i just got the best pulling mud tire ever!!
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Say what you will, but the nearly bald 31" Long Trails on my truck saved my butt last night.
I live in Atlanta these days, so I very rarely even get the chance to use 4wd, so while I was down at my dad's house for the weekend, I decided to get a little mud on the tires after a few days of rain (a novelty in this part of the world...). There's a little county dirt road nearby that usually has a few muddy spots when its wet, so off I went. I'm cruising along, spinning a little here and there, easily getting out of a small ditch, basically getting cockier and cockier the whole time. I come to a large puddle on the uphill side of a pipe under the road. Just as I was about to pass it up, I slowed down and let the truck slide sideways into the ditch that leads into said puddle. I figure there will be a deep spot, but it didn't really look that bad. Oh, how wrong I was. I started out ok, just a few inches of muddy water and a fairly solid bottom. When I got to where the pipe ought to be, the front right tire dropped. Like two feet. I gave it more throttle and stopped abruptly when I hit the other side of the hole. I noticed that there was now muddy water starting to puddle in the passenger floorboard! I threw the M5od in to reverse and floored it. Some rearward progress, but again, I stopped when the front wheel hits the back off the hole. Back into first with my foot on the floor! Again, the front of the hole stops me dead, but, using quick goat thinking, I row the shifter into reverse in time to take advantage of some of the rebound. This time, the tires somehow find enough traction to climb backwards out of the hole and get me out of the ditch. After that, I hightailed it to my dad's house to wash the truck down and assess any damage. I had to get a piece of gravel out from behind the brake backing plate and plug a tire where it caught a nail. Also, the hoses on the charcoal canister below the battery got pulled off somehow, but so far, that seems to be the extent of it.
Earlier today, in the light, I looked around the engine compartment and found a waterline about three inches below the solenoid on the inner right fender.
That's by far the worst spot I've put my truck in yet. The pisser of it is, there's a perfectly good Bronco on 35s at my dad's house I could've been beating on instead of my daily driver. Oh well.
No doubt better tires would've made getting out easier, but the Long Trails came through when I needed them.
That said, I've got a set of 34" Super Swampers waiting to take their place!
I live in Atlanta these days, so I very rarely even get the chance to use 4wd, so while I was down at my dad's house for the weekend, I decided to get a little mud on the tires after a few days of rain (a novelty in this part of the world...). There's a little county dirt road nearby that usually has a few muddy spots when its wet, so off I went. I'm cruising along, spinning a little here and there, easily getting out of a small ditch, basically getting cockier and cockier the whole time. I come to a large puddle on the uphill side of a pipe under the road. Just as I was about to pass it up, I slowed down and let the truck slide sideways into the ditch that leads into said puddle. I figure there will be a deep spot, but it didn't really look that bad. Oh, how wrong I was. I started out ok, just a few inches of muddy water and a fairly solid bottom. When I got to where the pipe ought to be, the front right tire dropped. Like two feet. I gave it more throttle and stopped abruptly when I hit the other side of the hole. I noticed that there was now muddy water starting to puddle in the passenger floorboard! I threw the M5od in to reverse and floored it. Some rearward progress, but again, I stopped when the front wheel hits the back off the hole. Back into first with my foot on the floor! Again, the front of the hole stops me dead, but, using quick goat thinking, I row the shifter into reverse in time to take advantage of some of the rebound. This time, the tires somehow find enough traction to climb backwards out of the hole and get me out of the ditch. After that, I hightailed it to my dad's house to wash the truck down and assess any damage. I had to get a piece of gravel out from behind the brake backing plate and plug a tire where it caught a nail. Also, the hoses on the charcoal canister below the battery got pulled off somehow, but so far, that seems to be the extent of it.
Earlier today, in the light, I looked around the engine compartment and found a waterline about three inches below the solenoid on the inner right fender.
That's by far the worst spot I've put my truck in yet. The pisser of it is, there's a perfectly good Bronco on 35s at my dad's house I could've been beating on instead of my daily driver. Oh well.
No doubt better tires would've made getting out easier, but the Long Trails came through when I needed them.
That said, I've got a set of 34" Super Swampers waiting to take their place!
