Ford Bronco Raptor Enters Our Mud Pit...and We Find Its Limit!

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[@Matts000]

I am 100% sure they where trying to get it stuck. That’s Bronco needs a driver mod ASAP. “When in doubt, throttle it out!!”

[@tayloroncars]

Yep. He wasn't using enough momentum. You never stop in the middle lol

[@WhoTFstolemyname]

tires were highway pressure... says it all.

[@kerrywedge6977]

Forward momentum is everything when going through the mud!

[@DanVoels]

Yep. Got smug and let off the throttle. Knew it was game over there. 9:17

[@billsharko3007]

Why not use a descent recovery vehicle? You have a Jeep Rubicon with a winch that would be night and day difference. Nice steady pull and a lot less chance of vehicle damage.

[@tylermacconnell217]

Agreed. Repeatedly yanking with that Honda is going to eventually ruin it. A Jeep would be decent; a PowerWagon would be even better to help get heavier rigs out.

[@CherokeeChief.]

Makes the course look harder and they don’t want to damage the rubicon any. It’s a road queen lol😂

[@edits1247]

Bronco is any time better than rubicon

[@jamesbeaman6337]

Their Jeep Liberty would make as good recovery rig also

[@DC-rl4rp]

Perhaps…..they are keeping count of how many recoveries….via Honda …they should $$$ this Team for how many that Rig has tugged and Is still the go to..I use my Talon like a Pioneer to snatch folks stuck all day long…just cause I’ll let it take the abuse over my Power Wagon in parts replacements 👍gets the job done….let it rip and hope it does them well in the Long Game😜

[@applebitefool]

For someone that claims to offroad often, he made a lot of mistakes going though that course. Also, always air down, its a pain in the ass but there was no reason to get stuck in such a mild obstacle with a Raptor.

[@ZacharyE]

Couldn't believe how over inflated tires are.

[@undefeatedgaul3201]

they have literally zero idea how to do anything.

[@wdubduece8913]

KO2s suck in the mud, it's like wearing bowling shoes lol

[@TheAdventureKean]

A little too overconfident in the mud pit. He may have made it if he didn’t hesitate

[@jarrodmcdaniel]

He made the mistake of letting of the gas and slowing down in the mud and it got him stuck. It looks like if he would have kept steady throttle, he would have made it. You also need to keep the Ram 2500 around as a recovery vehicle with its winch (and snatch block). All that jerking with the Pioneer is going to jar something loose lol

[@texandy89]

Yeah I agree with you he would've been able to make if he just used more throttle instead of going slow.

[@texandy89]

I was thinking that side by side could've gotten damaged while pulling out the Bronco Raptor looked like

[@IAMTRASHMAN267]

I’ve done this course before in my 4Runner and the camera doesn’t do it justice. You have to enter it slow because of how steep of a drop into the pit it is. Otherwise you’ll smash up your whole front end. It’s a conundrum. You need momentum to get through mud but you can’t build any going into the area.

[@jimjones8335]

Seems like a nice guy, never been through mud before though. Front tires hit the mud, hammer down!

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

With a little momentum, he wouldn't even feel that mud.

[@steveder3233]

That and the hosts don't like it when people drive their course properly. They purposely have them stop in the middle of obstacles and go as slow as possible through the mud sections to get them stuck.

[@stevevice9863]

Colorado mountain trails are not as muddy as most places. If you aren't used to mud it takes some practice. Momentum is your friend in those situations.

[@doublebackagain4311]

One of the few situations where "Nathan Mode" will work for you lol.

[@EGGINFOOLS]

And 4hi not 4lo

[@ryankudebeh2570]

Yeah, facts. I have a lot of confidence in my ability to drive dry trails here in CO, but serious mud like that? Wouldn't have a clue. It's no surprise that he got stuck, I think a lot of people who don't drive mud don't really understand or respect it, just like a lot of people coming to CO don't respect or understand the snow. It's knarly stuff, mud. Can tear your whole drivetrain apart in ways dry stuff can't even dream of. I know just enough to have a healthy fear of it.

