.jpg

OT

That small soft top is PERFECT.... got any better pics of that...

Chase

I used to jump my '91 F-250 all the time. front end was all messed up but i didnt care. My front diff went out and I couldnt afford to fix it at the time so when there was a mud party or something on the weekend i would get bored watching everyone else play so I so I would go jump it out in the field. got it about 15 ft up a couple times. the second time I jumped it I noticed my fishing tackle box on the ground it flew out of the bed the first time I jumped I came down and shattered it all over the place, I was so hard on that truck I just said hell with the alignment. I drove it everyday for about a year after. gave it hell everyday. ah what I would give to be a teenager again.

Dustin

When I was in NM I used to get some air pretty regularly on the dirt roads in the mountains. I was fun, to say the least. One time, I hit a ramp at about 40-45 MPH and landed with a good bounce or three. I was still in the gas when I did it and this caused the ABS light to come on. First thought, Crap! I Broke something. I got down the road a bit, crawled under and looked-nothing wrong. I figured it was just the difference in speed sensor values front and rear that caused it. Turned the key off, cranked it back up and the light was out as expected. My Beast has taken a few good beatings, but keeps on going. I wish I had pix of some launches, but all I've got is memories...

Built FORD tough! :rockon

TTB= Trophy Truck Broncos! :histerica

I've gotten about a foot of air in a stock 96, it was fun but I came down sideways and almost rolled it doing 50+ mph, and that was the last time I did that.

only ttb i aired was my 85 extended cab f250 2wheel drive over a set of rail road tracks.... it had diesel springs in the front end but only had a 351w in it so it rode light and high in the front. i hit it at like 55 60 and the truck pogoed bout half a block before i could get it stopped

i found some railroad tracks near my house and i hit them at like 150 and it shot me 134523457896 feet in the air. i do it all the time on my way to get groceries and never have a problem! oh yea my bronco is all stock too!


REALLY!?!? SWEET!!! Got any pictures?

Why hasn't someone posted up my favorite Bronco Jump picture ever.......

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/410299/fullsize/neal.bronco.jump.jpg

.....yeah, its awesome. I don't remember who posted it, but it has been cool enough to be my background for over a year.

That looks like an expensive launch right there. That's what this thread needs! More pictures and less dialogue.

That pic is insane that is some major air. I wonder how the bronco turned out in the end.

AC's_Bronco: whose account is that under?

Chris340

That looks like an expensive launch right there. That's what this thread needs! More pictures and less dialogue.

http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/13.gif

Chris340

Thanks! Only pic like it in the album though...I was hoping for more carnage.

You wouldn't happen to have a stripped down single paragraph version would ya :toothless


This one time at Bronco Jumping Camp....he caught some big air and broke some parts.:toothless ....but he's still driving the same rig.

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/jimyz250/superstition/?action=view&current=tonybigair.flv

thats a video of mh buddie jumpin his bronco, I got like 6 inchs he said "I can do better than that! " he he his 35's stuffed so deep in his wheelwells you can see the heater fan and box falling out at the very end I think he needs bump stops.. well he needs to widen his front end, but that aint happeneing. you can cruise through the photo albums if you want theres some other good videos of my red beast, mud boggin in the middle of the desert, a stupid drunk bet that I lost and had to buy dinner, that has my bare ass so dont open that at work! and verious other shit even got a pic out the back of me doing over 100 in a dry lake bed.

too bad my buddy did,t take just a split second later. this was some bad ass AIR.
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/506331/fullsize/jump.jpg
HEY GNACKER I BET THATS ABOUT 6FT

I'll see if I can get some pics up tomorrow, but I use to run around in a Bronco II. We chopped the top Cab back, did a James Duff 3" with some mods, cut fenders and all, and tucked 32"s under it. We use to take it up and around motorcycle tracks, and one day I hit a straightaway and hit a motorcycle jump doing about 50. She went straight up and over ... all 4 in the air and then nose planted in to the front bumper. Nothing was broken .. but thats when my love for jumping started.

