We camped in a meadow at Dick's Cabin on night 1; Wells Lake on night 2; Lodestone Lake on night 3.

We had 2 LR3s (a 2005 with 32" tires, rear locker and armor; and a 2006 with 31.5" tires, open diff and armor). Then there was a 5th Gen 4Runner (TRD Pro) and a new Bronco (Sasquatch Package).

 

Thanks for the reply. Those are nice camping spots.
How did the Bronco do? I have not seen many reviews on them although I have not made an effort to look for them.

 

The Bronco did really well. It has lockers front and rear, 35s and you can disengage the sway bar. The only real detriment is the fwd shackle on the rear trailing arms (I think that's what they were) which hang pretty low and are susceptible to damage. This one was a 4-door, so the breakover angle wasn't too much better (possibly the same or worse) but the approach and departure angles are terrific and those 35" tires just eat things.

Climbing Memorial Rock was a real gut check for me. That thing is STEEP, but I did it, and I was really happy that I did. That is the major obstacle right before Wells Lake. Then after Wells....Falcon Hill was pretty crazy. I don't know if there is a bypass to that, but if there was it was well before we knew what we were getting into because that was a very intense obstacle. The twin (muddy) hill climbs were super fun.

I'll have media that I can share, if people are interested.

 

Do you know if the front and rear lockers on the Bronco are standard equipment?. I knew they had 35 inch tires but not the lockers. I think the last time my club did Whipsaw was before the massive rain storm of 2021. I think everywhere was rougher this time

 

I’m not sure what is standard…there are so many packages and options. I only know my buddy’s is the Sasquatch Package and it comes with f/r lockers and a sway-bar disengage.

 

Since you have the same size tires as I do I thought I would mention that there is a wire loom that runs down the outside of the frame in the front left fender well which the tire can rub when making a full lock left turn. Best to check this.
Finished the installation of my Chinese snorkel. A fair bit of work but it is solidly attached and fully sealed. Now I don't need to worry about sucking in splashed water.

 

Yep, I'm well aware of the wiring loom, thank you!

I moved that baby up to the top of the frame long ago. If you haven't done this, I can provide some instructions. It helps, but even then I once got in such a bad situation that the tire pulled it down anyway! The good news is that even with the wiring loom destroyed, the EAS still worked so I kept on wheelin' and waited until I got home to fix it. I carry a spare wiring overlay kit for just that scenario. After that event, I went over the wiring and wrapped it in stainless steel meshed. Then I zip-tied it to the top of the frame again, but this time with two stainless steel zip-ties, ensuring that the zip-ties were contacting an areas of the wiring loom that was wrapped in the stainless mesh.

...it's never getting ruptured again!!!

 

I looked at it and didn't think there was enough slack in the loom to move it higher. I did pull it up maybe 2 inches. Do I just release it from all it's mounting points?

 

Release it from the mounting points and zip-tie it to the top. There is some hunk of metal that is welded to the frame rail there, and there is a hole through which you can run a tie. It should be fairly obvious when you look at it.