Rethinking the 2-Door

[Squatch]

I didn't stutter...??.

We're a polyam family. The three of us adults, our combined 7 kids, 4 dogs, 4 cats, a snake and a bearded dragon. It's never boring around our place.

I would need at least one more wife for 7 kids, so props for keeping that big of a tribe together with only 3 adults!

A) I don't like warm beer, and I like ice in my whisky.

Don't drink and drive. Also, I have two Yeti-like chests that keep ice for days...with a z. How long are your trips?

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[JimmyDean]

I would need at least one more wife for 7 kids, so props for keeping that big of a tribe together with only 3 adults!



Don't drink and drive. Also, I have two Yeti-like chests that keep ice for days...with a z. How long are your trips?

well, whenever an entire half of your state is out of power for weeks at time due to cat 4 hurricanes, having a fridge in the truck would be handy.

we do use yeti's for our fishing trips, and those can be 4-5 days w/o power or running water, and our yeti's will keep ice for that period in nearly 100 degree heat. our trips used to only be 2.5 days max because that is all that the ice would last. We usually bring about 5 ice chests, starting off with 1 with half ice and half beer, 1 with half ice half food, and the other three filled completely with ice, and you wait until you have alot of fish to put into the chest before you open them so you don't lose ice to quick. about 300 lbs of ice or so.

 

[Squatch]

well, whenever an entire half of your state is out of power for weeks at time due to cat 4 hurricanes, having a fridge in the truck would be handy.

we do use yeti's for our fishing trips, and those can be 4-5 days w/o power or running water, and our yeti's will keep ice for that period in nearly 100 degree heat. our trips used to only be 2.5 days max because that is all that the ice would last. We usually bring about 5 ice chests, starting off with 1 with half ice and half beer, 1 with half ice half food, and the other three filled completely with ice, and you wait until you have alot of fish to put into the chest before you open them so you don't lose ice to quick. about 300 lbs of ice or so.

Miami. I just leave and go somewhere else when I see that swirly on the radar, haha. I get that reason, though.

I guess I'd rather eat MREs than bother with that many chests and ice, but to each their own.

I was just curious what type of trips people were taking where they wanted a fridge in their Bronco but didn't want an RV.

 

[Skagzoola]

Sounds like you've already made good points about why you should be driving a bigger vehicle. Two door works for me because it is essentially just me, I'm not looking to drive the family around in it. And if I do put some family members in the Bronco, with a Yakima rack on top, I can load coolers or whatever I might want

This.
I've been lurking these 2 door vs4 door threads and the one thing no one is mentioning when it comes to having enough space in the 2 door is the optional roof rack. You can essentially double your cargo capacity in the 2 door by adding a roof rack with some tie downs. True, it would be easier to just throw everything in the 4 door and not have to climb the vehicle to store things on the roof. But the roof rack is how I plan to negate the 2 door's lack in cargo space.
I currently have a 2018 Chevy cruze hatchback. It's a 4 door, but with the seats folded down, the 2 door bronco still actually has more cubic feet of storage.
And in my cruze I am able to fit 2 massive electric scooters, 2 coolers and the rest of my camping gear and 1 friend's camping gear all in the back. Those stupid scooters are 60 inches long, when folded down btw.
So I think I'm gonna go with the 2 door, because I'm already used to driving smaller vehicles, but my current vehicle doesn't even have a roof rack and has less space inside than a 2 door bronco and I still manage to get by.

 

[mostly harmless]

My bad. I slipped up. Normally don't mention it.

Considering this is approximately the 1,000th 2-door vs 4-door thread on this forum, we needed something interesting to happen here to finally change things up a bit.

So for the 1-wife vs 2-wife debate, I am firmly on team 1-wife strictly because I can barely handle 1 as it is. But kudos for it working for y’all!

 

[Gpscharron]

100% sure I am getting the 2-door because for the following three reasons:
1. My wife and I already have a fully loaded Ford Explorer
2. We travel the country via RV and plan to pull our Bronco (Correction MY Bronco. Lol)
3. Kids just moved out of the house!!

 

[Bronco6gFL]

I think it's a really great idea for all of you on the fence to just go ahead and switch to the 4 door. That frees up some reservations, and maybe I won't have to wait until next august to get my bronco!

 

[SoccerDude]

Did they mention the 2 - door will be in production first, that would be sweet.

 

[Brokennose]

All valid points. I'm sticking with the 2 door.

 

[Skagzoola]

Did they mention the 2 - door will be in production first, that would be sweet.

Will 2 door be produced first? Is this confirmed?

 

[Techqua]

Considering this is approximately the 1,000th 2-door vs 4-door thread on this forum, we needed something interesting to happen here to finally change things up a bit.

Exactly! Reading that stopped my incessant scrolling and gave me something interesting to think about. What I can't imagine is putting up with a second wife as the first wife! I have known women to be too territorial for that, including me. "It's about to be a girlfight!" ?

 

[dwbronco]

The wives are pushing me towards a 4-door as well for having the extra room on camping trips. It'll be my daily so I could get away with a 2-door 95+% of the time.

The wives...

 

[lobbs611]

The wives...

"Wives" in the plural, yes. And they'd prefer a 4-door. I'm personally drawn to the proportions of the 2-door. But I get where they're coming from. The 4-door is also more likely to get top nod when it comes to developing a reinforcement for the top like the Backbone from Rhino. So, that may allow me to skip getting a 4'x6' trailer to mount an RTT to as is my plan if I stay 2-door. So we'll see how it plays out.

 

[BroncoJay]

I’ve always had 4 door vehicles be it SUVs or trucks, I’m an empty nester and it’s just me and the better half, we are minimalist campers, if we don’t need the shit it doesn’t go, we camp, we hike, we mountain bike, the stuff we need will fit in back or on a roof rack, so 2 doors is in my future
Not knocking the 4 door but the 2 door reminds me of what I have loved about the bronco from when I was a kid...
The 4 door for me is not quintessential bronco...looks cool but not for me

 

[Bodge Garage]

This is the same conversation I have had with my wife all summer. We have no kids and she is stuck on a 4 door. For me I am more about the vehicle size than the number of doors. My first truck was an FJ40, 90" wb, my next a Land Rover Discovery, 100" wb. The Rover and the 2 door Bronco are basically the same size. I don't need more doors.

As far as overlanding goes, you need to get out there. Then you base your upgrades on experience and need not the pursuit of the next widget.

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