[@CherokeeChief.]

Not sure Iv ever seen a vehicle make that turn in one try with no backup. Wow. That feature really does work well in a pinch

[@anthonywarren3656]

Trail turn is a neat function, however what it ultimately does it just tear up the trail a lot worse for everyone else.

[@SaltyDog69]

Living in Louisiana and having to deal with mud like this all the time we generally have to goose it pretty hard.

[@ripfletching]

That’s a great vehicle. If he had approached that mud pit with just a little bit of momentum I think it would’ve been no problem.

[@sha6mm]

I think David needs to chain saw the trees out of there close to trail.

[@SubashCanapathy]

Consistent momentum(wheel spin) and better tires (MT) would have made it through. There is no lack of torque or hp in that motor.. This was technique and traction test rather than brawn 😊

[@EGGINFOOLS]

And use 4hi not 4lo

[@anthonymrskipt9252]

I wonder if airing down would have helped. Great all around tires, but they’re not mud tires and airing down really seems like it would have helped. Love to see a rig like this getting used as it’s meant to be used.

[@bluceree7312]

This is impassable. They should add stones and small rocks into the ruts.

[@anthonymrskipt9252]

@@bluceree7312- it’s not impassible - I and several others have made it through.

[@PGXPPR]

Yes that would have made a difference

[@Uberragen21]

Agreed. The failure of the Raptor was the AT instead of MT tires.

[@josem6929]

Failing component was between the seat and the steering wheel.

[@bobdennis4801]

These are fun videos to watch. But You guys really need to stop using a side by side as your recovery vehicle. Considering what’s in your fleet you have much better options that would make it easier to pull out stuck vehicles.

[@109jacosta]

But it wouldn't be as,dramatic.

[@tarfeef101]

Yeah something with a little more power and mass would be prudent

[@mad636man]

Guy looks like Steve-o

[@rodjones812]

I think it is him

[@poppyneese1811]

I respect the owner using the Raptor Bronco for what it’s designed for, I respect the lil ATV, for it’s hard work, but I really respect that tow strap! Great show, all us Ford guys were pulling for you and I’m not sure about the Jeep guys, but off roaders seem to be for everyone getting over the trail and back. A great show!!!!!!!!!

[@therealjasonseidel]

Also you use high range in a mud hole. You need wheel speed to keep the tires cleaned out.

[@Maxel1813]

He needed Nathan to drive it. Momentum

[@capesquirt]

Perhaps TFL should buy the Banana from Matt's Offroad Recovery for the ranch recovery vehicle. Matt is considering letting it go now he has the wrecker.

[@cymans1164]

The banana will make it through because it has a experience driver behind it

[@RDSZ]

For a moment I thought was Steve O driving the Bronco Raptor.

[@9663mu]

He got way to cocky pushing those locker and sway bar buttons. 😂 bit his ass

[@justinloughrie15]

I guess having buttons doesn’t make you a better driver lol

[@paulblack5883]

Even the most expensive and heaviest off the shelf Bronco available is capable of getting stuck in mud...

[@phild9813]

Mud tires would’ve helped tremendously. But yeah, anything will get buried in mud.

[@jonahfastre]

I feel like it may have been a skill issue, but yeah you can bury anything in mud

[@hmaldonado77]

A tank gets stuck too. So.

[@philipparana9225]

Once you slow down in mud your done.

[@bobquattrini1787]

Those bronco's are Weak AF!!! Suspension is Garbage too!!

[@matthewm3912]

The "i'll pay anything to look cool and have people envy me" vehicle.

[@dawsonsschittcreek5395]

This might be the dumbest comment on here. You realize how capable this is, right? You sound pretty envious yourself, 🤡

[@jakobfolmar6604]

Bro don't be butt hurt

[@alcioniford]

So cool we sold Dan that Braptor!! ❤❤❤ at MSRP he is the coolest guy!

