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dixie_boysles 12-21-2009 01:15 PM

My snow excursion with the Ranger (56k no way)
 
This was my first time in snow with my Ranger. We got 11" of snow in one day. Up until Saturday, I had never put my truck into 4-Lo. Anyways on to the pics and best of all VIDEOS!!! Just give the videos a second to load when you first open them up.

Pics first; they are poser shots, but you get the idea, the videos have the wheelin stuff:

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow003.jpg
The next morning

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow004.jpg
my dog lots

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow015.jpg
http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow018.jpg

My dogs Ellie and Buddy

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow022.jpg

neighbors truck crushed

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow033.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow034.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow028.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow027.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow002.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow029.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow030.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow040.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow041.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow042.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow046.jpg

UNTREAD SNOW

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow036.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow043.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow020.jpg

3 Gens of Rangers:

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...009Snow055.jpg

my partner in crime that day along with being the cameraman and who you hear laughing the whole time.

VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!:

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow053.flvJust driving around on back country roads

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow048.flv
New BFGs at work

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow038.flv
My first snow hill. The first time I went up it, I slid a little, but it hadnt been rode up yet; it was fresh snow.

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow037.flv
4 wheeler trail we ride on

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow039.flv
slush hole

In the below videos, i was down in a holler with only one way to get out and it is the hill you see me trying to get up. I kept hitting one spot in the path that the truck wanted to slide. I'd move over a little, but it would still want to slide back into tracks. the final video shows me slapping that biotch in the face and going up it in 4-L0 1st gear.

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow051.flv
http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow050.flv
here is me conquering the hill; you can see where i struggled befiore. excuse any language on the vids, i was a little aggreveted at the dang hill.

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/?action=view&current=2009Snow052.flv
over all, i was EXTREMELY happy with the Ranger. She did great and could not have asked for any better. The tires performed extremely well too! I think i did pretty good for my first time in snow with a truck.

mcpink 12-21-2009 01:40 PM

Looks like you had a blast out there! Love the BFGs. Looks like they did great.

Jay FX4 12-21-2009 02:22 PM

Sweet pics!

What did you need 4-low for?

Gearhead299 12-21-2009 03:36 PM

seems to me your buddy weighed the truck down too much, once he got out the truck went right up that hill, hahaha

Tom 12-21-2009 03:41 PM

Looks like a fun time.

On a side note, when posting photobucket videos you don't need to use the weird code they give you, just post the URL to the video and the forum will embed the video automatically for you.

surfer03133 12-21-2009 03:48 PM

looks like a blast! nice videos!

BAMA BOY 12-21-2009 04:00 PM

i love the first pic looks awesome

RangerNDog 12-21-2009 04:30 PM

Sweet pics. We got right around 2 feet here. Unfortunately I don't have any pics of the truck playing in it.


Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay FX4 (Post 43276)
Sweet pics!

What did you need 4-low for?

I was thinking the same thing. I'm sure the BFG's did just as good as my AT2's and I never had to put it in 4Lo

STRanger 12-25-2009 07:02 PM

Nice pics of your truck in the snow scenes, but I'm glad that was you and not me with all that snow... I'm not much of a snow person after living a few winters in central Illinois where it snows the entire winter... and I think they measured their snow in FEET not INCHES... lol

01STEPASIDE 12-25-2009 07:51 PM

looks like fun!!!

aridranger03 12-27-2009 12:47 PM

Nice pics! I want your wheels!

mcpink 12-27-2009 01:20 PM

^^^ Get in line, LOL!

STRanger 12-27-2009 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aridranger03 (Post 45209)
I want your wheels!

i'll take those two dogs before i'd take the wheels... haha


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