muddy conditions

Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2003 at 19:40
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What's the best way of handling a bush track that's turned to mud, especially one that had a lot of fine bulldust before the rain (the real thing, not the kind you speak). I hear some say increase tyre pressures to cut through to the hard stuff, and others say keep them soft, more like beach driving. What's the right thing?Keeping the speed down goes without saying, and keeping the front wheels in the direction you want to go makes sense, but are there other tricks like using the handbrake to try to just brake the back wheels, especially when everything is sliding? Finally I am surprised that in all the 4WD magazines you rarely see anything about the use of snow & mud chains. I understand that these should only be used in extreme conditions as they are likely to chew up the track, but are they a good idea, and do they make a differerence, even just to get out of a tight spot. Looking for any experience, comments or advice that you can provide. By the way I have an 80 series petrol cruiser, with OME suspension (up 50 mm) and have done a number of the major treks, but mostly in dry conditions, hence the query.
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