[@adalbertoherrera2339]

I’m still waiting for mine since last year 😭

[@alcioniford]

@@adalbertoherrera2339 😪 wished I could get like 5 more atleast i have 3 on my list

[@RichtrucktionTv]

Nathan doing a good job again he was gone for a while that’s how long I been following tfl 😅 back in it!

[@WW-wf8tu]

I think you ought to stop having David do ranch work and get his recovery rig in operation. The Pioneer is not ideal for this weight class. Needed the Ram 2500 down there. Something with anchors and a heavy duty winch would work as well.

[@robertbarnes5242]

that pioneer man, that thing does work in a lot of videos. The little engine that could.

[@CherokeeChief.]

This guy doesn’t have any mud riding experience. He could have backed up and then gone forward and used momentum. And he’s flooring it being pulled out making it worse. This thing is very capable depending who’s behind the wheel.

[@UPDOG350]

I love this! Use that bronco R! But if the drive would have sent it from the start, i bet it would have made it! And mud tires!!! Wish I had a bronco to send it! 😂

[@rcmortyhobbies2567]

I like the new bronco but the price is way too high. I have an explorer st with the same engine and transmission with different tuning. Since I don’t off road like that I’m happy

[@zacariaspiedrasdelrio8984]

Very brave guy! I ll be afraid of getting hit with a supermarket cart in a parking lot with so brand new and beautiful vehicle 😂

[@johnmcalisterjr3913]

I had a 79 bronco with 40 inch monster mudders i had a lot of fun never got stuck but went through at least one 9 inch a year..then bought a new bronco every 2 years till they discontinued them great trucks.

[@xcmalvarez4]

That utv 🔥 I think I’m more impressed with that! I want one

[@randalsweeting661]

I laugh everytime someone shows up in all terrain tires and then tries rock crawling the mud holes haha.

[@RCRitterFPV]

That Bronco Raptor should have the Coyote... Am I right? I would be hard pressed to stay away from that... little more fit and finish... very cool ride though..

[@youtubeIsTrasheffinchingchong]

Raptor R has it i think

[@user-fd9jf9er6o]

FORD BRONCO RAPTOR🔥💪😁

[@melikestuff8389]

Great video on a capable vehicle. I think most of us understand that if there is no traction then there is no traction regardless what you're driving. But I am not a big proponent for using 4 low in low traction off roading, it's too easy to spin the tires. 4 Hi will help lug the engine keeping the wheels from spinning and then giving you the option for "momentum". Keep up the great videos.

[@IAMTRASHMAN267]

I’ve done this course before in my 4Runner and the camera doesn’t do it justice. You have to enter it slow because of how steep of a drop into the pit it is. Otherwise you’ll smash up your whole front end. It’s a conundrum. You need momentum to get through mud but you can’t build any going into the area.

[@jeffrentsch4318]

Being in the southeast mountains tire spin in mud clears tread. The thought is spin tire dig threw mud get traction either on bottom or sling enuff mud you go forward as opisit and equal reaction to mud flinging. A bunch of vehicles built spicifcly for mud, they are not as capable in sand... generally build for what you wheel.

[@TundraTRDOR]

I disagree about using 4 hi in deep mud like this. You're not gonna get through that mud pit without wheel spin. Wheel spin and maintaining your speed is what gets you through deep mud. Once you stop like this guy did and dig in, your frame and diffs are sitting on the mud, and you're done. If he had aired down and got on it, he would have made it. You can actually see his front tires started climbing back up, and I thought he was gonna make it, and he stopped.

[@mikes.8305]

Enough Mud will stop just about anything. My Bronco raptor jumps at the dunes and does some crawling but it stops right before it touches a tiny mud puddle.

[@gopnick]

Why did he keep stopping? He had the momentum to get through the mud.

