High Crossing never disappoints
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Here's what I don't understand. If you're in a stock truck and are unfamiliar with the area, what makes you proceed thru a puddle like that? If you are from the area and know about the area, what makes you proceed with a stock truck? I just don't get it.
Looks new...I wonder if it's still under warranty
It's only when I see acts of stupidity like this that I wish I were an issurance adjuster.
Al - as long as its running its ok, the exhaust pressure wil keep the water from entering the tailpipe, if it shuts off the water will enter the pipe but likely won 't flow up to the motor unless the truck is real deep and at the correct angle
Catching up on posts I missed. Obviously they drive through the middle of those holes on purpose, for the adventure of it I guess. I could navigate that go-round in the FJ, but I would not try the hole. I've been in some pretty deep ones, with water well up over the door sills. Fortunately the FJ has awesome door seals, and I've never had a drop come into the cab that way.
The thing about the holes up around High Crossing and Quarter Mile is that the mudders dig really deep ruts in the bottom when they power through. If you aren't running 33's or larger, and you try to follow the main path through, you risk hanging the differential up on the ridge, which is probably what happened to that guy in the pic. Or maybe he just tried to drive through too fast and ingested some cedar water.
The thing about the holes up around High Crossing and Quarter Mile is that the mudders dig really deep ruts in the bottom when they power through. If you aren't running 33's or larger, and you try to follow the main path through, you risk hanging the differential up on the ridge, which is probably what happened to that guy in the pic. Or maybe he just tried to drive through too fast and ingested some cedar water.
i know if you jam a tater in the exhaust pipe it stalls the vehicle,I thought water would do the same but I guess there is enough pressure to blow bubbles out.I personally would have walked a hole that looks like that before I ever tried to drive across it.I long ago tired of inconveniencing family and friends to come extricate from situations in which I had become quagmired from my own stupidity.I never mudded for fun but looked at holes as stressful obstacles to be overcome in pursuit of my destination.I still do but am now smart enough to know when to get out an walk.
So true. And the destination does not have to be tangible, just a curious question in the mind. "The bear went over the mountain...to see what he could see."
Because he Googled "Muddin in Wharton" and this YouTube video came up where he seen some dudes, with some beers, and trucks, and they went thru it.............
(kidding of course, but hey, who knows????)
That's about as succinct and informative a description of the difference in attitudes as it is possible to construct.
You see I've never been much of an auto mechanic and never had more then one vehicle at a time.so if I tore up my one and only vehicle in the mud then I had to spend my hard earned money paying someone else to fix it.I came to the conclusion real fast to be a mudder I either needed to become a mechanic or make a lot more money or have rich parents like a few mudders I knew whose Mommy just went out and bought them a new truck every time they tore one up.I finally decided to wisen up.I finally did get enough money to get a four wheel drive,I learned they can get stuck too,I bought a pair of rubber boots i kept in the truck and I started walking holes.When the hole said "I'll eat your truck"I said to myself "It's time for a walk".