That Bronco was beat like a red-headed step child for 3 years after that and I have to say .. other than replacing a few shafts on the front end, it held up really well.
I think I've got a picture floating around of me jumping up a dune getting at least 4-5' of air and it was taken from the front .. so you can see the entire undercarriage. I'll see if Ican get that up tomorrow ;)

Here's a goody of a jump at Pismo from my buddy Glenn's truck - get your digital measure tapes out and tell me how high this old girl is flying - lift kit is some 6 inch after market (I forget):
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics.jpg

Another lawn dart landing by Glenn - ouch! Though he did drive it home without an issue:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics1.jpg

Here's a cleaner pic of it all:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics2.jpg

Here's one of my old girl trying to beat Glenn - I think he won this jumping contest:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics3.jpg

Having out grown my old 1990 Bronco in the pic above, I settled for something more practical - a 96 Bronco prerunner with all the trimmings - she fly's very nicely and lands like a pillow. For some reason Glenn won't do the jump contests with me anymore :shrug :
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics4.jpg

Finally, here's my 96 prerunner type Bronco enjoying another smooth and successful landing from hieghts my 90 Bronco would not have enjoyed:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics5.jpg

Nice! Very nice! Diggin the white one.

so the 2 red trucks didnt break anything getting that much air?

Finally, here's my 96 prerunner type Bronco enjoying another smooth and successful landing from hieghts my 90 Bronco would not have enjoyed:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics5.jpg

Ruthless, wasn't this truck up for sale a while back.. I think I saw it on ebay and RDC????

Man Parish, what a step up! The new truck looks great!

Neither of the red trucks broke - which has always impressed me how well built Bronco's are - I've only been towed out of Pismo Dunes once and that was due to a roll over (my bad). :doh0715:

Other than that, I've always been able to drive my Broncos back home. Here's a more recent pic of my 90 Bronco - my wife and kids use this to chase me around the dunes with:

http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/ruth-bronco90.jpg

Yes, that 96 Prerunner Bronco was in RDC and Ebay - they guy I bought it from was in Vegas, but it was actually built in Oregon. It has been raced at PRIMM, but I don't plan on racing this - it is a glorified dune toy and weekend basher at Pismo DUnes.

Thanks Steve - let me know if you have some time to meet up. :twotu:

Neither of the red trucks broke - which has always impressed me how well built Bronco's are - I've only been towed out of Pismo Dunes once and that was due to a roll over (my bad). :doh0715:

Other than that, I've always been able to drive my Broncos back home. Here's a more recent pic of my 90 Bronco - my wife and kids use this to chase me around the dunes with:

http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/ruth-bronco90.jpg

Yes, that 96 Prerunner Bronco was in RDC and Ebay - they guy I bought it from was in Vegas, but it was actually built in Oregon. It has been raced at PRIMM, but I don't plan on racing this - it is a glorified dune toy and weekend basher at Pismo DUnes.

Ruthless, could you post some more pics of your fender openings? From what i can see it's pretty clutter free, what did you do with your computer?

Thanks Steve - let me know if you have some time to meet up. :twotu:

Yeah, we need to get together some time. Maybe next weekend?

It looks like there will be some prerunners and maybe even a couple race trucks out on July 13,14,15. I''ll keep you posted.

hey i saw just saw this on youtube...you guys have prob seen it...sorry if its a repost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oyIo73DrSw

i jumped my ttb once. there's an intersection by me, that my friend jumped his honda accord at with me in the car. so once i got my bronco, i really wanted to to hit. everyday, i always got stopped by the red, or other cars in the intersection. but finally one day i saw it was green from a little ways off, so i hit the gas a little, as i got closer, it turned yellow, and my friend said something, so i told him to hold on and hit the gas harder. it may have just turned red as i went through, it was close, but well worth it. when i hit the first set of bumps, you couldn't hear the tires anymore, and you could hear the engine rev, then by the second one i was catching up to people, so i hit the brakes, but i was in the air, so it gave a little screach when i hit the ground. i think that'll be all the jumping for now, till i get more spare parts, but it'll get up there again.

