Dec 04, 2021
I finally got to attend the Moab Off-Roadeo and I would highly recommend to all of you to get out and attend one. We were very fortunate with our weather as it pissed rain the night prior to our day. This was a good thing from my perspective, as it ensured that there was no dust, and it made the dirt nice and tacky. Perfect for a day in Moab under what turned out to be a bluebird day.
We stayed at the Red Cliffs lodge which is adjacent to the Off-Roadeo location, and it is situated right on the Colorado River. Great views, good food, and you can not beat the convenience of ensuring you arrive on time.
But on to the fun stuff. Most of you have seen lots of photos of the building housing the location, with lots of old bronco parts nicely displayed, so I will skip all that and go straight to the more fun stuff.
The display outside of the main building was a 2-door, Badlands, in CO, pretty much a copy of my build, so a pleasant surprise that they would do this for me. I naturally had to climb underneath it to get a better look at the suspension and had to use one arm to raise it up for a better look...
I was fortunate to drive a badlands with 33” wheels (fortunate as it made the crawling more difficult, the 35"'s would clear
most of the obstacles), in the Area 51 colour. Sadly, no 2 doors available to drive, and all were automatic's unfortunately.
When I asked why there were no manuals, Peter stated "most everyone who says they can drive manual, turned out not to
be able to". Our day included a total of 12 trucks, but luckily we were broken into two groups of six trucks. After a good highway
drive (it handles great on pavement, way better than the Gladiator I drove down to Moab in) of about 7 miles to get to
the trailhead, we started our adventure
Peter was our guide, really interesting fellow, a wealth of knowledge and total badass. We were very fortunate to have
him in our lead vehicle the whole day. This man deserves a hefty pay raise for his ability to stay calm as most of the
participants have never driven off road before this.
As the lead truck, we were always first and it allowed me to pick the lines, of which they were all the hardest ones. Peter
was kind to cut me slack as I have 4x4 extensively...
The terrain was varied and really allowed you to test the capabilities of the Bronco, as you will see
As you may well know, photos have a hard time of capturing how steep stuff really is. This descent was over a 30 degree
decline. As you can see, this rock has many scrapes from bash plates, Including those that I added.
This next photo shows a good example of some of the high speed desert driving you get to enjoy (if you look in the background).
I do have to say that the Anti-Matter blue is a striking colour.
We stopped at on top of a buttress and enjoyed a supplied lunch, all the while enjoying some okay views.
A lot of the obstacles were very challenging, and it really made you understand the capabilities of the Bronco.
We stayed at the Red Cliffs lodge which is adjacent to the Off-Roadeo location, and it is situated right on the Colorado River. Great views, good food, and you can not beat the convenience of ensuring you arrive on time.
But on to the fun stuff. Most of you have seen lots of photos of the building housing the location, with lots of old bronco parts nicely displayed, so I will skip all that and go straight to the more fun stuff.
The display outside of the main building was a 2-door, Badlands, in CO, pretty much a copy of my build, so a pleasant surprise that they would do this for me. I naturally had to climb underneath it to get a better look at the suspension and had to use one arm to raise it up for a better look...
I was fortunate to drive a badlands with 33” wheels (fortunate as it made the crawling more difficult, the 35"'s would clear
most of the obstacles), in the Area 51 colour. Sadly, no 2 doors available to drive, and all were automatic's unfortunately.
When I asked why there were no manuals, Peter stated "most everyone who says they can drive manual, turned out not to
be able to". Our day included a total of 12 trucks, but luckily we were broken into two groups of six trucks. After a good highway
drive (it handles great on pavement, way better than the Gladiator I drove down to Moab in) of about 7 miles to get to
the trailhead, we started our adventure
Peter was our guide, really interesting fellow, a wealth of knowledge and total badass. We were very fortunate to have
him in our lead vehicle the whole day. This man deserves a hefty pay raise for his ability to stay calm as most of the
participants have never driven off road before this.
As the lead truck, we were always first and it allowed me to pick the lines, of which they were all the hardest ones. Peter
was kind to cut me slack as I have 4x4 extensively...
The terrain was varied and really allowed you to test the capabilities of the Bronco, as you will see
As you may well know, photos have a hard time of capturing how steep stuff really is. This descent was over a 30 degree
decline. As you can see, this rock has many scrapes from bash plates, Including those that I added.
This next photo shows a good example of some of the high speed desert driving you get to enjoy (if you look in the background).
I do have to say that the Anti-Matter blue is a striking colour.
We stopped at on top of a buttress and enjoyed a supplied lunch, all the while enjoying some okay views.
A lot of the obstacles were very challenging, and it really made you understand the capabilities of the Bronco.
TorgSurv, TK1215
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