Mud driving

"Whatever you do or don't do remember that if bogged you will need to get out into the stuff"
Footloose you sound as though being knee and elbow deep (remeber your arms have to go in to attach the snatch) in black smelly swap mud is not all it's cracked up to be!

It's always in the after thought where the common sense lies. But it can be LOTSA FUN finding it! Especially for those not silly enough to go through it and just watch. (I've got to start doing that!) :-)

Jeff- what are you talking about? Wheres the fun in just watching??

mud is good for the car it's like a facial for your paintwork.....lol

Too much of a good thing maybe.

The last time I had the opportunity to drive in any muyd at all it took 3.5 hours to go one car length.

Now the Missus and the two girls aren't all that excited when I mention mud these days.
The young bloke and I ....... well we can still see the fun.

Duncs

Daevo,

Well I am not seeking the deepest and longest mud pit to drive the car straight into it. I haven't been off-road for a while now and am very eager to go so I decided to go next week-end. Now I realise that I will most likely see some kind of mud somewhere after the rain we had and want to get some advice on how to tackle it. So I am not desesperately trying to get to some mud. I just want to make sure I know what to expect and what to do if I don't have other option than going through some mud. I took the safe option by cutting a day trip short and turning around on one occasion because there was a section of mud a few km after the start of the track we were doing that could not be avoided. This was a bit frustrating and I guess that if I could know better what I can tackle without too much sweat would avoid future disappointments like that.
So I must admit that I would definitely like to see how the car handle it. And the only way to learn and set myself some limits there seems to be trying it and building my own experience. Afterall if I try it next week-end in a "safe environment", with people around to help and all the proper equipment, I won't take too much risk and I will learn a lot about my vehicle capabilities and my own capability as the driver in that sort of terrain. All this experience could become very handy one day especially if I have limited help or equipment available then.
I already know how long it takes to clean mud off the car afterwards but it's part of going off-road in winter I suppose. So I will eat the bullet and spend the time necessary to clean it afterwards.
To sum up, I'd rather be safe than sorry and if I can learn something useful along the way and accept the consequences, I don't see any harm.
Rgds,

SLy.

slyonnet, That makes sense. i did plenty of mud driving last trip not because iwanted to but i had put off doing Yowie rocks track for long enough. Ended up being alot more mud than i thought and a down pour sat night didnt help. Usually round here it is just a matter of waiting a day or 2 for things to dry but we have had plenty of rain so far (it is raining now) so any trip usually involves mud unless you stay at home. As has been said standard rubber doesnt cut it in mud and if it wasnt for the mrf super grippers i had on I would have been in strife

Know what you mean Davoe It is fun until you need to wash it off, That mud up Kalgoorlie way (Real mud) Nice and clayey and gets into every little space and you are still washing it out a month later, and the track’s turn to shi* real fast when it Rains

I thought I'd take the advice of the forum and get one of the GMC water pressure cleaners to clean my bus after mud runs. Well, I've got one GMC water pressure cleaner to give away. That thing has wasted 2 hours of my weekend after each run, and still didnt clean it as well as $10 at the local car wash would.

I believe I contributed to that post Ben and I shared my experience of it not working as well as a hose so mi packed it away then I tried it again a while later to make sure it was crap and it was dead, funny thing was it worked better when dead than alive

I agree with the low range and dont touch the brakes, but one thing I found valuable was spinning the wheels enough to fick the mud out from between the treads. Generally 3rd low will be about the same as high revs in 1st, and will often get your wheels spinning fast enough, and still have enough compression on engine braking that you will only have to pump the accellerator, not the brake as well to slow the wheels enough to get traction back when needed.

Sorry, forgot to add, check my photogallery for mud fun