I didn't beleive it untiil I watched the video. He must of had racing slicks on that truck.

Which one of you was driving?

 

There's much to be gained with proper tires.

 

Heh..I got my 6.7 stuck in snow and had to yank it out with my 88 Ranger...

 

heavy truck and poor tire tread.

 

In the Army, we got tanks stuck in the mud. That video proves nothing.

 

i got a tracked skid steer stuck pretty good last week.

 

It most certainly does. If one chooses a poor tire and ends up in a muddy parking lot you will get stuck in a 4 wheel drive vehicle. That does not look like a very bad situation for a 4x4 truck to get out of with proper tires. For what it's worth I subject my truck to that kind of terrain on a weekly basis with a 6k trailer behind me. I've been stuck one time that I could not get out of and that was 10" of mud with a 6k trailer in tow while making a turn. The truck was almost out of the mud and onto hard ground but the trailer was like a lead sled and the truck started spinning and digging in deeper so I stopped. I have Toyo AT2 on my rig.

 

When I was in high school I drove my 4x4 Chevy pickup into a field that had a special type of mud. It was maybe 1/4" deep. I was stuck with all four tires spinning. We had to string together multiple tow straps to get me out. Nobody had a winch back then.

That said, I do feel sorry for the guy getting pulled out by a Subaru.

 

with the right tires and heavy throttle even my DRW can push some mud

Running Cooper A3's now.

 

You have to feel for that dude...

IMHO, I wonder if he had the OEM Michelin LTX ATs with less than half the tread left? That truck was going nowhere fast.

 

Switch places and the Subaru would likely be stuck in the mud. Right tires makes a big difference though sometimes the mud is just too much.

 

I had an 1988 Ranger 4X4 and that was a heck of a truck!

 

Most likely had the worthless stock michelin a/t 2 tires on it, those tires are useless unless you are on pavement.

 

Making excuses only makes it worse.

 

I think the torque of these trucks and the lightweight rear end leads to getting them stuck pretty easily. I have 35x12.5 Nitto Ridge Grapplers on my truck and with a Tyrant street tune, it wants to spin the tires in mud or snow any time you touch the gas pedal. It's really easy to start spinning and then dig a hole making it worse.

I've never gotten stuck so bad I had to be pulled out, but it usually requires mashing the pedal and spinning your way out while digging a rut. There's no carefully crawling out of a muddy spot with it. You're going to make a mess.