Badlands Trip on 4-29-23

Deano Bronc

May 01, 2023

Had a great time at the Badlands Off-road Park in Attica, Indiana.
@SlashRacer (Mike), @DigitalInBlue (John), @andrewdhahn79 (Andy) and Jeff (Allegan, MI) met there on Saturday. It was John and Andy's first time off-roading in their own Broncos. Unfortunately John and Andy didn't get to wheel together since John was there early and had to go about the time Andy and his enthusiastic crew got there. Both had the 2.3 with the 7 speed and could have shared info with each other about off-roading with a manual.

Unfortunately I am really bad about stopping and taking pictures or video so I don't have many. Mike is much better at that sort of thing so I hope he will attach what he has.

One of the goals on this trip was to scope out the park so we could bring a much larger Bronco Nation group sometime this summer/fall. I know it is quite the trip for some of you but you will have a great time guaranteed.

1400 acres and trails for every skill level.

2022 Bronco Badlands, 4D, Hot Pepper Red, 2.7, Squatch, Lux, and MIC.
7/13/2020 10:04pm reservation. Blend 6/16/2022 Delivered 6/26/2022.
Dealership - Stephen's Auto Center.

Darrel, Crawler Green

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May 01, 2023

Looks awesome, guys! I'm looking forward to the next time. I know the effort you all put into scouting and pre-runs.

~~2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top~~
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
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Darrel, SlashRacer

May 01, 2023

I had a great time and wished I could have stayed longer. This facility exceeded my expectations. I'm looking forward to going again! Thank you for setting this up!

2022 Badlands Sasquatch, 7 Speed, White

Darrel, SlashRacer

May 01, 2023

Man, that looked like a blast! 😎

Chris here. I drive a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands with Sasquatch, Lux, a 2.7L V6, and an automatic transmission. It’s fun.

Darrel, SlashRacer

May 01, 2023

Deano Bronc
Had a great time at the Badlands Off-road Park in Attica, Indiana.
@SlashRacer (Mike), @DigitalInBlue (John), @andrewdhahn79 (Andy) and Jeff (Allegan, MI) met there on Saturday. It was John and Andy's first time off-roading in their own Broncos. Unfortunately John and Andy didn't get to wheel together since John was there early and had to go about the time Andy and his enthusiastic crew got there. Both had the 2.3 with the 7 speed and could have shared info with each other about off-roading with a manual.

Unfortunately I am really bad about stopping and taking pictures or video so I don't have many. Mike is much better at that sort of thing so I hope he will attach what he has.

One of the goals on this trip was to scope out the park so we could bring a much larger Bronco Nation group sometime this summer/fall. I know it is quite the trip for some of you but you will have a great time guaranteed.

1400 acres and trails for every skill level.

Road trip!

Darrel, Crawler Green

May 01, 2023

DigitalInBlue
I had a great time and wished I could have stayed longer. This facility exceeded my expectations. I'm looking forward to going again! Thank you for setting this up!

It was great meeting you and your son. It looked like you all were having a great time and can't wait till we can do it again.
Oh by the way, @andrewdhahn79 bought the same orange flag as you with the same results. Broken......
Andy kept on going after it broke but finally someone at one of the checkpoints noticed and told him he had to have a flag. Luckily it was towards the end of the day so it really wasn't an issue.😏

2022 Bronco Badlands, 4D, Hot Pepper Red, 2.7, Squatch, Lux, and MIC.
7/13/2020 10:04pm reservation. Blend 6/16/2022 Delivered 6/26/2022.
Dealership - Stephen's Auto Center.

Darrel, SlashRacer

May 01, 2023

I'm 3.5 hours away, would love to get out there some time.

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Oxford White Badlands, 2.7, Sasquatch, SoftTop, Tow, Lux
Ordered: April 28, 2021; Vin received: 10/1; Bronco Off Rodeo: New Hampshire 10/6; Production Date: 12/9; Delivered 2/1

Darrel, SlashRacer

May 02, 2023

Glad you scoped it out for us! I would love to join on the next trip!! Looks like a lot of fun!!

Deano Bronc, SlashRacer

May 02, 2023

Does look awesome!

