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Old May 29, 2004 | 04:08 PM
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Who really enjoys the mud???

I just got back from a day of wheeling that was pretty much all mud bogging. Either you get stuck in the gooey crap, or when you're trying to get out, you start sliding down until your inclometer reads almost 40 degrees and you freak out!! Or you get mauled by mosquitos, or you just get all smelly and narsty, along with your interior. Or there's the risk of hydrlocking because wherever there's mud, there's water. Either way I think it sucks.

Maybe it's because I'm from Arizona, but I thought I was used to the mud cuz I wheel in Attica, Indiana a lot. But today I realized that I hate the mud.
I miss the southwest......
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Old May 29, 2004 | 04:14 PM
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i love the mud, as long as its not deep. but if it just rained the night before and theres some mud on the trail, im all over it!

im 2wd by the way.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 04:36 PM
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I like watching the mud fly everywhere, I just hate getting stuck and cleaning up the mess afterwards
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Old May 29, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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ya, mud is pretty lame in my opinion.

i try to keep out of it whenever possible, its just a pain to clean and its really not all that fun to go through it. it especially sucks when it smells like poo, thats definitely no fun.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 04:44 PM
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Love it, its all we have around here on the coast, just a pain to clean up. It gets EVERYWHERE!
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Old May 29, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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I'm a huge fan of the mud...although, as you have said, it does get everywhere and it IS a pain to clean up I think its worth it. The only downside I can see is the water getting in places it shouldn't or the mud itself, such as seals or gaskets or anything like that. But as long as you clean it off really well afterwards it should be ok.

MUD ROCKS! :rockband:

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Old May 29, 2004 | 04:54 PM
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mud wrecked my paint! and it smells reallllllly bad. it's kinda fun though, as long as you have good tires and it isn't as deep as to swallow you up.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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The only thing I like about the mud is pulling out non-yotas. Hahaha. I think it's all fun, crawling/mudding/exploring, it's all part of the 4wheel drive advantage IMO.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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I love doing donuts in a flat virgin feild during and after a rainy day. Sprays freakin everywhere. I love it.

If it's deep enough to get stuck, I hate it.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 10:00 PM
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Mud sucks. This is coming from a guy who grew up in southeast Louisiana and thought that playing in mud holes (deep caverness holes ) was 4wheeling.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 10:36 PM
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Mud is for chumps.



I'll take slow going with rocks in the Sierras or out in the desert any day.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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we're pretty much stuck with mud here.

send us some Sierras or deserts, if you don't mind!
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Old May 30, 2004 | 01:39 AM
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Mud is great sometimes.... gotta mix it up. I live in the bush and many of our "4x4 trails" are ATV trails so I don't care much about my paint anymore anyway. My truck has to be versitle and do it all. Ha ha, up here if you can't do mud you just have to stay home for a month or so every spring cause "roads" are mud
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Old May 30, 2004 | 06:15 AM
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love mud because I love watching people in durangoes trying to go through the same stuff I do easily and getting stuck
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Old May 30, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Poor A$$ Stock '93
Mud is great sometimes.... gotta mix it up. I live in the bush and many of our "4x4 trails" are ATV trails so I don't care much about my paint anymore anyway. My truck has to be versitle and do it all. Ha ha, up here if you can't do mud you just have to stay home for a month or so every spring cause "roads" are mud
*high-five*

I hear you on that one!
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Old May 30, 2004 | 09:29 AM
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I hate the mud, so this is what I do .... click here
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Old May 30, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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i like getting muddy, but not too often. it's just such a pain to clean up.
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Old May 30, 2004 | 12:53 PM
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We have this little thing out here called "bentonite". If you've never been in it when it's wet, then you don't know what mud is. I would argue that being basically pottery clay that it is the slipperiest mud out there. This stuff will sneak up on you at the wrong time and scare the living crap out of you. Add to that, when sufficeintly wet it turns into a clay slip that penetrates EVERYTHING then dries into a near ceramic.
It is usually just exposed on hillsides or in depressions that reach through to the right layer. Sometimes you will run into long stretches of it. You'll be going along in plain old "desert mud" which is mostly sand with very little organic matter then you run into this stuff. If you get in the right place, you can hardly even stand on it and it piles on to whatever it lands on and will not release. I've had it get so heavy on mudflaps that the weight tears the mudflap off.
So, my western Colorado answer: NO! I don't like mud.
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Old May 30, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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mud

I love mud! I am from Louisiana so all there is to off-road in is mud. I havent taken my 4runner down there yet, but I took my 2 wheel drive CR-V through hell like mud pits. The worse part is the 2 hours of cleaning afterwards. Here is a picture of my cr-v high centered shooting up an oil spill like spout of mud.
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Old May 30, 2004 | 02:28 PM
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im not a fan.


offtopic..but...is it me, or did your name change rob?
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