Here's a goody of a jump at Pismo from my buddy Glenn's truck - get your digital measure tapes out and tell me how high this old girl is flying - lift kit is some 6 inch after market (I forget):
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics.jpg

Another lawn dart landing by Glenn - ouch! Though he did drive it home without an issue:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics1.jpg

Here's a cleaner pic of it all:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics2.jpg

Here's one of my old girl trying to beat Glenn - I think he won this jumping contest:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics3.jpg

Having out grown my old 1990 Bronco in the pic above, I settled for something more practical - a 96 Bronco prerunner with all the trimmings - she fly's very nicely and lands like a pillow. For some reason Glenn won't do the jump contests with me anymore :shrug :
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics4.jpg

Finally, here's my 96 prerunner type Bronco enjoying another smooth and successful landing from hieghts my 90 Bronco would not have enjoyed:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/jump_pics5.jpg

What type of suspension did the 2 red trucks have? Surprised nothin broke on the 1st red bronc, looks like it landed pretty hard. Got any more pic of the white one along with interior pics?

http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/bronco-p.jpg
To answer some questions:
BrokenBronco -heres a shot of the wheel wells on my red 90 bronco. I kept the inner wheel well off the original fender and took the outside off - then attached the fiberglass on it - didn't really need to reposition anything. I did buy some rubber from a local indutrial supply shop and simply cut to shape and zip tied it where the original plastic wheel well covers were - maybe that's why it looks uncluttered? I just don't want any crap coming off my wheels into the engine compartment. Call it hack, but it works for me. :)

Beast01 - not sure what Glenn's 93 Bronc lift was _ i think it may have been a procomp 6 inch lift with rad arms. My red 90 Bronco has a 6 inch Skyjacker Stage II lift kit with a body lift. Nothing too pro, but this kit worked really well for me and proved to be tuff!

The other pic is recent interior of the 96 prerun bronc as requested. Thanks.

http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/bronco-p.jpg
To answer some questions:
BrokenBronco -heres a shot of the wheel wells on my red 90 bronco. I kept the inner wheel well off the original fender and took the outside off - then attached the fiberglass on it - didn't really need to reposition anything. I did buy some rubber from a local indutrial supply shop and simply cut to shape and zip tied it where the original plastic wheel well covers were - maybe that's why it looks uncluttered? I just don't want any crap coming off my wheels into the engine compartment. Call it hack, but it works for me. :)

Beast01 - not sure what Glenn's 93 Bronc lift was _ i think it may have been a procomp 6 inch lift with rad arms. My red 90 Bronco has a 6 inch Skyjacker Stage II lift kit with a body lift. Nothing too pro, but this kit worked really well for me and proved to be tuff!

The other pic is recent interior of the 96 prerun bronc as requested. Thanks.

Thanks for the pictures! My fenders are mounted the same way as yours, i'm just worried about the location of my ecu. I got the old plastic inner fenders that i am going to massage into the wheel wells.

http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/bronco-p.jpg
To answer some questions:
BrokenBronco -heres a shot of the wheel wells on my red 90 bronco. I kept the inner wheel well off the original fender and took the outside off - then attached the fiberglass on it - didn't really need to reposition anything. I did buy some rubber from a local indutrial supply shop and simply cut to shape and zip tied it where the original plastic wheel well covers were - maybe that's why it looks uncluttered? I just don't want any crap coming off my wheels into the engine compartment. Call it hack, but it works for me. :)

Beast01 - not sure what Glenn's 93 Bronc lift was _ i think it may have been a procomp 6 inch lift with rad arms. My red 90 Bronco has a 6 inch Skyjacker Stage II lift kit with a body lift. Nothing too pro, but this kit worked really well for me and proved to be tuff!

The other pic is recent interior of the 96 prerun bronc as requested. Thanks.

Right on!:rockon Thanks for the pics. Hey just wondering, Ive got a super lift w/extended raduis arm trailing arms etc... I am trying to achieve what u got goin w/ ur 90. A couple of questions. 1. Are those coil overs on your 90? 2. what do I need to add/delete to my 96 to be a tad better dune runner (I wanna go to glamis and not tear my Bronc up)? 3. What type of abuse does the 90 see and well is your TTB holding up?4. does the 96 have functional 4 wheel drive?

