This week’s Muddy Monday video features a Ford Ranger mud truck taking on one seriously deep, watery mud bog. There is no information on this high riding Ford Ranger, but we can tell by the sound that it is packing V8 power and it obviously has very, very extensive suspension and chassis work.
This truck looks like a purpose built beast, ready to storm through the mud. However, when the video first begins, it isn’t so much a ‘mudding video’ as it is a ‘getting stuck video’.
On the first two clips, we see this bright yellow Ranger storm into the mud at two different angles, only to quickly get stuck. Fortunately, the driver keeps the wheels spinning while stuck, which sends mud flying high into the air, coating the entire truck very thoroughly.
Come the third run, which is from the other side of the mud pit, the V8 powered Ranger is able to keep the forward momentum going and it blasts from one side to the other in a big hurry, send a wall of muddy water towards the camera in the process.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
