Kroussin 93 Explorer build

[dangerranger83]

Or video of it too.

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[kroussinoffroad]

in the video posted on FB you can see how far back down he is sliding with all 4 locked up tight

fwiw the next hill i couldnt make it back without having to winch. took over an hour to winch myself and close to two to winch him

 

[dangerranger83]

Got a link? I can't find it.

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[kroussinoffroad]

I take it you saw it.

Oh and I forgot to mention....after all the use it has gotten it's time to rebuild the motor on the winch. couldnt pull for more than 30 seconds without it completely draining the battery to the point of killing the truck.

Before anyone internet diagnosis...let it charge for a few min's and everything would come back up fine. drive it home and day's later truck still cranks up in -15deg weather like no other.....and I had to beat the motor to even get it to start working when out to recover the jeep. there is a guy locally who I know pretty well that i'll have rebuild it

 

[dangerranger83]

You need a dual battery setup.

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[4.0B2]

start with a Sears Diehard Platinum battery (same as Odyssey)..
do you have the Eddie Bauer alternator? it's higher output.

a second battery is a great option to... and it'll fit under the hood on the opposite side of the stock battery. wait, that's in a B2... idk about the explorer.

 

[kroussinoffroad]

battery and alternator are JUST FINE. not going to drop money and add weight to somthing that has worked fine for several years. winch started to work off and on this fall thought it was the solenoid but I couldnt get it to not work long enough to even test. Brushes in the winch motor are SHOT!!! hopefully will have work on the rebuild parts by the time im done being on-call next week

 

[kroussinoffroad]

Great time wheelin this weekend. Snow depth between 20-36" maybe deeper in spots as snow on my bumper as evidence by my bumper. not many pictures but a few and hopefully have a video or two this week taken by a buddy. we were too busy having fun

timeline- and highlights due to lack of pictures

worked on the truck all last week after being layed up with a respiratory infection.

Never got my winch fixed but able to borrow one from a good buddy that's truck is tore apart right now and he was gonna ride shotgun in my truck (all parts are back just not assembled for my winch

4 of us in 2 trucks departed at 9am to meet up with another truck close to where we were wheelin and staying. breakfast, long icy drive, uneventfull

meet up at noon with the other truck. broke trail into camp 4 miles down unplowed untraveled roads. explorer did good at 4psi and able to drive straight in no winching or rockin. 1 ton chev on 38 skinny boggers did good a little slow going for him due to bad axle wrap. and the lil jeep on 35's had a heck of a time and had to shovel a few time's (never had to winch tho.)

got to camp put the 5lb venison neckroast in the oven and fire up the woodstove.
unloaded all the coolers and bags.

went to go wheelin and blew apart my clutch hydro line off the as soon as I jumped in. threw in a compression coupling on the plastic line and pulled the snap ring on the master to bleed. fixed in about 20 mins.

went wheelin and found a rubicon on stock tires with nice bumpers and a "good" warn winch stuck on the main trail coming in. winch wouldnt work. he was stuck in out tracks so I burned a trail around him and winched him about 100yards back to the road. didnt even get a thanks from him.

myself and the chev did fine the whole time the jeep struggled the whole time. He struggled so much he burned thru a whole tank of gas and ran out on the way back to camp we had only gone 4 miles from camp. I still had a half tank. he was prepared to leave it there. I was doing well enough I was able to tow him back to camp. best progress was made at about 4 grand in 3rd gear 4lo spinning like crazy. made it back to camp thru the hills takin breaks about every half mile letting the motor take a break and idle (never overheated tho). got back to camp and noticed the exhaust was glowing red hot from the manifolds to the muffler...oops

went in camp for the night and played cards, ate great food, drank too much, and slept good.

packed and cleaned up camp left this a.m. was able to siphon gas from the one ton for the jeep. played on the way out got a little crazy off the trail and got a little hung up in a small gully rockin it back and forth and backed into a tree took out the passanger tail light (DAMN) looks like i'm going to shave the taillights like the mazda.

Got breakfast at a mom and pops diner up north awsome burger.

and here are the only pics I have from this a.m.

the owner of the camp's one ton. 400,auto, 4.10 gears, 14bolt welded, 60 open 38 skinny boggers. incredibly nice guy I've been friends with since grade school.

warming the sploder up

unrigging the jeep we were too lazy and cold to deal with last night

breakin trail out thru the east loop.

 

[Ford78]

Looks like a really good time!! Always love it when guys have to pull those jeeparound!!

 

[kroussinoffroad]

its becoming too regular. last time the truck was out was to rescue a jeep. and on this trip I had to pull two. He got it pretty rough last night for burning thru a full tank of gas in a 4cyl jeep. He kept saying its a small 12 gallon tank but I only have a few more gallons then he does and made it the whole trip and I'm parked in the driveway with a 1/4 tank still!!!

 

[Josh40601]

I love the new bumper design. Looks awesome. The truck is looking great!

 

[dangerranger83]

Safe to say my truck wouldnt make it up there in the winter with my setup. Unless i hooked a few snow blowers too the front to help clear the way.

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[kris97ranger]

Thats what happens when u drive 2wd lol

 

[dangerranger83]

My truck is getting there, it's a work in progress still. But my 32s wont make it through that much snow, 4wd or not.

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[036speed]

Is that a park or private property? What is it located? Thats a lot of snow haha