Thanks Bro. ur 90 is sweet and that 96 is a wet dream. Any more pisc u wanna share feel free:thumbup :popc1:

Thanks Beast01 -
to answer: #1
No those are not coil overs - they are actually 8 inch Skyjacker springs on a 6 inch lift. I tried skyjacker 6 inch springs and even a stiff procomp 6 inch spring, but the camber was always negative. So the 8 inch did the trick.

#2 Kind of a broad question: Pretty much what you see in my picture of the 90 is what I did out of necessity for making it specifically work at the dunes (aka 6 inch lift, 4:88 gears, detroit locker, limited slip in front, glass front fenders, decent lights for at night). If you are hitting Glamis, don't go too crazy unless you got spare parts and/or a way to to her home. Glamis will destroy any vehicle no matter how pro or built it is.

#3 - as for the abuse, i break the ball joints (from jumping of course) probably once every 3-6 months. I've bent parts on the steering linkage (going to full size helped that). Blew out a couple of Skyjacker Big Gas shocks. Watch the coil spring, it can bang and dent up the shocks pretty good. Watch the drive shaft angle as it can pull the shaft apart (a spring angle block will fix that). Finally beware of your body mounts. Keep an eye on those as the floor can tear.

#4 Finally, I strapped the 96 prerunner at 19 inches so I can run 4 full-time 4x4. Anything beyond that tends to bind her up.

Here's another pic of my prerunner showing what the TTB looks like unsprung:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/roofside-down.jpg
Thre are easier ways of demonstrating this I'm sure. :shocked
Actually, this is what happens the steering goes away while sideways on a sand embankment. :doh0715:
I was crying that day, but am luaghing today. Thank God for roll cages and helmets! :chili:

I have been in that same position in my old f-100, 'cept I went end over end after not quite makin it through the whoops :-(

Here's another pic of my prerunner showing what the TTB looks like unsprung:
http://www.plruth.com/images/temp/roofside-down.jpg


Were you able to just re-skin the lid and replace the windshield, or was the damage more extensive?

I FUBAR'ed my TTB about a month and a half ago a couple miles north of our camping spot... I hit a 4 or 5 foot jump at about 45 with my stock bronco on 31"s. I still managed to drive it back to camp, down a steep hill, and even jumped it back onto the road while coming out of our camping spot, and it held up all the 20 miles back to my house. It was pigeon-toed something terrible, but it drove. I took it to Les Schwab, and they quoted me about $1600 for...

Bent axles, bent knuckles, busted ball joints, bent pivot bracket (ttb bracket), and sprung springs (SEVERELY overcompressed). It still drives, but looks like this... /--O-\ Thankfully, I found a rusted out 79 Bronco to do a SAS with, which I'll be starting soon. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the jump itself, but I do have pictures posted of the carnage. Search for "carnage and axle advice" and check them out.

Conclusion...stock broncos do not fly well.

yikesbb - the roof got the most krinkled. I could replace it at a local shop, but I may do that later if I sale it down the road. I figure why risk fixing the roof if I roll it again. When upside down, all the fluids go away, so the motor needed to be gone thru and the steering pump was fixed - but that was about it - nothing major or expensive. This was November of 06 and she's be great since then.

everyone Ive seen jump a stock or just lifted ttb has F'ed it up. The only way to make them survive is to have suspension setup.


I took my bronco to network alignment, they replaced the axle pivot bushings, alignment cams and aligned it and it worked.

2nd- after this, I noticed the truck was pulling to the left, so I got my tires rotated and balanced. this fixed the problem.

either a messed up spring, bent radius arm or a bent beam. you shouldnt have that much height difference between sides

bent beam prolly.

Here is a shot of mine,

http://www.fullsizebronco.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=72&d=1095995422

Ok thanks for the info Dustin and Chickentaco. I may have to get rid of the ttb

Hey Ruthless I came accross you out playin at Pismo last time I was down there. Are you a local? I love your ride!

i was riding on the mountains trails at about 55-60 and there was a drain out from he mountain in the path and hit we went air born all four tires came bounced my friend and his girlfriends head off the over head and he put his elbow through my window but no suspension damage. a lesson to my stubborn friend and his girl to wear there seat belts, i jumped my 93 Mitsubishi mirage at 95mph over a canal and it blasted all the rims off the car i ended up on the rotors and drums.

yikesbb -- what suspension mods are you running?
Another ? to all, would some air or hydaulic dampeners help with a smoother landing to not break parts?

