We visited so many places, hard to pick a favorite. On the Alaska portion of the trip we wanted to visit places we didn't when we drove the Pinto up there. New places were Hyder, Haines, Kennecott Mine, McCarthy ,Valdez, Whittier. I also wanted to drive the Dempster Highway in Canada and camp on...
After 107 and nearly 18,000 miles, most of them towing, we made it back home to Wisconsin! I plan to start making videos of our trip this fall an put them on my YouTube channel, The Wandering Pinto. The trip went through Colorado ,Utah, to San Diego and up the west coast highway into Canada and...
You were a great trail guide, I learned a lot! I took your advice and bought a pair of traction board's while in Los Angeles. I put them to use a few days later at the Oceana Dunes to rescue a brand new Chevy Silverado stuck in the sand!
While at the Bronco off Roadeo in Moab the trail guide had us try out Trail Control and warned us ahead of time it would not sound good, but that the way the system behaves. Sure enough it sounded awful, like gears grinding. My Badlads on the other had is completely silent with Trail Control...
On April 22nd my wife and I attended the Bronco Sport off Roadeo in Moab. We had fun and learned a lot. Our trail guide was Melissa Clark, who drove and won her class in a Bronco Sport. While in Moab we also visited Arches and Canyonlands Nation Parks. Also we drove the following trails, Schafer...
Nope, did not effect the computer. My trailer loaded is under 2,000lbs, loaded so I probably don't need brakes, but the trailer has them so why not use them. Also I need a hot wire to charge the camper battery. I ran both the power for the brake controller and hot for the camper battery...
Got my notice one month to the Bronco Off-Roadeo in Moab! wE plan on staying six nights in Moab. Our tentative itinerary is; Day 1 Canyonlands National Park, Deadhorse Point State Park, Schafer Switchbacks/Potash Road, Day 2 Arches National Park Day ,3 Bronco Off-Roadeo Day 4 ,Hells Revenge, Day...
My Badlands came with 225's, I upgraded to 235 BF Goodrich Trail Terrains. I got them at an independent shop. The person Installing them said to me " these aren't the same size as the tires you have". I said I know, that size is available from the factory. A few months ago I ordered some 13 inch...
I was wondering how the air bags are working? I am heading to Alaska in four weeks towing a camper and will have the back of my Bronco filled with stuff. I haven't had time to load it to see how it handles the load yet. I put air shocks on my Pinto and they make a world of difference, so I...
I did not drive it many winters. After sitting idle for about 20 years I did do a home restoration and paint job in 2010. Since Then I have put about 150,000 miles on it including a road trip to Alaska! Check out my YouTube channel The Wandering Pinto...
The day after I brought it home I made paper patterns of how I wanted the stripes to be. I took my paper patterns to my vinyl guy who made them from my patterns and applied they this weekend.