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Thanks for the info on the Body Guard. The best I can tell their bumper doesn't mount where the Ford bolt on tow hooks go, therefore you can flat tow because the Ford tow hooks (recovery points) remain.

My only concern is, will the tow bar hit the winch bracket above? Especially when going over dips and deep bar ditches All of the aftermarket bumpers thus far that have winches have welded hooks which is why they say they can't be towed. I guess they don't want the liability and didn't want to...

If would be a PIA to remove the whole winch mount every time you tow.. Plus it would be heavy

So the winch install loses the OEM tow/recovery hooks. Can you still use a tow bar with the new recovery hooks?

I didn't see or couldn't find a video where he installed the winch

Old news. Been happening for several weeks. The Bronco ordering systems appears to be overwhelmed...

Depends what you are going to do with it. If you plan on going off road then either get a Badlands or plan on spending 4k or more on some good shocks and probably that much more on new tires and rims. If just a mall crawler then save your money

Nice review. Thanks. GOAT modes are for beginners and from the looks of things lots of folks that have never wheeled before are ordering Broncos so they may be a good thing. As are the Bronco Offrodeos........

That's the world we live in today. If somebody says it or posts it on Facebook or Youtube- it's gotta be true. A whole lot of people on this forum have no common sense and/or no technical skills.

I ran a Millermatic 185 for about 15 years then got the 211. I have had both shutdown and have to cool off but then again some stuff that I build isn't exactly hobby type stuff. I have built several trailers, a spray rig and a steel tornado shelter. I tend to tack them together and then start...

Those cheap Chinese welders are 20% duty cycle or less and I wouldn't have one. I want to be welding not waiting. Same with a winch. I want to winch myself out and keep moving. The HF might be for those beer drinkers that get 6 beers to the mile meaning they sit and drink more than they off road...

The duty cycle of that Badlands winch is 5 percent (45 sec @ max-rated load . What is the duty cycle of a Warn or Smittybilt?

Cruise control doesn't save gas unless you drive with a lead foot. Cruise control wants to keep your speed constant. That means it will give it more gas going uphill whereas if I drive with my foot and hold the pedal steady I will drop a little in speed.

The main thing to do is to retorque the bolts periodically, especially if you are doing high speed highway driving.

The beadlock ring would have kept the tire on the wheel

As many 2.7's as Ford sells one is going to fail on occasion. That' just the luck of the draw. Sorry that it was yours.

BS. Anybody that goes off road either needs bead locks or wishes they had them. Severe wheeling has nothing to do with it. Hit one rock the wrong way and you gotta flat tire. Go watch the TFL video where they got two flats on a non beadlock Land Rover

The more the better. If you get a winch too small it will overheat and you will have to wait for it to cool down. If a Badlands weighs around 5k lbs you would want a 10k

So you just think the disconnect part under load is a gimmick? If so I agree to a point. If their system lets me disconnect when on uneven ground- that's great! I do agree that any "real" offroader disconnects and airs down before he starts the trail. Pretty soon I guess they will have an...

Actually it's pretty nice. Ever had to lay in the snow or mud and try to disconnect a sway bar AND the ground's not level? Sounds like you are trying to justify not getting a Badlands...