Built Ford Tough?…Nah, Built Ryan Tough

Built Ford Tough is a good slogan, but when it's not as tough as I need it to be, then I gotta make it tougher. That's why I spend almost as much time working on my truck as I do driving it. For example, three weeks ago I went off-roading with some buddies.I ended up hitting a hidden pothole of the muddiest kind; this led to three hours of troubleshooting, a whole lot of elbow grease and a broken axle.I had the new axle in. Then I went to work on the suspension; since the tires were already off and the A-Arms were loosened, it was pretty easy to get in there and swap the shocks. After I was done with that, I put everything else back together and boy, she was good as new… no, better than new. My truck could now get through the deep stuff easier, but it wasn't necessarily any tougher. So to avoid snapping another axle during my weekend wheelie sessions, After getting the truck towed back to my house, I took a shower and got cleaned up. Then I got online and ordered a new replacement axle, along with some new shocks and a six inch lift kit.