Timberline is Surprisingly Capable

[Lumberjack]

We spent 6 hours without sight of a paved road last weekend and the Timberline handled it great.

 

[GlennSullivan]

impressive!

 

[SyndicateZ]

We spent 6 hours without sight of a paved road last weekend and the Timberline handled it great.View attachment 81789View attachment 81790

I would like to see a video

 

[Lumberjack]

I would like to see a video

I don’t know how to attach videos

 

[aalbert]

With all of the bad weather we get in S. Florida, what are you finding is the comfortable depth that these vehicles can handle... I believe the owners manual suggests nothing more than mid wheel.

 

[BigOleFordFan]

Well, as they say up in them thar hills.......

Yee Haw !

 

[Deadman]

Do we really think these vehicles were actually designed to do this stuff? lol. They are grocery getters in my opinion.....

 

[duneslider]

Designed to do serious offroading? Nope. Capable of doing offroad driving? Yep. I have a lot of miles of off-highway backcountry driving and the expedition has done great. I recently was up in the mountains and a rain storm hit and I was genuinely concerned about the mud and the slick tires I have on the Platinum (I really need better tires) and sure enough the trails were slick as snot but the expedition chugged up and down everything like a champ. One of the group in an F150 had much more trouble than I did. I will say, cleaning mud off the expedition is rough, it has a LOT of places to catch and hold mud.

 

[KenCar]

I have used my 2023 Timberline in the fire roads in Michigan and it does well getting back to campsites and fishing lakes.
Not a jeep but still pretty good.

 

[GixxerJasen]

If you are only getting groceries, then you are missing out on a lot of fun. Show me another vehicle that does better at taking 6 adults to the middle of nowhere to have a picnic lunch with no one else around while you look out over the canyons.



By the way, nice three-wheel shot, that's a winner.

 

[jjscsix]

And the OP will raise hell with Ford when his transmission craps out from driving it in water like that

 

[GixxerJasen]

It was going to crap out anyway.

 

[SyndicateZ]

We spent 6 hours without sight of a paved road last weekend and the Timberline handled it great.View attachment 81789View attachment 81790

Pretty sure I saw these photos in a Ford Expedition Brochure at a Ford dealership today

 

[Left Coast Geek]

I don’t know how to attach videos

Upload them to YouTube and post a link here

 

[Lumberjack]

With all of the bad weather we get in S. Florida, what are you finding is the comfortable depth that these vehicles can handle... I believe the owners manual suggests nothing more than mid wheel.

I’ve had water level mid grille and to the hood for short distance. We crossed 5 different areas this trip and this on was the only one I could safely drop my wife off and back across to do it again while she got video. A couple were mid door and one was deeper than I wanted. The key is knowing how to enter, the speed at which to work, and not being a pansy. If you want to play expect to pay sooner or later.

 

[Lumberjack]

Pretty sure I saw these photos in a Ford Expedition Brochure at a Ford dealership today

I wish

 

[Lumberjack]

If you are only getting groceries, then you are missing out on a lot of fun. Show me another vehicle that does better at taking 6 adults to the middle of nowhere to have a picnic lunch with no one else around while you look out over the canyons.



By the way, nice three-wheel shot, that's a winner.

Thanks

 

[Lumberjack]

Do we really think these vehicles were actually designed to do this stuff? lol. They are grocery getters in my opinion.....

My groceries have 4 legs and hide in the woods

 

[Lumberjack]

And the OP will raise hell with Ford when his transmission craps out from driving it in water like that

No, if I break it I can afford to fix it.

 

[Benztech]

I like your style. I went wheeling with my Titan 10 plus years ago. Stalled for several minutes with water halfway up the doors. Dried it out and changed fluids. Still driving it to this day.