CBulla:
Ok so you want to learn how to mudd. Well most of the city boys that come down to play with us think all you need is a 4X4 and you can go through anything. Well hopefully they won't read this because I'm making a killin charging them to pull them out once they get stuck. Muddin isn't as simple as lockin her in, and taking off. There is tons of stuff to know about muddin. Like for instance, dropping the air pressure in your tires to make them have a wider tread pattern. More grip, less slip.
Also most of these guys once the truck stops moving they want someone to hook a chain to them to drag them out. You never stuck until your girlfriend sings. You can try the ole reverse to drive. Get the truck to bouncing back and forth and eventually one of the tires will grab something. Have a couple of guys get in the back of the truck. More weight = more pressure. Roll the stearing wheel back and forth. Make those front tires move around a bit. But as with any instance there will be times when stuck is stuck. Like when you run upon a stump that's burried in the mudhole.
This is when you have to admit defeat and have someone snatch you out. There are several preferred methods. The ole use a winch. Which is nice if you have the money. The Rednek winch (better known as a com-a-long). Or the most popular have a buddy hook to ya. Now all of these have a little bit of danger to them. If you have ever seen a cable or chain break you know what I'm talking about. The winch and com-a-long are both dangerous because is the cable breaks it can slice you open or break a bone. The have a buddy pull you out is really dangerous depending on how much he has had to drink. For example. One time while we were muddin, a buddy of mine got stuck. So let's just call him Beaker told him he would pull him out. Well Beaker got his 50 foot chain out, hooked it to the bumper on the front of my buddies truck, then to the rear of his truck. Beaker asked my buddy if he was ready and the guy said yeah. As Beaker was on his way to his truck he looked at me and smiled. I told everyone to run. Beaker get's into his truck, which is about 20 feet from my buddies truck and then drops the hammer. Needless to say the bumper of my buddies truck came out just fine. The only problem was that his truck was left in the mudhole.
So what have we learned here today. Most of the time your truck can pull you out. Careful around cables and don't let a guy who has been drinkin all day pull your truck out of a hole. So get out there and have some fun. Also check out the upcoming rides section and join us for some great times. Happy Muddin.
Over here in Louisiana we don't have nearly as much sand as you do in Florida. Thank God. However, folks in Louisiana do buy more ATV's than anyone else in the country.
We have what's called gumbo mud. We usually eat gumbo which can be a combination of sausage, pork, beef, chicken, duck, squirrel, racoon or just about anything you want to put together. With a big black cast iron pot, lots of seasoning and or course plenty rice it all tastes good. Same name but I assure you it is not edible.
What I'm talking about is something that unless you have experienced it is quite hard to believe. When it's raining you can drive through the woods, trails and agricultural fields with no problem. You might bog down in a hole but as Budda said with a big 12,000 lbs. winch on the front of your 4x4 or my brother-in-law, Bubba's truck and winch something is gonna come out of that hole.
When gumbo starts to dry out is when things get real serious. This stuff gets sticky. It's like a combination between Liquid Nails, contact cement. When it gets tacky it starts to ball up on your tires on your ATV's and 4x4. A regular size ATV tire will grow to twice it's width and mud will ball up under the fenders so bad that I have actually seen it stop an ATV. Gumbo mudder tires can be tall and or wide and they have lots of lugs.
Gumbo is mainly composed of clay and water has almost no effect. But not to worry when it dries out it gets rock hard shrinks and will fall off by itself.
Driving down the interstate at 70 miles an hour during hunting season which starts in October and runs through February can be interesting when chunks fly out from under the fenders of 4 wheel drives.
But one of the pluses of living in Louisiana is that deer seaon is 55 days long not including archery and muzzlerloader.
Gumbo like mosquitoes is just one of those things you have to learn to live with here in the Sportsman Paradise.
