Headed up to my buddies cabin in Grand Lake, Colorado this past weekend. Grand Lake is the deepest natural lake in the state of Colorado.

My buddy warned us that the dirt road up to his cabin hadn't been plowed since December, so we came prepared with shovels, tire chains, tow straps and a winch.

I was the first to hit the fresh "trail" at around midnight Friday night after a 2.5 hour commute from Denver. I got about 90% of the way and got stuck. After some digging I managed to back down to the bottom. Then my buddy in his 02 stock Suburban gave it a go. He has studded snow tires, rear tire chains and a limited slip. He managed to make it all the way up (with some help from my original tracks of course).

I tried again but unfortunately got stuck yet again...truck got pulled into a small ditch and I had to have him winch me out. Chevy 1, Ranger 0.

However I got the last laugh on Sunday when the Chevy broke...sheared a power steering shaft in the pump and had to be towed home.

I slept in the bed of my truck both nights since the small 26x26 foot cabin was full with people...I like my privacy. Fri night was around 11 degrees and Sat night got down to -2.


Here are a couple pics



Lots of help from friends when I got stuck...




Im in the orange...


Cabin in the background


Broke Chevy

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Pretty cool!

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2001 Ford Ranger Edge, 4.0L V6, 4x4, automatic, Extended cab, 165,000 miles, 8.8 rear axle, Auburn L/S, 4.10 gears, body lift, 32x11.5r15 falken wild peak A/T, head light mod, black honeycomb grille. 06+ corners, fx4 seats, led back up light

MODS TO COME: pillar gauges, recover seats, stereo and that it for now ................

looks like a good time...how did the duratracs perform?

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2021 F150 5.0 Screw

Past:18 F150 2.7, 16 F150 5.0, 14 F150 5.0, 07 F150 5.4, 03 Ranger 4.0

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I'm surprised u got stuck, the snow doesn't look that deep compared to your tire height. Was it icy underneath the snow?

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2004 ford ranger xlt. Torsion bar crank, AAL in the rear. 265/75/16 hankook dynapro MT's 4.0 liter, 4.10 gears. K&N cold air Intake,K&N performance fuel injectors,throttle cable mod. Herculiner bed liner. Leer truck cap.

Duratracs performed well.

The snow was a combo of ice, hard packed snow that took alot of force to break through, and powder. The hard packed snow was the problem

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yea thats the tough stuff

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2021 F150 5.0 Screw

Past:18 F150 2.7, 16 F150 5.0, 14 F150 5.0, 07 F150 5.4, 03 Ranger 4.0

Master Certified Ford Parts / Warranty Admin

Yeah i stuck in 3ft of icy snow this winter too, it simple sucks.

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2001 Ford Ranger Edge, 4.0L V6, 4x4, automatic, Extended cab, 165,000 miles, 8.8 rear axle, Auburn L/S, 4.10 gears, body lift, 32x11.5r15 falken wild peak A/T, head light mod, black honeycomb grille. 06+ corners, fx4 seats, led back up light

MODS TO COME: pillar gauges, recover seats, stereo and that it for now ................

Did you air down?

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Supercharged and DBR long travel 2003 FX4 on 305/70R16 MTRs, Torsen LS FR ECTED RR 4.56 Yukons with cobra brakes, lots of expo parts and other mods

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Nope, no OBA and the closest gas station is about 30 miles away.

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Awesome, nice truck!

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Too much, look at my build thread

Gotcha might be worth having a cheap 12v compressor on hand. The difference is night and day.

The small mv50 works well and I have a cheap smittybuilt that works fine and doesn't take up much space.

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Supercharged and DBR long travel 2003 FX4 on 305/70R16 MTRs, Torsen LS FR ECTED RR 4.56 Yukons with cobra brakes, lots of expo parts and other mods

Build thread http://www.fordrangerforum.com/proje...cue-truck.html

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