100% Bone-Stock Ranger tackles John Bull!

[Ken Cooke]

I completed John Bull last Sunday in dust-dry conditions. Boulders rolling around under my tires, tippy/sliding/slipping are two words to describe John Bull - With a generous lift, lockers, etc. Heres some pics from this past Saturday where a club member and one of his friends (Dawn) navigated her bone-stock Ranger up a hardcore Big Bear Trail. Yes, it can be done...

John Bull Trail - flooded out in a 100% Stock Ranger

-Ken

 

[Khiori]

Small world - I recognize WLD from the SoCal hiking yahoo group.

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[CodePoet]

Looks awsome man! As I was told at my last club run "never underestimate the capability of a stock rig, with a driver that doesn't give a fawk"

Later
cp

 

[Premier]

That website is so slow. Also I cant get some of the pics to come up... just get a blank image.

Looks like fun though.

 

[rino351]

That trail doesn't look that tough at all-- looks more just like some good times

 

[Ken Cooke]

That trail doesn't look that tough at all-- looks more just like some good times

The 2nd to last time I ran this trail, it was a breeze. Locked in the rear, aired down to about 14 p.s.i. - I just walked right through all of the rock gardens. Thunderhorse got some body damage with the rear qtr panel (driver's side) getting smacked HARD on a rock. He made it through all of the obstacles though. The last time I went through this trail, I had 'em locked front and rear, and my small-fry 33" tires couldn't clear most of the obstacles I had to deal with. The other guys w/35" tires made it look real easy. The moral of this story? Be sure to bring some big dawgs along just in case you're running a 33" tire or smaller on the John Bull!

-Ken