driving to the north pole

[mn_smokeater]

hmmm i think a few members on here let loose on a Super Duty could do it

 

[Beanmachine7000]

WOW... this tread got jacked. I just thought it was a cool off road achievement. I would like to see someone try it again with a more impressive rig. Their trucks where sweet, but I think they could have been better. If they had a more impressive rig, they might have gotten through the ice field better.

You don't think an Arctic Trucks modified HiLux is impressive? I do, I think it would have been better if they did it with a stock truck, haha...

 

[retep88]

it was more of an arctic free runner and they need an arctic trail rig that could do the "rock" crawling to get over the ice.

 

[Viva*the*Ranger]

WOW... this tread got jacked. I just thought it was a cool off road achievement. I would like to see someone try it again with a more impressive rig. Their trucks where sweet, but I think they could have been better. If they had a more impressive rig, they might have gotten through the ice field better.

They should have done it in the Raptor SVT. That would have been cool to watch. That's one of my favorite creations by Ford. I rode in one about a month ago and WOW! They are quite the amazing ride.

 

[eric17mx]

Naaaw, a new h3 hummer with 22" chromies and all terrains, that way it could be called an artic rig too.

 

[jhammel85]

http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/Y8Ih4KLwX8o/

 

[Original_Ranger84]

I don't know why you guys are complaining... I mean I'm as ranger oriented as most of you but that was one BA Yota! You could probably build a Euro ranger just like that and it would be just as capable anyways. Personally the ranger and the hiliux look very similar too me anyways.

 

[EnglishDan]

My mothers english and i'm "half" english. I love watching Top Gear. I remember Top Gear when it was Fifth Gear. I miss watching it on TV in England...

Top Gear has always been called Top Gear, it started around 1992. When channel 5 set up, they broadcast a rip-off series which still broadcasts today called Fifth gear.

 

[EnglishDan]

Lol its because they dont want to destroy a nice truck so they get toys.

Price compare the Toyota and the get back to me!

 

[schmoo]

i'd like to see someone do it with a ranger with
taller tires and military axles, and go to the actual
north pole instead of the north magnetic pole.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

i'd like to see someone do it with a ranger with
taller tires and military axles, and go to the actual
north pole instead of the north magnetic pole.

Why? IFS is WAY better in snow and stuff.

 

[EnglishDan]

OK OK OK OK listen - email the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) and ask Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear to challenge a Ranger against a Toyota - They love this stuff, this is what the show is all about! They won't take it to the North Pole again but they might take on the challenge in other ways!!

 

[Original_Ranger84]

OK OK OK OK listen - email the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) and ask Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear to challenge a Ranger against a Toyota - They love this stuff, this is what the show is all about! They won't take it to the North Pole again but they might take on the challenge in other ways!!

Genius! lol but I'm afraid of the outcomes.

Oh well maybe it will be a pretty good showdown, I think so but I don't know... I'm gonna do that.

EDIT: Sent out the email but others should too! I'll start another thread about it!

 

[bigcountry]

I love the people who rag on others for their opinions, it comes down to me wanting to support my country, plain and simple! Buy american! While theres still time!!

well if you want to play that game if you look under the hood of any ford chevy or dodge you will see on some of the parts that they arent even made in the USA they are made in other countires for example on my 97 f150 alot of the parts were made in mexico. what ppl dont see is that the trucks are only assmebled in USA not made here. now toyota is made here for example about 45 mins down the road from me is a toyota plant which makes the 5.7 and other toyota motors and parts. now the older yotas were made in japan but now when you buy one you are supporting someone else not toyota.

 

[bigcountry]

i have owned 2 toyotas and they were unstopable i went places in both of them that i know a 4x4 ranger wouldnt make it to. now im not tryin to bash ford or rangers i drive one so far its been a good truck but...... it has a tapping noise and ive already had to replace both cats and it only has 57,000 miles!!! both yotas had way worse problems and would still crank everyday and run till the world ends my first one had 360,xxx miles had the hg blew out on it and being 16 i didnt have the money to replace it so i kept driving it and about a week after i blew a hg i rolled the truck and it was still runnning upside down i had to turn it off. my second one didnt have reverse it went out cause some punk got it stuck and threw from D to R to many times he burned up the clutch packs but it still drove and shifted smoothly compared to my ranger it bucks like noones bussiness. around here every one has either a ford or chevy so when my 1990 yota passed them when they were stuck with their huge lifts and 40+ plus tires and im in 2wd with ballterrians and no lift at that point imagine the looks i got when i stoped to ask them if they needed a pull i got laughed at so many times that one day i yanked out a chevy 1500 with mud tires and 6in lift and never touched my 4wd. now i challenge you who dont like yotas find someone with one and talk to them hell ride with them off roading and see how good it does before you knock them for being an import! i had a buddy with a 1979 bronco and he never rode in a yota 4x4ing and we went out one day to a place around here called ditto and if you didnt have the power or tires you would get stuck my stock truck with balled tires and i shocked him i never used 4wd till i had to go through some deep ruts filled with water and even then i prolly didnt even need it but still after that day he never called my truck a crapy toy again i outwheeled him so many times its unreal. if yall like top gear so much watch the one where they try to kill a toyota. so come on lets stop all this talk about where a truck is made and look at how it preforms and looks i could really care less what i drive i just have had better luck with toyotas than fords ive owned 2 of each and both yotas have and lasted one of them and prolly my ranger now. granted yotas are hard to work on from how small the engine comparment are but just basic maint. it will go and go and a huge plus that the rangers need that yotas have is called ECT power it boosts your power by i think either 5 to 10 percent and when your muddin in some thick mud its nice to have and that was on a 19 year old truck ford didnt start using anything like that on a truck till the raptor!!!