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The fastest I have driven my V-10 Fleetside was around 60-65 mph (96-105 kph). Sounds boring, sure, but in my defense I was driving in sand with 4High.
The 4x4 pickup looked like this at the time (circa 2000) still basically preserved in it’s '80s guise with aftermarket '80s window tint, that had long since magically changed to a purple hue...
Up to that time anyone who lived in southeastern NC and had a 4x4 could go to the unofficial official off road park the locals called "yellow banks". The yellow banks was a vast track of land located near Southport, NC. You could travel there several times and not see the same thing twice. It was like going somewhere different every time.
It contained lots of different terrain from gravel, mud, clay, ruts, dirt, dirt/sand mix, pure sand, lots of downed trees of all shapes and sizes (likely caused by past Hurricanes that swept through the area) which were good for testing ground clearance and suspension travel, hills, and small ravines. It was in many ways like an off road park, but natural-made, no man-made obstacles. The only terrain it lacked was rocks and snow.
This is where I would usually go for recreational off roading (for fun); and where I reached 65 in locked four-wheel drive high range. The other place I would sometimes go was the open field we own behind our home.
Since then the yellow banks (most of it, if not all) was purchased by St. James, a golf/plantation community, and subsequently developed for additional housing, golf courses and any other future projects St. James might want to use the land for.
Kind of sad considering how many individuals and families that used that land for off road, camping, or just general recreation. On the weekends you would find all sorts of vehicles from traditional 4x4s, personal 4x4s (quad ATVs, three-wheelers, etc), dirt bikes, to even some home-made contraptions that didn’t look too safe.
The 4x4 pickup looked like this at the time (circa 2000) still basically preserved in it’s '80s guise with aftermarket '80s window tint, that had long since magically changed to a purple hue...
Up to that time anyone who lived in southeastern NC and had a 4x4 could go to the unofficial official off road park the locals called "yellow banks". The yellow banks was a vast track of land located near Southport, NC. You could travel there several times and not see the same thing twice. It was like going somewhere different every time.
It contained lots of different terrain from gravel, mud, clay, ruts, dirt, dirt/sand mix, pure sand, lots of downed trees of all shapes and sizes (likely caused by past Hurricanes that swept through the area) which were good for testing ground clearance and suspension travel, hills, and small ravines. It was in many ways like an off road park, but natural-made, no man-made obstacles. The only terrain it lacked was rocks and snow.
This is where I would usually go for recreational off roading (for fun); and where I reached 65 in locked four-wheel drive high range. The other place I would sometimes go was the open field we own behind our home.
Since then the yellow banks (most of it, if not all) was purchased by St. James, a golf/plantation community, and subsequently developed for additional housing, golf courses and any other future projects St. James might want to use the land for.
Kind of sad considering how many individuals and families that used that land for off road, camping, or just general recreation. On the weekends you would find all sorts of vehicles from traditional 4x4s, personal 4x4s (quad ATVs, three-wheelers, etc), dirt bikes, to even some home-made contraptions that didn’t look too safe.