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RE: blazer's off-road ability

  

WolfPack -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (3/31/2008 8:40:12 PM)

H1s were military spec.  I would put them in a class of their own.   Also remember AM General produced the H1s (they were pretty terrible to actually ride in if you were on any sort of flat/even terrain [:D]), where as Chevy took over the H2 and made a more civilized off roader.

I think I'd rather have a sand rail or a pre-runner than an H1 though, if we're going ultimate offroader [:)]

  
blazinrebel -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (3/31/2008 8:50:45 PM)

i have a full size blazer and it does pretty good in the mud even with my 4x4 broken. its just a little on the hefty side so if i stop im not going anywhere. but for sure stay away from deep holes. just look at my carpet for a reason haha

navyblue_sk8er -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (3/31/2008 9:02:37 PM)

Well I took my blazer 4wheeling this last weekend for the first time after lift and all. My step-dad's stock Jeep with like 31's kicked my butt. I didn't have enough articlulation so whatever tire was in the air was getting all the power. So I was going nowhere. Need to get a locker or something.

WolfPack -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (3/31/2008 9:05:01 PM)

That's rough.  I wanna regear to 4.10s and put in lockers...but word on the street is the aluminum front ends we have don't like lockers very much [:(]

Blazer man1998 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (3/31/2008 9:15:19 PM)

did any blazers ever come stock with lockers? cause i know a lot of gm trucks came with them.

navyblue_sk8er -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (3/31/2008 9:18:55 PM)

I heard that lockers in the front really isn't a good iea anyway because especially in the front you need the one wheel to spin slower than the other for turning purposes. I would also love to do a 4.10 gear swap.

drperry -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 2:50:34 AM)

Unless you have a 5-speed, or a lucky ZR2 you can't use a locker, your front diff case will explode.


FYI, there's no way in heck a stock Blazer + better (factory sized!) tires + winch could do this.

I like my Blazer, but it just ain't gonna happen. I'd still try... But it ain't gonna happen [:D]

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blazerboy124 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 4:11:16 AM)

ive taken my stock blazer through some pretty rough stuff. ive had it in mud deeper than 7/8 of the tires. it was ridicilous, i did get stuck in the end when i lost momentum, but i made it almost through the entire mud trench. it was about 100 feet long.

drperry -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 4:46:38 AM)

There's no doubt the Blazer does good in the mud [:D]

Stock height and stock sized tires... The Blazer just needs a real locker, then it'd be pretty damned close to the Jeeps performance...

However, you just can't get that kind of lift out of an IFS rig [:D]

Tippman7641 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 5:27:05 PM)

yoy know they have had problems with those 4 dr wrangles? the fame starts to bend casue it wasnt designed apperently for the weight

drperry -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 5:59:22 PM)

Not surprising... Considering FJ Cruisers are ripping apart on the fenders [:D]

Paddle_grl -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 8:32:31 PM)

I think the reason a lot of us blazer people don't like jeepers..it's not the vehicles them selves...jeeps are better suited out of the box for off roading...it's the type of person the tends to choose a jeep over other vehicles..it's the attitude that goes with them....me in my blazer....I think really hard about what paths I'm going to take..as I know my trucks weaknesses...where as the typical weekend jeep wrangler driver blows through every thing and wonders why his vehicle gets stuck....I know I know..the attitude isn't completely singled out with the jeepers....it just seems like a lot more of them have attitudes than other off roaders...just my two cents!

a_tack -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 9:22:12 PM)

if I could find a v6 jeep wrangler 5sp, same year model as my blazer, comparable mileage, id trade... straight up.... and start customizing the jeep...

Blazer man1998 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/1/2008 10:58:44 PM)

yea, my mom has an 03 wrangler, with a 4 inch sky-jacker lift, and some big tires.  i look at it like the jeep was designed for going off-road.  and i look at the blazer as an suv, suitable for both on and off road.  a civilized vehicle to drive on the road and also has some good off-road capabilities.  i love both the wrangler and the blazer, i feel they are two different vehicles, but i love how my blazer can carry 5 people with room in the back.  the jeep although very sporty and having its "classic jeep" look, lacks rooms, i guess cause of its short wheel base, which makes it probably the most nimble and capable 4X4.  

drperry -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/2/2008 2:23:48 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Paddle_grl

I think the reason a lot of us blazer people don't like jeepers..it's not the vehicles them selves...jeeps are better suited out of the box for off roading...it's the type of person the tends to choose a jeep over other vehicles..it's the attitude that goes with them....me in my blazer....I think really hard about what paths I'm going to take..as I know my trucks weaknesses...where as the typical weekend jeep wrangler driver blows through every thing and wonders why his vehicle gets stuck....I know I know..the attitude isn't completely singled out with the jeepers....it just seems like a lot more of them have attitudes than other off roaders...just my two cents!


True... A lot of Jeep owners I've talked to (a friend of mine, in particular) seem to think that if it's not Jeep, you shouldn't be off pavement with it.

The look on his face was priceless when I flew threw that mud hole with my Lumina Z34 and didn't get stuck [:D]

kankoon52 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/3/2008 6:13:44 PM)

id say they do pretty good...

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Tippman7641 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/3/2008 7:09:30 PM)

thats not stock though

kankoon52 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/3/2008 8:01:14 PM)

pretty close. but yea not stock. im sure i could have made it through most of that with stock size tires if they were mud terrains. i was pretty impressed at some of the stuff my truck did do stock. but now with 31's its amazing what it will do!

eljefe83 -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/5/2008 6:22:22 AM)

My friend had one of those little Samuri. He treated it like a dunebuggy/jet ski. Didn't last long but was fun while he had it.

llK2ll -> RE: blazer's off-road ability (4/11/2008 7:54:44 AM)

i have a stock '96 4x4 4dr and me and two of my buddies ('98 Silverado, '02 F150) went muddin' yesterday. There was a lot of mud and the two guys doubted i could keep up. i ended up leading and at the end the two guys were so impressed that i made it without getting stuck. We're going back today and bringing the camera, so you can see how well a stock handles in the mud.

  

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