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Say what you will, but the nearly bald 31" Long Trails on my truck saved my butt last night.
I live in Atlanta these days, so I very rarely even get the chance to use 4wd, so while I was down at my dad's house for the weekend, I decided to get a little mud on the tires after a few days of rain (a novelty in this part of the world...). There's a little county dirt road nearby that usually has a few muddy spots when its wet, so off I went. I'm cruising along, spinning a little here and there, easily getting out of a small ditch, basically getting cockier and cockier the whole time. I come to a large puddle on the uphill side of a pipe under the road. Just as I was about to pass it up, I slowed down and let the truck slide sideways into the ditch that leads into said puddle. I figure there will be a deep spot, but it didn't really look that bad. Oh, how wrong I was. I started out ok, just a few inches of muddy water and a fairly solid bottom. When I got to where the pipe ought to be, the front right tire dropped. Like two feet. I gave it more throttle and stopped abruptly when I hit the other side of the hole. I noticed that there was now muddy water starting to puddle in the passenger floorboard! I threw the M5od in to reverse and floored it. Some rearward progress, but again, I stopped when the front wheel hits the back off the hole. Back into first with my foot on the floor! Again, the front of the hole stops me dead, but, using quick goat thinking, I row the shifter into reverse in time to take advantage of some of the rebound. This time, the tires somehow find enough traction to climb backwards out of the hole and get me out of the ditch. After that, I hightailed it to my dad's house to wash the truck down and assess any damage. I had to get a piece of gravel out from behind the brake backing plate and plug a tire where it caught a nail. Also, the hoses on the charcoal canister below the battery got pulled off somehow, but so far, that seems to be the extent of it.
Earlier today, in the light, I looked around the engine compartment and found a waterline about three inches below the solenoid on the inner right fender.
That's by far the worst spot I've put my truck in yet. The pisser of it is, there's a perfectly good Bronco on 35s at my dad's house I could've been beating on instead of my daily driver. Oh well.
No doubt better tires would've made getting out easier, but the Long Trails came through when I needed them.
That said, I've got a set of 34" Super Swampers waiting to take their place!
I live in Atlanta these days, so I very rarely even get the chance to use 4wd, so while I was down at my dad's house for the weekend, I decided to get a little mud on the tires after a few days of rain (a novelty in this part of the world...). There's a little county dirt road nearby that usually has a few muddy spots when its wet, so off I went. I'm cruising along, spinning a little here and there, easily getting out of a small ditch, basically getting cockier and cockier the whole time. I come to a large puddle on the uphill side of a pipe under the road. Just as I was about to pass it up, I slowed down and let the truck slide sideways into the ditch that leads into said puddle. I figure there will be a deep spot, but it didn't really look that bad. Oh, how wrong I was. I started out ok, just a few inches of muddy water and a fairly solid bottom. When I got to where the pipe ought to be, the front right tire dropped. Like two feet. I gave it more throttle and stopped abruptly when I hit the other side of the hole. I noticed that there was now muddy water starting to puddle in the passenger floorboard! I threw the M5od in to reverse and floored it. Some rearward progress, but again, I stopped when the front wheel hits the back off the hole. Back into first with my foot on the floor! Again, the front of the hole stops me dead, but, using quick goat thinking, I row the shifter into reverse in time to take advantage of some of the rebound. This time, the tires somehow find enough traction to climb backwards out of the hole and get me out of the ditch. After that, I hightailed it to my dad's house to wash the truck down and assess any damage. I had to get a piece of gravel out from behind the brake backing plate and plug a tire where it caught a nail. Also, the hoses on the charcoal canister below the battery got pulled off somehow, but so far, that seems to be the extent of it.
Earlier today, in the light, I looked around the engine compartment and found a waterline about three inches below the solenoid on the inner right fender.
That's by far the worst spot I've put my truck in yet. The pisser of it is, there's a perfectly good Bronco on 35s at my dad's house I could've been beating on instead of my daily driver. Oh well.
No doubt better tires would've made getting out easier, but the Long Trails came through when I needed them.
That said, I've got a set of 34" Super Swampers waiting to take their place!
i cant beleve i sat here and read all that
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