It's also a shame because it's one of the best winch mounts out there. It includes frame horn reinforcement and is incredibly solidly built. I actually did have a different mount (IAG) that I bought but never installed because it was clearly not sufficient for any lateral load. The other...
Copper absolutely loves it. He thinks it's all us chasing things so he can bark at them. He doesn't seem to mind technical stuff and getting bounced around, though I don't take him on anything too crazy.
He's clipped in to a strap across the rollbar, but loves to stick his head out the top or...
I can confirm the link worked just a few days ago, fwiw. I was installing things, so I was checking installation instructions frequently and that exact link definitely worked... It's not showing up in searches on the various Ford accessory sites, either...
Just wanted to say that I've been waiting while for y'all to come out with this, and thanks so much for including the 2-door variant from the get-go! Ordered and looking forward to it!
@CDub from the OC - It's possible with the capable bumper, but requires some modifications / cutting of small parts of the bumper. I just did it the other day.
@RagnarKon has a great walkthrough of what needs to be done to make it work on the capable bumper:
It's an issue anytime it needs to downshift in 4L and it will catch you by surprise. Rather than trying to fix it, I'd recommend manual mode for any steep descent and most rock crawling as well.
You really do want to control the shifts in most of those cases anyway. The automatic let's you...
Nice! We just cut our tree last weekend. Wound up finding the best option nearer to the highway than where we initially explored.
It's a lot smaller, but we have a 2dr with the half rack, so a giant tree wasn't an option. And also, we don't have those warehouse height ceilings either....
I have to say that a 2dr hardtop with the sunrider on the front (i.e. short flip up soft top in place of the 2 front panels) has been a really nice in between option. It's loud at times, but the ability to flip up the top at a stop light along with not having to mess with flexible rear windows...
The Sport is very much the Subaru with a Ford emblem, FWIW. I call mine a "Ford Forester". I think the Bronco Sport is great, but they're very much squarely aimed at competing with Subaru. The Everest is a lot different in a lot of ways.
Some pictures from last weekend and the weekend before, both generally around American Fork Canyon in Utah (Mary Ellen Gulch without the snow and Timpooneke road with the snow):
Those tires really are the worst when it comes to collecting and throwing gravel. They also have surprisingly weak sidewalls, but given their light weight, that's the tradeoff you make.
With that said, don't forget to check for mud on the inside of the rims if the same thing happens again...
Mine has gone on plenty of 3 and 4 rated trails. You don't need 35's and lockers to do mild to moderate trails. You do need to be able to pick lines well, but you can't take a typical passenger car on things I've taken the sport up regularly.
It really is different than most crossovers. Hate on...
I generally agree that the badlands (with or without sasquatch) is worth it. I have a 2dr badlands sasquatch, so I'm likely biased.
However, if you're going for a manual, that's not quite as true as the automatic option would be.
You lose some of the fancier things that the badlands has and...