How exactly are we supposed to answer that question? I mean there isn't a capability scale or anything. It depends on the terrain and driver. I've seen people take stock trucks down trails locked and lifted trucks had problems.
me and my stock bronco with 31x10.50 BFG Land Terrains have gone some places jacked up toys and chevys with mud tires have went, had a little more trouble than they did, but we got there.
when you get to the mud, walk around the hole for a minuet and check it out. get a long stout stick and see how deep it is. then you say "**** it" and barrel off in it. you get stuck, call in reinforcments, and try again.
hmm, too low, too wide, too heavy, too much sheetmetal. all bad things when you are doing real wheeling. driving down a fire road to the local water hole doesn't count as wheeling.
my dad drove an 86 2wd gmc, 305 all stock. his employee drove a 88 blazer 4wd, 350, 33x12.50x15's, lockers ect. k5 get stuck, dad comes in with pappa(the trucks name was pappa smurf, named by my sister) hooks up and pulls him out. my dad is a forester, been in the woods more than he has been out of the woods. he drove that 2wd better than most guys drove their 4wd's, through some deep shit to.
Bring it to PAP or Rausch Creek on our next trip and find out.
Andy351 said:
hmm, too low, too wide, too heavy, too much sheetmetal. all bad things when you are doing real wheeling. driving down a fire road to the local water hole doesn't count as wheeling.
Stock is pretty capable of a lot of things. Of course you wont go crawling on rocks like the AZ and CA guys, but its still capable and will suprise the hell out of ya.
For instance, these pics are of my bronco at hot springs, arkansas. 1990 bronco, 302 with 32" buckshot mudders. Everything is stock except for the tires, and that run was even on factory old shocks. That was a level 3 trail.
I took a stock BKO with 32 AT's on every trail we hit at RITS...never had a tow strap attached...learn to DRIVE not just point the truck...you will be pleasantly surprised
Open diffs will have trouble on loose gravel or wet surfaces.
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