Off Roading New mud recovery?

[deoc4114]

Hey all,



About 1:53 in, think these would work well in the mud?



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoSSbg4y72k



Daniel

 

[JFlagg]

The mud would have to be thick enough to lift the vehicle, might help if you got hung up in some deep ruts though. Thing is, how many of us have tandem axles?

 

[HighRanger]

I would guess they probably would in ruts. In soft mud or puddles I could see them just being another think slushing the mud. Hence why I like rocks. Easy clean up and if I get stuck it's much easier to get to the winch cable.

 

[JFlagg]

Very true, rocks don't let you sink very far. Though, our trucks normally aren't the best in mud or rocks. Unless you want to haul a couple tons home with you:-laf

 

[GOlsen]

Those things are pretty sweet. I pretty much agree with the others. The place I always used to go wheelin', the only good pit always had waist deep water above all the soupy mud. I think they would be pretty difficult to put on in the water without being able to see what you were doing. Plus there's no way that type of mud would support your truck. It would probably make it worse. BTW, I love the music. :-laf

 

[HighRanger]

Very true, rocks don't let you sink very far. Though, our trucks normally aren't the best in mud or rocks. Unless you want to haul a couple tons home with you:-laf

Very true. I get my dually stuck in my yard with 4x4. That is why I have a 03 rubicon on 37's. It handles the rock well. :-laf

 

[biggy238]

I just watched this. On a single rear truck, attatch an arm to the wheel like they have, and attach one arm to the rear bumper of another length so that is would cycle but not drag the ground while the wheel is rotating the arm upward. I don't see anything helping in soft mud though. Looked to me like they even managed to bend the flat piece that acted as the platform and it started to get out of sync because of it.

 

[HighRanger]

Yeah I noticed that was well. Looks like it couldn't support the weight of that truck.

 

[SSwords]

If thos are any thing like the military mtvs 5 ton(tandam) and 2 and 1/2 ton (single rear) THEY ARE JUNK they crack the block in about 3 spots and are very unreliable but they run like heck when they do all the way to 55