Are you open to having someone tag along? July-Aug of 2018 might be open enough for me to accompany you on the whole trip (outside of going to yuma - I live in the ABQ NM area so I'd probably hook up with you at the campsite near Gila Cliff Dwellings for example). I can't promise at this...
Stay on anything up to decent forest service roads that have been graded sometime in the past couple of years and you should be fine. That'll get you to a lot of places. With only 2wd you want to stay away from anything wet or anything that'll cross the axle, but that's not a terrible...
ExPo has quite a few threads on the topic, from just sections or from AK to Mex.
This is a recent one:
http://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/183196-Continental-Divide-Overland-Route-and-the-Alpine-Loop-in-Colorado-Picture-Heavy
The day after I picked it up from the dealership, after my first little trail driving testing the waters:
Screwing around in the foothills:
Last shot before it caught a small case of rock rash in front of the R/R tire. Looking out over ABQ, NM:
0) Name: Chris
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2) Location: ABQ, NM, USA
3) Rig: Stock 2016 F150 (custom ordered with rear locker) plus a leitner rack and a RTT
4) Overlanding Experience Background: About a decade of driving trucks into quiet places, just getting started with camping beyond sleeping across...
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