Thrawn147

Hi everyone! I was just wondering what truck you all think is best for general all around off-roading, like mudding, trail riding or just driving on the beach. I'm talking stock, or very near stock. I'm looking to get into off-roading and just wanted a few opinions. Right now I'm looking mostly at Bronco's of the late 90's. Thanks alot, Bobby

Z3PR

1969 to 1991 Chevrolet Blazer (Full size, not S-10). Surf www.coloradok5.com too see what the K5's are all about.

Andydg

I really like the Jeep Wranglers and the K5 Blazers like Z3PR said. Both of them have a short wheel base for tight turns on trails and both have a good power to weight ratio. If you want to do any serious mudding though I suggest you don't leave either of these or a late 90's Bronco near stock unless you have some friends with huge trucks because they will get stuck without bigger mud tires and lockers.
I have a friend that has an '85 K5 Blazer with 35in TSL's and lockers front and rear. He has some mild engine mods and of course exhaust and he gets stuck on a regular basis and we end of having to get a big ass farm tractor or a combine to get him out. If all you plan on doing is trails something near stock will work just fine, but for mudding you need some real power and a way to get all that power to the ground.

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acgr76

chevrolet's z71, perfect

meithkiller

What you want is the 1996 - 2004 Toyota Tacoma with manual locking hubs and a rear locker if available. Some TRD packages come with rear locker.

I am partial but I have had excellent luck with my Tacoma. It is a 1996 and now has 257,000 miles on it. I wheel it on all types of surfaces from rock to deep mud without any problems. It was excellent when it was stock but now that I have added a 3" suspension lift and a 2" body lift along with a rear locker, it will run most trails up to but NOT including a 6 diamond rating. I probably could run tougher trails but I do like to keep the rubber side down.

Check out these links:

http://www.fourwheeler.com/roadtests/16558/index.html

http://www.cottora.com/cottora/home.html

http://www.sounddomain.com/memberpage/289957/6

This is my off-road club's website, I have the white Tacoma. Check it out:
http://www.dfw-tx4wd.org/

food4me

dodge ram can't go wrong with mopar

timberdoodle

dodge ram sucks for OR, but i have heard a lot of luck with the tacoma, but you would need to mod for ground clearance and things. THe K5 also a very good choice.

Andydg

Depends on the off roading you plan on doing. For trails they blow, but for mudding out in corn/bean fields to can't really ask for much more. They come with enough clearance from the factory for 33 inch tires I do believe. Also the new Power Wagon come with 33 inch tires, locking front and rear diffs. and a winch from the factory...plus it won the Fourwheeler of the Year Award.

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food4me

dodge mopar all the way easy to up grade and plenty of power or even if you can find a dodge power wagon it'll serve you well

M3FordBoy

I think it is kinda funny that a stock 4wd F-250 has more ground clearance than a stock Power wagon. If your talkin about the newer power wagon from dodge off of the 2500 ram.

Andydg

That's the one I was talking about, but what's so funny about a stock F-250 having more ground clearance than the Power Wagon. The F-250 got last place in Four Wheeler's '05 Pick-up of the year. The F-250 was made for pulling/towing, not for off-roading like the Power Wagon.

*edit* The F-250 only beats the Power Wagon by .2 inches in the ground clearance category.

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AlienEvolution

^ what he said, Toyotas are the top of the line for offroading

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Wurd.

G35XAndTrailBlazer

Find an old Army Hummer for like 10 grand lol

or get a Blazer. They are pretty good.

Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Chevy Trailblazer

infiniti G35x (XD get it? cause it has AWD LOL)

I'm such a jokster

GMCMudBogger

For stock get a Jeep Rubicon or any truck with a solid front axle, IFS sucks, it breaks and has less aftermarket parts to beef em up.

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Andydg

I agree with you for the most part and a lot on the Rubicon those things are beasts. But IFS does offer better ground clearance.

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