I mentioned in the First Arrival thread that the new owner and I would take his Raptor out to Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Michigan this past weekend. Unfortunately, my little P&S camera doesn't take action shots too well, and I was a passenger for most of the day. But, I can say that this truck is incredible in the sand. We were able to climb everything we came across, and haulin a$$ around the place was a piece of cake. We were passing quads, dirt bikes, and other dune buggies all day long and they had incredible looks on their faces (those that we could see 
... I will say that navigating the whole Off Road Mode, ATC Modes, 4L + ELD, etc. did become a pain...maybe Ford can streamline that whole process...but they did work well once we got them figured out.
Nearly everyone knew what this was, and most of them came up to us to ask all about it. The phrase of the day was "Is that a Raptor?" I think we heard it about 100 times. One guy even argued with us that it wasn't actually out yet...:bash:
I've included a couple pics. Nothing too extreme, but we can all see those on YouTube anyway. All I can say is that what they show on YouTube and the Raptor website is what we were doing all day and it is fun as hell. If I didn't already have my GT500...I'd be getting me one of these! :beer:
Enjoy...
If you haven't been to Silver Lake Sand Dunes, the first thing you come to is "Test Hill" which you have to climb right out of the gate. The Raptor made it up with no problem of course. :lol:
After a while, everyone in our group had to go for a ride through a course of sorts. Included some high speed runs across some washed out sand, climbing a hill, flying down the other side (sometimes with a few wheels off the ground)...I couldn't get to the other side for those pics...maybe next time.
At rest...as you can see, it got a little sandy throughout the day.
No trip to Silver Lake is complete without some sand in the cab...
... I will say that navigating the whole Off Road Mode, ATC Modes, 4L + ELD, etc. did become a pain...maybe Ford can streamline that whole process...but they did work well once we got them figured out.Nearly everyone knew what this was, and most of them came up to us to ask all about it. The phrase of the day was "Is that a Raptor?" I think we heard it about 100 times. One guy even argued with us that it wasn't actually out yet...:bash:
I've included a couple pics. Nothing too extreme, but we can all see those on YouTube anyway. All I can say is that what they show on YouTube and the Raptor website is what we were doing all day and it is fun as hell. If I didn't already have my GT500...I'd be getting me one of these! :beer:
Enjoy...
If you haven't been to Silver Lake Sand Dunes, the first thing you come to is "Test Hill" which you have to climb right out of the gate. The Raptor made it up with no problem of course. :lol:
After a while, everyone in our group had to go for a ride through a course of sorts. Included some high speed runs across some washed out sand, climbing a hill, flying down the other side (sometimes with a few wheels off the ground)...I couldn't get to the other side for those pics...maybe next time.
At rest...as you can see, it got a little sandy throughout the day.
No trip to Silver Lake is complete without some sand in the cab...
