Insane antics with a bronco II and an exploder! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

zed wolf · 12-03-2006, 02:54 AM

I had to post this somewhere! A couple weeks ago my room mate traded a car for a ford ranger and a bronco II. unfortunately the B II was partially disasembeled. the entire front axle assembly had been remover from the truck and the front of said truck was sitting on the ground in the previous owners back yard.
Now, While we do have a trailer, we had no way to get a truck with no axel on the trailer especially with the truck situated as it was between a fence and a house with little more room then was nessesary to squeeze it into.
So here comes the MacGuyver plan! We go out armed with an old U.S. Navy Issue adjustable universal chain on tow bar similar to what you used to be able to rent from U-Haul, some Jacks and a 5" drop hitch with the ball mounted in reverse fashion for a 5" rise.
Now the fun part, we go out, finish removing the axel, only held on by the sway bar and the drive shaft, all other suspension components had previously been removed. securely fasten the tow bar with a slight downward angle and jack up the front of the truck until it is high enough to couple to the tow ball behind the exploder.
The result? Instant trailer! kinda cool, I wish I had gotten more pics while it was still daylight out but I had left the camera at home. We did get a few interesting looks at intersections when we passed by other motorists!

JStrider · 12-03-2006, 12:55 PM

thats great, got 2 potentially fun vehicles, does he have any plans for them yet?

those first generation explorers are really great, I love mine, and theres explorerforum.com that has tons of awesome info to help fix em up and whatnot and they have a section for b2s as well

zed wolf · 12-03-2006, 02:58 PM

The Exploder is mine, I've had it almost 2 yrs now and replaced the A4ld trany once already and I dont know how long this one will last. I'm not very nice to my cars or trucks. I've got a lift for it that I've never put in yet because then I would want tires too and that would seriously agravate my trany problems. Hell, I used to have 33x12.5's on it with no lift!
My room mate right now has 4 rangers, one stock 2wd one 2wd with 7" lift. 1 stock 4wd and one lifted 4wd. I think most of them are in the process of being traded off except the stock 2wd that he plans to take the 4wd running gear from this B II and put under it. Don't ask me why! Also his g/f has a B II that is getting the trans from one of the rangers put into it. That guy has way too small ford trucks!
Ive wandered around explorer forums too, some interesting stuff there. I just wish someone knew how to over ride the auto hubs in my exploder to manually lock them. I haven't gotten around to converting to Warn manual hubs yet and I've gone through several of the plastic inner hub cams. I've thought about disassembling my spare set of outer hubs and converting them to fully locked flanges.
Also high up on my to-do list is a GM 700R4 trans.

12-03-2006, 02:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
zed wolf Crazy Location: The Darkest Parts Of Places Unknown	Insane antics with a bronco II and an exploder! I had to post this somewhere! A couple weeks ago my room mate traded a car for a ford ranger and a bronco II. unfortunately the B II was partially disasembeled. the entire front axle assembly had been remover from the truck and the front of said truck was sitting on the ground in the previous owners back yard. Now, While we do have a trailer, we had no way to get a truck with no axel on the trailer especially with the truck situated as it was between a fence and a house with little more room then was nessesary to squeeze it into. So here comes the MacGuyver plan! We go out armed with an old U.S. Navy Issue adjustable universal chain on tow bar similar to what you used to be able to rent from U-Haul, some Jacks and a 5" drop hitch with the ball mounted in reverse fashion for a 5" rise. Now the fun part, we go out, finish removing the axel, only held on by the sway bar and the drive shaft, all other suspension components had previously been removed. securely fasten the tow bar with a slight downward angle and jack up the front of the truck until it is high enough to couple to the tow ball behind the exploder. The result? Instant trailer! kinda cool, I wish I had gotten more pics while it was still daylight out but I had left the camera at home. We did get a few interesting looks at intersections when we passed by other motorists! Last edited by zed wolf; 12-03-2006 at 02:58 AM.. Reason: spelling

12-03-2006, 12:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	thats great, got 2 potentially fun vehicles, does he have any plans for them yet? those first generation explorers are really great, I love mine, and theres explorerforum.com that has tons of awesome info to help fix em up and whatnot and they have a section for b2s as well __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

12-03-2006, 02:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
zed wolf Crazy Location: The Darkest Parts Of Places Unknown	The Exploder is mine, I've had it almost 2 yrs now and replaced the A4ld trany once already and I dont know how long this one will last. I'm not very nice to my cars or trucks. I've got a lift for it that I've never put in yet because then I would want tires too and that would seriously agravate my trany problems. Hell, I used to have 33x12.5's on it with no lift! My room mate right now has 4 rangers, one stock 2wd one 2wd with 7" lift. 1 stock 4wd and one lifted 4wd. I think most of them are in the process of being traded off except the stock 2wd that he plans to take the 4wd running gear from this B II and put under it. Don't ask me why! Also his g/f has a B II that is getting the trans from one of the rangers put into it. That guy has way too small ford trucks! Ive wandered around explorer forums too, some interesting stuff there. I just wish someone knew how to over ride the auto hubs in my exploder to manually lock them. I haven't gotten around to converting to Warn manual hubs yet and I've gone through several of the plastic inner hub cams. I've thought about disassembling my spare set of outer hubs and converting them to fully locked flanges. Also high up on my to-do list is a GM 700R4 trans.