Here's some of Ruthless, and flyinbronco

http://offroadworld.tenmagazines.com/gallery/BknBronco/154564.jpg

http://offroadworld.tenmagazines.com/gallery/BknBronco/154565.jpg

jumped the Urine out of it. Bent or broke all drop brackets. Caster shot to hell. No P/S. Felt smooth though. Till i couldn't turn. Who luvs the dunes? and who has some better Radius arms for sale?

flyinbronco - yes, I am local to pismo - was good to meet you there.
brokenbronco - was good to meet you as well - thanks for posting pics. hope to see you guys again soon.

SandStallion, PM me the next time you wanna meet up at Pismo, thanks.

Hi , I´m from Argentina, South America, and this was my fist time jumping my Bronco.It´s all stock, but after this jump, I replaced the stock shocks, and installed a set of Rancho 9000, poly radius arm bushings and TTB bushings.

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5560/dsc02540so6.jpg
By montecarlo (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/montecarlo), shot with DSC-P200 (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=DSC-P200&make=SONY) at 2007-07-31

Henri - congrats on your first jump! Welcome to the addiction of jumping Broncos. Once you start jumping you can't stop, then you break parts, then you fix them with better parts and the vicious cycle keeps going!

Did you bounce much after landing?

Rock on brother! :rockon

I had a decent jump last time at pismo.

Said screw it, and hit the dune, front end got 4 feet up, back end got 2-2.5, and bounced pretty hard on the landing. Learned to ALWAYS wear your seatbelt (I hit the roof with my head, talk about dumba**). And learned that jumping is WAY too much fun.

nothing broke as a result, didnt get pics, but the people I was with got a vid.
http://www.uc4x4.com/videos/Pismo2007Jumping.wmv. Im the stock black and tan.

PTack1 good thing you got a thick head! ;)

I got one good jump out of my bronc so far,

It was at pismo with Ptack.
I jumped it with stock suspension, and it did fine didn't break anything.

Here is a pic the video is the same link as Ptacks.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/archer557/Pismo8-19-07009.jpg

Yea man you FLEW, you didnt have the height, but DAMN you had distance. It was cool watching you flog that thing, haha.


and Ruthless, your right, the cowboy hat also helped, haha.

and Ruthless, your right, the cowboy hat also helped, haha.

Did you have a piece of straw in your mouth too? Those help a lot too. hehe.

Archer, I think I enjoyed the video of your truck the most!

Landing my jump vs ruthless69 landing...

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/574509/fullsize/ttb-smoosh.jpghttp://www.plruth.com/images/temp/96jump5.jpg


Perish I'll taking you on jumping, I mean I only broke both engine mounts, bent my fan, destroyed my shroud and ate the expansion hose last time I went jumping... But thats all! Did I mention I also smoked my clutch that trip :D

Did you have a piece of straw in your mouth too? Those help a lot too. hehe.

Archer, I think I enjoyed the video of your truck the most!

naw i would have choked on it after that jump:thumbup., And Archers was slick.

Thanks Guys, It was a lot of fun jumping it, when i get more money I will buy a lift.

Chex - sorry you suffered so much carnage.

Lets do a jump contest again. It's always a thrill to see if your ever so secure fiberglass top is going to stay on after the landing! :histerica

Man, I feel sorry for your truck! Good thing it's a Bronco! Har har! :thumbup


"Parish I'll taking you on jumping, I mean I only broke both engine mounts, bent my fan, destroyed my shroud and ate the expansion hose last time I went jumping... But thats all! Did I mention I also smoked my clutch that trip"

As for that top

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee105/uc4x4/Eldorado%20Forest%20September%2019%202007%20Justin/IMG_1232.jpg

haha, i dont think it would hold up to too many more jumps.

wait till I get my project down on the sand, we'll do some jumps, haha.