[@kervensferdinand669]

You guys should do a Hummer ev suv video in a mud like this one.

[@jabroni6199]

That guy will never get all the mud washed away from that bronco lol.

[@jaradderosa3252]

"tires Cole, is what wins races"

[@ronpippin4893]

Was he aired down? (Didn’t look it.) Wrong tire for the mud for sure. Pulled my neighbor out who ran KO2s a few times.

[@janssenmadamba6859]

Love this course i wish i can try my tacoma here. I like the content

[@thatguybob8644]

Having the turn assist on probably hurt him at cottonwood creeek

[@smarticus6384]

That is a capable vehicle.

[@DefMusic79]

Ohh, I off-road all the time she does great. Few seconds latER... I think I'm stuck 🤣

[@therealjasonseidel]

He definitely found the limit of the driver not the Bronco

[@alt9874]

I like these videos when it's just Andre hosting (or Tommy). Keep up the great job.

[@rodneyspencer5158]

If everyone wouldn't stop in the middle of the mud whole they would all get stuck just go with the momentum

[@0223Jeremy]

Andre is the man !

[@squatchwatch5237]

Forgive me guy's but i found it hilarious how right after andre said portly little thing it changes to nathan 😂

[@pajamastacking]

you guys need to do an update on the Toyota Tundra please! Off Road Test!!

[@kennethjinkins8967]

B O R I N G

[@dgw4049]

If he airs down to even 25psi i think he makes it through cotton creek. I know he needed the height too, but the wider tire probably helps him float through

[@BillyBennecke]

I didn't hear that he didn't air down until the end. Rookie.

[@jeffhertz2690]

Nice Rig!

[@alexinnewwest1860]

Well the lights are cool

[@pabo8080]

When you showed in the wheel well the suspension, I noticed a wire with a connector that was exposed,, not sure what it was for. Just wondering if that could be a problem. I mean if your running it hard through bumps, or some heavy mud, it looks like it could be pretty vulnerable and break. Maybe I' m totally wrong, but it did make me wonder.

[@gman3563]

That's for the coil on the live valve. It's usually tucked away. I would assume it must have come lose. The ones on my raptor are on top of the frame rail and out of the way

[@maddogcustomzgarage]

Gotta have momentum lol, nothing moving that slow will make it through lol

[@mandytuning]

Good lord stay on the gas as soon your front tire touch mud

[@propertypreparedness6846]

Andre is a monster on that Polaris!

[@spyder000069]

Honda Pioneer. Polaris would have fallen apart after the first tug. LoL.

[@bajalife4ever]

Well, depends the driver's experience on off roading also, my opinion.

[@ixibladeixi2639]

Time to bring the Jeep 392 to save the day with a winch factory installed.

[@marcm8209]

Need a little more momentum for sure and 2 other things: better recovery vehicle and a yankom/MOOR kinetic energy rope !

[@the305hauler]

Booyah 👊🏽 😁 👍🏽🇺🇸

[@tylersowa3858]

Ford needs to make the oj Simpson Edition pursuit bronco and keep it like the vintage 90s bronco

[@underthelibertytree712]

Great comment 👍

[@RKmndo]

It needs some SuperSwampers. 😂 Maybe just some SSRs or Trxus MTs would do.

[@oneslackr]

Nah, it just needed momentum. You can't tiptoe through thick mud.

[@chevychad]

BAd mistake stopping in the middle of the mud. In rock crawling it is looked down upon to go fast. Totally opposite in mud, you gotta hammer down all the way thru. I think the braptor could have made it with a better driver. All he did there was make the rut way worse!

[@steveder3233]

Those BFG KO2's are great on sand and rock, but are one of the worst A/T tires I have ever had in mud and snow for the money. Not nearly enough cleanout on the tread pattern.

[@Mayflower1967]

That little bronco needs to hit the car wash Asap..🥹

[@jaytate491]

Mud pit is a test of tire traction and has very little to do with the vehicle. Only way through it would be aired down substantially or use speed.

