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So my 2018 F250 4x4 CCSB hit the dealers lot today, thought I'd share what it's gonna be doing soon, getting my ATV to some good mud holes.. Of course it will get pretty dirty just getting there ( hint - no mall pics )
Not quite mud season here yet. But got to try out the new truck in 4-6 inches of slush over slimy road base today.
7591250sd - I was raised up in North Oaks.
Being originally from California, I've owned Jeeps and 4x4 trucks most of my life. Everyone I knew, it was all about back roads, and off road trails in the mountains. I've never understood Mudding, or why someone would do it. Does it require a special talent or technique I don't know about to cross a mud hole?
I think it would be more fun to take a beater in a mud field and play destruction derby, or car football ? Idk .. At least you could destroy a car and kick someones butt ..
No way I can afford to mud in my main truck. And you can never get all that **** sprayed out, changes the look of the chassis forever. I have a ‘97 f250 for that. Guess I am just a bit jealous of those that can financially afford to abuse new trucks....look forward to your mud pics.
Being originally from California, I've owned Jeeps and 4x4 trucks most of my life. Everyone I knew, it was all about back roads, and off road trails in the mountains. I've never understood Mudding, or why someone would do it. Does it require a special talent or technique I don't know about to cross a mud hole?
I think it would be more fun to take a beater in a mud field and play destruction derby, or car football ? Idk .. At least you could destroy a car and kick someones butt ..
I grew up in Oregon where it was all about mudding as well, and looking back now I think it became popular because you don't have to spend money on your truck to do it. No one aired down, no one truly knew how to drive and everyone wanted to look cool with mud slung up on the side.
Fast forward, lived in California for awhile. Built my truck for Tahoe/Rubi trips as well as the short course. Was an absolute blast. Someone said, hey you should go through that mudhole over there! Well I did, and my truck got caked in a way I've never seen. California mud, it took me 4 hours with the fire hose just to get the chunks off. It had turned into cement. Lost almost an entire weekend getting the truck cleaned back up after that. The frame, under carriage, all permanently stained from the crap. It never came clean again.
Never again.
Sure I could do it, but it's pointless on so many levels.
I don't go mudding. But I encounter tons of it. Many of our country back roads are dirt, and get washed out all the time.
But that's just driving on dirt roads and getting muddy. Usually just the wheel wells and body. Rinses off easy. In the great lakes area, since water is cheap, and we're encouraged to waste as much as possible, so the water plants can afford to upgrade systems, you can just park your truck in the yard and toss a GENTLE sprinkler under it. Good as new, every time.
Now the mud pit nonsense, where you dunk the whole truck? That's for beater YJ's and '82 Chevys.
Went to the city's field to get some mulch, it's a mud pit back there. I'll get pics on my next run.
Geez guys I feel like you’re lecturing him. I’ve spent a lot of time mudding in my past and fully understand the repercussions. That being said if you had to get mud on on undercarriage and body I believe these super duties with e-coated frames and aluminum bodies are the most resilient. I don’t go looking for mud holes but welcome the challenge when I’m off road hunting and what not. Looking forward to seeing some pics!
Wow, some guys miss out on the fun things in life!
Muddin is a whole lot of fun and gives ya the chance to see what you’re truck can really do off-road. But these trucks are big and HEAVY so not the ideal muddin platform. But I’ll definitely take mine through any mud hole I see. It’s a truck and will be used as one. If I wanted something I was afraid to get dirty, I wouldn’t have bought a truck.
Now how about those pics fellers
Geez guys I feel like you’re lecturing him. I’ve spent a lot of time mudding in my past and fully understand the repercussions. That being said if you had to get mud on on undercarriage and body I believe these super duties with e-coated frames and aluminum bodies are the most resilient. I don’t go looking for mud holes but welcome the challenge when I’m off road hunting and what not. Looking forward to seeing some pics!
lecturing would be telling someone not to do something, we are just saying why we don’t, and why we don’t have any 6.7 mud pics.... I would love to see a 2018 sunk in a mud pit.
Tough crowd. The guy said mud pics, not bogging pics.
My trucks work. Repairing pasture fences, moving materials out into the fields or woods, moving hay around, getting out into the wilderness, and plowing even when it’s warm and soft.
I will never own a truck that won’t get muddy. When my ‘19 comes in I’ll come back to this thread and post some mud pics. This shot doesn’t show the truck... but it was wicked muddy after that day of work...
Last edited by Section179; 05-05-2018 at 01:34 PM.
Reason: premature post
When I flipped my Bronco II on its side running the trails in 1989, I quit doing that kind of thing. That's when I started racing quads to get it out of my system. Now I don't even like to take my F450 out in the rain.
05-03-2018, 09:17 PM
