Fordboy77 previously posted:
"Does anyone think a 91 stock ranger can do it in 2wd? Ive got a working limited slip, at least it works in the rain, its got the 4.0l v6 with a 5 spd... i am tryinig to fix the 4x4 but i am not sure if i will get it done."
Whereas I have managed to run this trail in a stock Madza pickup, it was more from not paying too much attention to where we were (we were going to go rock climbing. Getting there was secondary...) I would not recommend this to anyone, LS or not. By the time we found we were in the s***, we were really in the s***. We were climbing down by the river for two days, in fact doing a couple of the longest routes in the Platte (1300') on Big Rock Candy Mountain, the rock that you pass on the south side of. We just said screw it, let's do some climbing and figure out how to get out when we got done.
This was pre Hayman Fire, so the 4x4 trail was really a pretty healthy 4x trail, nothing like what it is now. We were very lucky to not have to leave the truck and walk out. We barely made it.
I wouldn't advise taking a 2WD anything on this run. Leave the 2WD at the trailhead and ride the rest of the way with someone else....or hook up with someone in town.
Pictures (to me) are areas where I don't think a stock rig is going to have trouble. It is a little bumpy there and taking a slightly wrong line will get a rear tire in the air, but no drama. SubaCool may tag the front bumper on his ride going up or down the rock step, but I would be betting that it wouldn't be the first time....