[@LifeBeginsOnTheWater]

Great job guys! Thanks for sharing Billy D

[@deborahchesser7375]

OK, now the big question, do I need to refinance my house ? It’s damn nice but jeez that’s some serious cheddar

[@holden8239]

It would be cool if they could add some more rock crawl type obstacles to this course for the vehicles that can do them. Just like a bigger rock garden and some rock steps.

[@wannahit9357]

It looks like you guys had know momentum and didn't air down the tires.. Full psi will cause problems in heavy mud.. Makes it want to dig, not climb out.. Same as sand..

[@scottyellis3442]

Super nice Bronco, but in mud it needs better tires. BF Goodrich are only good on the road & maybe sand. If he had some super swampers on his Bronco it would've made it through the whole course.

[@deejayimm]

I have never understood the need of so many "off roaders" to slowly creep into a mudhole and then stop. Oh no, we got stuck.... No sh*t Sherlock.

[@abazdarhon]

Tyres Tyres Tyres. If that bronco will have mud Tyres will go thru. AT are not good on mud but they are amazing on snow

[@rcmortyhobbies2567]

I want the front seats for my explorer st

[@NM-235]

Well you found the limits of the all terrain tires for sure. An aggressive set of M/Ts would make a difference

[@danconway660]

This guy cut power every time he started to move forward in the mud. Mud is about momentum. Turn the traction control off and stay on the gas and keep the tires moving.

[@dennissmith7214]

Yup he was just about out the mud then got cocky and wanted to slow up with his “not to shabby” comment then got stuck😂………..not the trucks fault it was the driver! 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@danconway660]

@@dennissmith7214 agreed. Never stop in mud until you're ALL the way out!

[@filipinovegaslife70]

I was gonna say the same thing! 🤦🏻

[@EGGINFOOLS]

They always do that. Especially when offroading with the g80. As soon as momentum starts they stop.. Also 4lo was the wrong choice. 4hi for mud. Wheel speed and momentum for mud

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

I agree

[@0223Jeremy]

Lesson of the day: Gas pedal is on the right.

[@JesseMcDMusic]

That mud would be hard for any vehicle. I do think if he sent it a little harder he might have made it. Great vehicle though!

[@Eric888Lim]

mud terrain tyres + higher speed and he would have made it

[@jakobfolmar6604]

For sure. You can't crawl through mud like that, lol. He needed to gun it, and he would have made it.

[@KevinNiven]

I think I need a Raptor

[@tarfeef101]

Airing down, keeping speed up in the mud would be greatly beneficial And yeah as others have mentioned a heavier and more powerful rig for recovery would be prudent. Especially when ppl are suctioned in to mud, a winch makes things much smoother and safer

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Next time use tractor tires!😂🤣

[@rlaracue]

Needs RT or MTs to deal with that mess.

[@JarradShaw]

Is it because it is so wide and heavy to pup back, or because he should have “Nathan’d” it moving forward?

[@imNotMeWhenimHungry]

Bruh you came to a complete stop in 3 ft of mud... And you're surprised it got stuck?

[@davidkallstrom4349]

please test a niva or a jimny

[@jakubstrumillo]

Thats not safe to use kinetic rope this way, and especially film that from the angles of potential shot if shackle will fail. Especally because its fragile U shackle not C like. Use synthetic shacle next time.

[@rockie307]

Its amazing how big tires have got these days. When i was a kid 33s were big now you got factory trucks and suvs riding on 35s or 37s . I like the direction manufacturers are going making it easy to fit big tires instead of having to jack them up a foot.

[@vinnie8495]

Needs mud tires!

[@laurenneufeld7107]

He’s clearly a rockcrawler, in mud you hammer down, not finesse. Especially with AT’s.

[@Coya2293]

I like ford bronco raptors

[@Just_Joe71]

I didn't realize Steve-O had a Bronco