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Old Nov 13, 2010
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Wheelin with jeeps

Who all on here regularly wheels with jeeps in their ranger? Im going to join a local off road club and 99% of them have jeeps everywhere from mild to wild. I was gonna buy me a jeep for a play toy but decided instead to dump that money into my ranger hoping I could hang with these guys. Let me know what you all have done to hit the woods with a bunch of jeeps. Thanks guys.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010
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Is the Off road club by chance Jeep skool?
 
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I use to all the time with my Ranger and my Sport Trac.
Both were body lifted with rear shackles and 33x12.50s, I always aired down and disconnected the sway bars. The sport trac was better because it was locked front and rear, but did very well even with just the rear locker.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010
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cch- no its called Appalachian Ridge Runners. its not exactly a jeep club, but like I said everyone has a jeep with a samurai and an old toyota thrown into the mix.

brian- thats the exact set up I was thinkin of. Thanks guys! Im always open to more suggestions.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010
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i used to wheel with mostly jeeps when i lived in reno. even when i was stock i kept up no problem.
 
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I have both lol. Jeep is more fun to wheel with.
 
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you will probably do better than the jeep on steep hill climbs since the longer wheel base and that also helps sometimes when the ruts are dug out to a jeeps wheelbase.

You will be able to keep up in most situations but get some tow points
 
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