Monstrous F-350 truck charges across the mud bog, even when hitting the deepest holes.
This week’s Muddy Monday video comes to us from the CarWarz YouTube channel and it features a wicked black-and-red Ford F-350 Super Duty mega truck flexing its muscles at the 2018 Perkins Summer Sling Mud Bog in Howell, Michigan. This is a mega truck in every way, with a gigantic chassis setup, huge tires and an engine powerful enough to propel this big, heavy pickup across the muddy surface in a big hurry.
Even when attacking the deepest holes in the Michigan mud bog, this huge Ford hardly slows down and for this flawless effort, the crowd shows its appreciation.
The Machine
Sadly, there are no details on this big F-350 mega truck, but there are several points that we can infer from the video footage. This truck, or at least the body, is that of a second generation Super Duty which ran from 2008 through 2010, but we are guessing that few of the bits south of the sheet metal was assembled back then.
We can see that this regular cab pickup has an elaborate suspension and chassis system, giving the Super Duty several feet of ground clearance and making lots of room for the huge mud tires. The engine sounds like a big gas mill and based at how well this heavy truck moves across the mud, it is safe to guess that it is a big V8 making monster power.
Finally, there is a tow strap dangling from the rear end,
but based on how effortlessly this F-350 skims across the slop, that bright
yellow appendage is simply a technicality.
Killing the Mud
In the video above, this high-riding Ford F-350 storms across the Perkins mud bog over and over, hardly breaking a sweat in the process. The truck carries so much speed across the pit that it doesn’t have time to sink in to the shallower portions, and when it does drop down into the deep holes, the big Ford immediate jumps back up to level ground.
This Super Duty conquers the mud in dramatic fashion and as
the video ends, the crowd shows its approval with a big round of applause.
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