mxwrk
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- Max
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After getting my truck dialed with suspension, wheels, and tires, it was time to take my first off-road trip. A group of friends and I got together and planned extensively to get from Big Bear to Las Vegas while staying completely on the dirt, except for road crossings and a fuel stop.
Overall we made it just shy of Vegas when another truck in our group got a coolant leak, but our total off-road mileage was 232 miles over 3 days. My truck averaged 11.8mpg which was pretty good considering our first full day average speed was 8mph.
Lots of slow and technical driving combined with a few fast sprints. I came from an Excursion with about a 4" lift, and the first thing I noticed with my F150 was that it was much lower. On two track roads where the center is slightly raised from where the tires ride, I scraped the factory skid plates pretty badly (have since ordered RCI). I experimented with all the drive modes, and some off the off-road ones were good but they really like to wind the RPM's up before shifting a gear. This can be helpful in some terrain but anything open and flat I ended up just switching back to normal mode. Below are some pictures, but there's lots more along with video on my Insta: @ HeavyOverland
Overall we made it just shy of Vegas when another truck in our group got a coolant leak, but our total off-road mileage was 232 miles over 3 days. My truck averaged 11.8mpg which was pretty good considering our first full day average speed was 8mph.
Lots of slow and technical driving combined with a few fast sprints. I came from an Excursion with about a 4" lift, and the first thing I noticed with my F150 was that it was much lower. On two track roads where the center is slightly raised from where the tires ride, I scraped the factory skid plates pretty badly (have since ordered RCI). I experimented with all the drive modes, and some off the off-road ones were good but they really like to wind the RPM's up before shifting a gear. This can be helpful in some terrain but anything open and flat I ended up just switching back to normal mode. Below are some pictures, but there's lots more along with video on my Insta: @ HeavyOverland
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