Rolling over?

[Syko]

Basically everyone I know has told that these things roll really easy (not any of them have driving a b2 besides mine maybe once).. Ive owned an 87 b2 for about 2 years now and do very mild offroading and not once did i feel like i was going to go over.. maybe i 4x4 it hard enough but I actually feel quite safe in my b2.. I just want to know what other B2 owners opinions are about b2's rolling over.

Thanks,
Syko

 

[CopyKat]

It's a truck not a sports car.

 

[Rifleman]

Indeed, most folk that flip Rangers/B2s/Explorers are trying to drive them as if they were a car.

 

[fastpakr]

Agreed. The Bronco II had a terrible reputation, but I owned two of them and never had a time that it was anything but predictable and stable, as long as I drove it knowing that it was a *truck*. Same with the Explorer Sport and two Isuzu Troopers my family has owned over the years. All had a reputation for tipping easily, but it's just not going to happen if you respect the vehicle for what it's designed to be.

 

[B2 Addict]

It's a truck not a sports car.

Simply put!

I've owned my 84 for 15 years & have owned 4 others along with it during that time. I have never been easy on them off road & have never even come close to rolling one....why? because I have enough common sense to know it is not a sports car & do not try to drive it like one.

To most people, a "car" is a "car" ( it really annoys me when somebody points to their truck & say that's "my car")...................(HEY, it's not a car you moron!! )

Back to the point...If people do not understand the difference between a car & a truck, they are probably not going to understand the different characteristics of each. It takes common sense to decipher the different characteristics of each, unfortunately, common sense is not so common anymore.

I had to borrow my brothers truck a few years ago & consequently had to let him use an 85 B2 I had at the time, he rolled it & totaled it out (on a paved road) within 2 hours. He still swears to this day he was only going 30 mph & lost it in a very tiny patch of gravel.

I guess I made my point somewhere in all that useless rambling.

 

[litlred]

call me stupid... but i was able to roll one back in high school when i had a tire blow out. but as far as weeling it, ive had mine in hole almost on its side (if i was the passanger i could have grabbed the dirt) and walked it back on all 4 (without any damage), of coarse i wasnt doing 80 in a curve either... i feel 100% safe in mine.

 

[windsordeath]

The only one I saw rolled was chasing a camaro through our town like an asshole..

 

[Beanmachine7000]

I've heard the 2wd BII's are the ones that are prone to roll overs... Having said that, I've driven both 4wd and 2wd BII's, and I've never had any problem with either... As long as you don't take a corner like a racecar you're fine... My Explorer Sport does seem a little more stable than my current BII, but I'm sure that has to do with it being spring under, and having a slightly longer wheelbase...

 

[Mudhound]

It seems to me that the largest factor in rolling a BII, or another vehicle for that matter, is the driver. I mean, if you actually drive according to the vehicles limitaions, not yours, the vehcile should be just fine. Now, if you do something dumb, like "whipping" the wheel in a curve or speeding while going through a curve, then, yeah, sooner or later, you ARE going to lose it. Common sense applies. Something that is short on wheelbase, narrow, and top-heavy/ really tall is going to have the odds of a rollover stacking FOR the rollover. Now, and in the most common tendency of turning "whipping" the wheel instead of a smooth, controlled turning of the wheel, and you really add to the odds of a rollover. I have rolled vehicles, and the only one that I will not say was preventable was getting my Freightliner hit by a Tornado.

 

[Clem]

Have had B2 for 20+ years, I've had it in places that scared the sh*t out of myself. Sidehilled it a few times on some pretty steep ground, don't know if the up hill was of the ground or not, but sure felt like it, the incline meter said we were at something greater than 40*. If you like that type of stuff give it a try, you will probably crap your shorts.
Iagree with all others though, if you drive them like they were meant to be driven,NO PROBLEM!
Ray