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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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A little mud on the tires...

Here in rural Nebraska most of the roads around where I live are gravel with a few here and there being just plain dirt. With the remnants of the Great Blizzard of '07 melting away those which are just plain dirt get FUN!

Road through the fields



What a great view!



Got a little sticky



This turned out to be a good tire size test. With two inches of mud on them I now see that I can easily fit 33's!



And a little posing...
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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Yeah I know it's not all flexed but sometimes just gettin a little muddy can be fun to!
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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I used to like mud. And then I learned about something we call Caliche out here. It's a nasty clay that when hardened is like rock. It's miserable to wash off. I quit going into the mud. But, hey, it looks like you had fun!
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 02:20 PM
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mmmm, mud...although that is a bit too thick for my liking, i like the half between that and a puddle...
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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Yeah it was a lot thicker than I thought it would be but hey, what a great opportunity to try out the brand new pressure washer I just bought the other day!
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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mud is fun, just make sure to get it off the rig the same day, esp cake type mud, or else its not coming off no matter what you do.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 03:59 PM
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Well the new pressure washer I bought a couple days ago works quite well. Now she's clean as a whistle. Only problem with that is I can now see all the rust over my rear tires... I can't wait till it's warm out again so I can break out the bondo!
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by sts2usnss
Yeah I know it's not all flexed but sometimes just gettin a little muddy can be fun to!
mud is always fun! but for the 10 minutes of fun in the mud is hours of cleanup and wrenching and lubing :| but hell, its worth it.

edit: i dont know what kind of mud you guys have to work with, but we also have some cement-type mud. once it dries, it's on there for a while. allow me to borrow a picture from another forum i use:


the best way i've found is to keep spraying water on it for a day or two before you go in to do any serious removal. by then its moist enough to come off as clay and not as mud-rock

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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 05:57 PM
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awesome
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 06:18 PM
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i like socal mud. comes off pretty easily.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by sts2usnss
This turned out to be a good tire size test. With two inches of mud on them I now see that I can easily fit 33's!
... are those the new BFG Hay Terrains? They look pretty sweet!!
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 04:27 AM
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I've used the WD-40 method of coating the wheel wells and under the truck as much as possible. It helps and every little bit counts.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Elvota
... are those the new BFG Hay Terrains? They look pretty sweet!!


Dude! You are the first person to notice! Not only are they a smoooth ride but they are also 100% eco-friendly!

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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by fork
mud is always fun! but for the 10 minutes of fun in the mud is hours of cleanup and wrenching and lubing :| but hell, its worth it.

edit: i dont know what kind of mud you guys have to work with, but we also have some cement-type mud. once it dries, it's on there for a while. allow me to borrow a picture from another forum i use:


the best way i've found is to keep spraying water on it for a day or two before you go in to do any serious removal. by then its moist enough to come off as clay and not as mud-rock
I've got my work cut out for me tryin' ta do a finer plastering than that. I'll be givin' it my best shot, count on it. People who've never done that, have know idea of how heavy that stuff is. Feels like you got a load of wood in the back or somethin'.

Nebraska mud looks mighty tasty.

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