:shocked
Holy crap!!!

i know it's re-post, I just love this shot:

http://www.marteesracephotos.com/details.php?gid=1449&sgid=&pid=30259

I wish they'd have snapped it a split sec sooner. We were already coming back down in this shot.

Found an old pic's of my '84.http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/603467/fullsize/p1280352_edited.jpg

Here are some airing out

http://www.motorsportvids.com/view_video.php?viewkey=a3bb4700cfddef19fa23&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr

Well, it was my F-100 w/ TIB's. I had just done the lift. I "forgot" that I didn't get the trans crossmember bolted to the frame. (The new RA mounts where in the way) and I was in a hurry for a camping trip that weekend up im Mount Laguna. Came across a jump someone must have made with a bobcat. Got all 4 wheels off the ground, came down hard. Incase anyones curious, a '66 fullsize shortbed stepside has like ZERO weight in the ass end for balance while jumping, or anything else. Bent the bumper a little, a 3/16's skidplate, the frame (slightly, only I notice the slight variance of the fender-door gap from top to bottom). My passenger had a little "heft" to him, not exactly scrawny, my glovebox hinges got all twisted from his legs slammin' it. The crappy part was, my engine pivoted on the motor mounts (since the tranny mount was basically free-floating) and plowed the fan into a new 4 core radiator (a month old BTW), wich kinda sux when yer out in the mountains. Luckily those old FE's are massive enough to be almost air-cooled. Crimped off a few of the worst core tubes, floated down the freeway to alpine to find some stopleak. I brazed off the damaged part of the core and I'm still using that radiator some 7 years later. (That reminds me, I need to drill some holes to bolt that tranny brace to the frame....)

So in short---- Don't take shortcuts when yer workin' on your ride. Finish the project first.

My custom lift didn't even notice what happened, gotta love it when chromium and molybdenum get together!! :)

Cali, you ain't kiddin man - i was about to go wheeling this past weekend, good thing I didn't - as I was doing exhaust measurements on Monday I noticed my tail housing is only attached to the tranny by the top 2 bolts, guess the bottom ones were too much work for the previous owner to put back in?! I keep a hefty supply of miscelaneos bolts and nuts so I found two that fit good and bolted them in, then proceeded to examining the chassis for more missing bolts/nuts - well the bolt that holds the tranny mount was missing the nut so I gave it a new one. Then came the motor mounts - the passenger side gots one bolt loose, but the others are good, however the driver side motor mount is completely missing the rear two bolts, tis only held in place by the front two and the top ones - tomorrow I'm going to the hardware store to get new grade-8 bolts and lock-nuts and then I gotta crawl under the truck and put 'em in... at like 25F or so... man I hate working on old cars/trucks sometimes! But yeah, like I was saying, good I never went on tha wheeling trip, interesting things might have happened :(

I had a 86 ranger (same front end TTB) stock with f150 coils I skyed it out about 7' a bunch of times front end held up but bent the frame.

my friend has a stock 90 eb bronco and yesterday he jumped it while i filmed it and got about 3-4ft of air. after we drove it down the hill to his house i notice it was puking gear dope and now the front end is way out of alinment / \. if I can get the video on here I will post it

ttb i think is the best to really beat on stock or not. i never seen another truck that can take what my old ranger and my brothers bronco have taken, i dont jump my bronco tho. seen many s10s and full size chevys with broken axles and ball joints, but not that many fords, just some ford misalingment and a cracked rad arm bracket, maybe rearly a broken axle form someone with too much travel for the stock 4wd.. good system for off road abuse, shitty for alingment purposes and tire wear tho.... imo and from experience...

How a properly set-up suspension looks...this thing is all out of shape and lands beautifully. Yes, it's linked.

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How a properly set-up suspension looks...this thing is all out of shape and lands beautifully. Yes, it's linked.

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:rockon
NICE JUMP!!!

My truck jumped before i got it... Cracked the TTB, blew out the fender, broke a spring and bent the radius arm.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/joelddias/Bronco/100_3254.jpg
(Cracked TTB arm)