King of the Hammers 2025 –– Bronco Basecamp and more

Laura
Feb 06, 2025
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Feb 06, 2025

Bronco Nation is at King of the Hammers, and Bronco Basecamp check-in starts today! We'll be using this thread for Basecamp and race ongoings and to share some awesome vehicles. Add your own, whether you're here or you're coming across cool stuff online. We'll have some videos and reels dropping, plus you can follow along live. Ford has a big presence here –– for the fun, the performance, and the testing of vehicles to make our own better. Read @Melissa Clark's article on who to cheer for!



We wish you all were here with us; KOH is an event you have to experience at least once in your life ... and if you go, I can almost bet you'll want to come back!
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
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
the poacher, Roughstock11
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Mon at 10:31 pm

#20
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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
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Deano Bronc, broncorob3
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Mon at 11:04 pm

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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
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
the poacher, Deano Bronc
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Mon at 11:09 pm

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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
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
the poacher, Deano Bronc
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Administrator

Tue at 10:33 pm

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And that's a wrap of KOH '25! (Except we have two more videos coming 😅)

I want to thank each of you that came to Bronco Basecamp, and all of you that followed along online! The Bronco community is a highlight of ownership for me, and I know it is for many of you as well. For those who came out, thank you for committing days off to Bronco Nation. Some of us are retired, some of us have generous vacation policies, but some of us don't. Our team counts it as an honor that you are willing to use time off with us, no matter where you fall on the scale. Thank you for bringing your families along, and partners, thank you for being willing to attend, even if this isn't fully your thing yet. We hope we helped make it enjoyable and as pleasant as going up to a week or more without a shower can be! Thank you for putting miles on your Broncos and spending hard earned money with us. We fight to keep costs as low as we can while still providing quality so as many can attend as possible, but we don't take any dollar spent at camp for granted. Thank you for trusting the Off-Roadeo guides to get you through chaos and obstacles as safely and damage-free as possible. And thank you for engaging with our team and each other. Each event that we get to see familiar faces again strengthens friendships that span across countries and differences, and that also makes hopping online and using the forums and social a better time. You are interesting, kind, and fun people we as a whole are privileged to get to know. I always leave an event looking forward to the next, and while wheeling plays a part of that, the people (and dogs) are what really make these worth it.

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King of the Hammers 2025, with Chase the Race drives, trips to Bronco Knoll and Sport Summit, watching the Bronco drivers win and fight to finish, was a great time.

We got to help clean up the land together with Bronco Wild Fund and Sons of Smokey, relax around the dinner tables and campfires, and practice and use our off-roading skills in the same terrain Bronco was tested in.

It's not the easiest environment to camp in, with the wind and dust, and the incredible amount of people can be hard to navigate. But that also adds to the experience, and the challenge of taking on this truly unique event is one to congratulate yourself on!

We hope we will be back in years to come, and with new friends joining us every year. Y'all are awesome people to spend time with!
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
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
broncorob3, 615_Bronco
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Tue at 10:39 pm

#24
As always @Laura, this was an awesome event. Great energy, amazing people, great trail rides and great weather. Thank you for all the time and effort your team put into this! Also, the above pictures and coverage is pretty cool as has been said. Thanks again. Looking forward to next year!

It's humbling to the team that you and others come out to Bronco Nation events again and again. We don't take that honor lightly. Thank you for coming out, Adam!
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
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
broncorob3, 615_Bronco

Burrito Connoisseur

Tue at 10:54 pm

#25
I trust everyone made sure to bring home their thin layer of Johnson Valley dust.

Looks like a blast as usual.
2022 4dr Badlands, 2.3L Manual, Mid pkg
YouTube: youtube.com/@ragnarkon
Instagram: @ragnar.kon
615_Bronco, Deano Bronc

I trust the dirt

Yesterday at 4:23 am

#26
I trust everyone made sure to bring home their thin layer of Johnson Valley dust.

Looks like a blast as usual.

I think this year was a thick layer...ha. I still have to clean out my tent. I swept out the dust before packing up but it needs a good clean.
23 Bronco Raptor, code orange belts, keyless, lux, leather trim/suede seats, carbon fibre, shadow black
615_Bronco, raqball
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Team Jeff!

Yesterday at 1:07 pm

#27
I think this year was a thick layer...ha. I still have to clean out my tent. I swept out the dust before packing up but it needs a good clean.

Yeah, clean it out so you can put a fresh layer of Red Moab dust all over it this spring.😁
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.
Roughstock11, Kenneth

I trust the dirt

Yesterday at 11:01 pm

#28
Yeah, clean it out so you can put a fresh layer of Red Moab dust all over it this spring.😁

Funny, I was just going to look at cleaning it. It takes me awhile to get to these things sometimes.......maybe I should just leave it until after Moab!!!!!!
23 Bronco Raptor, code orange belts, keyless, lux, leather trim/suede seats, carbon fibre, shadow black
Bluestreak57, Sven

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