23 Bronco Raptor, code orange belts, keyless, lux, leather trim/suede seats, carbon fibre, shadow black

Darrel, SlashRacer

May 02, 2023

Good stuff @Deano Bronc & co. Thanks for sharing and glad you all had a great time. Now that the off-road bug has bitten…

- 2023 Raptor / Shadow Black / MGV (DOB 8/30/23)
- 2023 Heritage Limited Edition / Robin’s Egg Blue / 4dr / (stolen from my dealer 11/15/23)

Darrel, Deano Bronc

May 02, 2023

#10

Very nice - great seeing some videos of non-SAS Badlands - would love to see more of that to see what real world differences you see - aside from gearing, I'm not seeing the 35s being that much of a significant advantage in most cases.

Darrel, Deano Bronc

May 02, 2023

#11

EGBronc
Glad you scoped it out for us! I would love to join on the next trip!! Looks like a lot of fun!!

Me too. 244 miles away.

Black Diamond/4-door/mid pkg/2.7/MIC/rack/towing/Eruption Green/res 7.13.20/ord 2.8.21, then 10.15.21/built 1.21.22/delivered 4.15.22
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Darrel, EGBronc

May 02, 2023

#12

Deano Bronc
It was great meeting you and your son. It looked like you all were having a great time and can't wait till we can do it again.
Oh by the way, @andrewdhahn79 bought the same orange flag as you with the same results. Broken......
Andy kept on going after it broke but finally someone at one of the checkpoints noticed and told him he had to have a flag. Luckily it was towards the end of the day so it really wasn't an issue.😏

New flag being delivered tomorrow, Jeff pointed me in the right direction on Amazon and Mike sold me an extra mount for the front hood tie down.

Darrel, Deano Bronc

May 02, 2023

#13

1,400 acres of off-road fun!!!

Here’s the POV of the Badlands. There are some spots where I filmed from outside of the bronco as well.

2021 Badlands, 4 door, 2.7L, Auto, LUX, SAS, Tow Package, MIC, Velocity Blue.

Ditchrunner, Darrel

May 02, 2023

#14

ne2000
I'm 3.5 hours away, would love to get out there some time.

I’m 3.5hrs away and made the trip there and back in a day. Long time in the saddle. Left home at 5:30am and got back home at 9:30pm.

2021 Badlands, 4 door, 2.7L, Auto, LUX, SAS, Tow Package, MIC, Velocity Blue.

Ditchrunner, Darrel

May 02, 2023

#15

What a great place to 4 wheel! Most of the trails are wide open and you don’t have to worry about scratches. There are branches that hang down and will break the cheap flags they sell there. There is a little bit of everything there to play around in/on. My POV video shows a lot of the park. It’s a long boring video, but check out the tubes in the video!!!

They had 2 air hoses at the air station for airing up. There was also a food trailer for people to buy food.

Next time I think I will make it for the whole week instead of down and back in a day.

2021 Badlands, 4 door, 2.7L, Auto, LUX, SAS, Tow Package, MIC, Velocity Blue.

Ditchrunner, Darrel

May 02, 2023

#16

I did not have the front locker locked when I didn’t make it at first. Then again….I also had 3 or 4 error messages on my dash. It would not let me select a goat mode, nor would it let me disconnect the sway bar. :(

As soon as I left the park, all of the error messages on the dash went away. 🤷‍♂️

2021 Badlands, 4 door, 2.7L, Auto, LUX, SAS, Tow Package, MIC, Velocity Blue.

Ditchrunner, Darrel

May 02, 2023

#17

darinhouston
Very nice - great seeing some videos of non-SAS Badlands - would love to see more of that to see what real world differences you see - aside from gearing, I'm not seeing the 35s being that much of a significant advantage in most cases.

Here is a comparison.

2021 Badlands, 4 door, 2.7L, Auto, LUX, SAS, Tow Package, MIC, Velocity Blue.

Darrel, Deano Bronc

May 02, 2023

#18

SlashRacer
I did not have the front locker locked when I didn’t make it at first. Then again….I also had 3 or 4 error messages on my dash. It would not let me select a goat mode, nor would it let me disconnect the sway bar. :(

As soon as I left the park, all of the error messages on the dash went away. 🤷‍♂️

I was wondering if you were still in 2H?? 😜 I will definitely have to make the next trip down.

Deano Bronc, SlashRacer

May 02, 2023

#19

EGBronc
I was wondering if you were still in 2H?? 😜 I will definitely have to make the next trip down.

I had to put it in 4L with the button because goat mode didn’t work.

Long day going down there and back. Next time I go I am staying the night and may play for 2 days. ;)

2021 Badlands, 4 door, 2.7L, Auto, LUX, SAS, Tow Package, MIC, Velocity Blue.

Darrel, TK1215

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