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Made an emergency trip downstate Wednesday, and came back home today. The ride back was an easy drive, except for the deluge and hail. I pulled over due to the hail, couldn't believe the amount of idiots with no lights on, and still driving 60+ in the hail.
Got a thumbs up from a couple other 150 drivers, as well. Made my day!!!
Not "today" ... but a few days ago, I got my truck some new shoes. She was wearing 275/65r20 Nitto Terra Grapplers, but is now wearing 295/60r20 Cooper STT Pro's ...
Spent last two days recovering from week of off-roading
Originally Posted by Vin
North of Corolla on the Outer Banks, several communities are nestled in amongst the dunes and are only accessible by 4x4. Put the F150 Platinum edition through its paces, driving in the sand.
One week of driving on the sand, averaging about 10 miles a day. It got pretty harrowing, especially at night and the worst was Friday night and
again on Saturday morning due to the astronomical high tides which caused a lot of the beach to flood, forcing me into the narrow paths behind the dunes.
Never got stuck once but did help out some guy who tried to drive his Nissan Murano in the deep sand. His mistake and one most people new to the sand is not airing down. I went to 18 PSI and all was well. Was prepared in advance (thanks to the F150 forum) with ****** strap and the rear tow hook mod.
Most people driving crossovers or sedan based AWD faired pretty poorly.
This was my real first off-road experience in any road vehicle. I had a blast! Here is a picture of the truck in front of the house.
Car was a wreck, got a pile of scratches from navigating between some bushes that were crowding each side of the trail. Both sides caught it but passenger side was worst.
I must have rubbed out 50 or 60 linear feet of scratches. Followed up with a clay bar and wax detail, not to mention pulling each tire to check for damage and to scrub the frame rails to make sure all the salt and sand was gone. Cleaned the rear of the rims too. Truck came out great and the scratches are nearly invisible now, thankfully! I was really bummed about them.
North of Corolla on the Outer Banks, several communities are nestled in amongst the dunes and are only accessible by 4x4. Put the F150 Platinum edition through its paces, driving in the sand.
One week of driving on the sand, averaging about 10 miles a day. It got pretty harrowing, especially at night and the worst was Friday night and
again on Saturday morning due to the astronomical high tides which caused a lot of the beach to flood, forcing me into the narrow paths behind the dunes.
Never got stuck once but did help out some guy who tried to drive his Nissan Murano in the deep sand. His mistake and one most people new to the sand is not airing down. I went to 18 PSI and all was well. Was prepared in advance (thanks to the F150 forum) with ****** strap and the rear tow hook mod.
Most people driving crossovers or sedan based AWD faired pretty poorly.
This was my real first off-road experience in any road vehicle. I had a blast! Here is a picture of the truck in front of the house.
You ever down at Cape Lookout? We go camping every year.
08-02-2015, 04:16 PM
