Yes, but speaking as one whose family owns some land, it may have been on private property where they had no business going in the first place. I don't agree with doing this either, BTW, as there could be some significant liability issues.

Although not a mudding story per se, this spring my younger brother got his 1990 F250 4x4 7.3l stuck while hauling a truckload (with sideboards) and double-axle trailer full of firewood out of the woods. He made it in just fine, but with a couple tons of firewood on there, no way did he get out!

Fortunately, the neighbor had a tractor and tow chains, and for awhile it was looking like the tractor was going to get stuck as well. All that firewood is still sitting out there in a pile alongside the road (they were way too tired to reload the firewood, in the dark, after trying to get unstuck for hours), waiting for him to pick it up (the clay soil is rock-hard now). Now I know why my grandfather didn't haul firewood out of the woods except in the summertime!

 

the property theory is plausible-but instead of digging a huge hole that can create liability issues like you said, why not just put up lots of private property no trespassing signs?

nice story too. i love these story guys! keep them coming.

 

I don't think the property owners dug it(they were absent owners for decades before Florida took it over), just some jerk "having fun" with a back hoe. At least thats better than 30lbs fishing line strung across the trail and I almost hit with my neck while riding my ATC.

Although its not a Ford related mudding, but better told so others and learn. Almost 20 years ago my friends and I were riding the ATC's and dirt bikes down trails. I was point and we were hauling some azz down the trail. At the last second I seen the glint of the fishing line and dove under it while the line scalped me! I wrecked the 3-wheeler and it landed on top of me of course. At least the dirt bike handel bars on my friends bike caught the line before anybody else got hurt. After getting the ATC off me and finding not real damage to me or the 3 wheeler, we rode on. Guess what we found a few miles down the trail..... the *(&^!@()&*%& who put the line across the trail!! We cought him red handed hanging up another line.

And YES we beat the living $#!t out of him and totaled the car for him too. Funny thing, the cops arrested him for setting up the lines when he tried to turn us in. Turns out he was doing that in other areas and did mess up some really bad and the cops were looking for who was doing it. For us, after a good azz chewing from the cops(for beating the jerk up and trashing the car) we were let go back riding.

 

dang! yeah doing that could potentially kill somebody. good for you on beating the **** out of him.