ok i had a bit of a scare yesterday riding in the mountains. it has been raining for about 4 days now without stopping, so i knew it was going to be muddy. once i got up there it appeared the gravel had been scrapped off by the forest department a few days earlier in preparation for leveling out the road a little but they hadnt yet put down new gravel.
now this sounds like fun, but i bout crapped my pants several times trying to get out of there. in some places it was as deep and mushy as you can imagine, BUT it wasnt on a flat area. it was going up step twisty curves that leaned off toward the 100-300 foot drop offs on the side of the mountains. several times it was all i could do to keep the jeep going straight. 2 times the back end slid out and down towards the leaning edges. in one instance if i hadnt had enough momentum, im sure id have slid off backwards and landed 200 feet below. i was only able to keep a speed of about 10-15 going through these bad parts since anything faster made me have to fight the wheel to stay straight. anything below 5 seemed to make the rear slip out and down.
any advice on driving in these extreme muddy conditions once youre in them and cant turn back to get out?
i am a pretty good driver on snow and ice believe it or not, but this mud was totally different. i even have my brand new general grabber at2s with shit loads of tread.
EDIT: i was in mud, not ice. some here seem to be confused on that.
now this sounds like fun, but i bout crapped my pants several times trying to get out of there. in some places it was as deep and mushy as you can imagine, BUT it wasnt on a flat area. it was going up step twisty curves that leaned off toward the 100-300 foot drop offs on the side of the mountains. several times it was all i could do to keep the jeep going straight. 2 times the back end slid out and down towards the leaning edges. in one instance if i hadnt had enough momentum, im sure id have slid off backwards and landed 200 feet below. i was only able to keep a speed of about 10-15 going through these bad parts since anything faster made me have to fight the wheel to stay straight. anything below 5 seemed to make the rear slip out and down.
any advice on driving in these extreme muddy conditions once youre in them and cant turn back to get out?
i am a pretty good driver on snow and ice believe it or not, but this mud was totally different. i even have my brand new general grabber at2s with shit loads of tread.
EDIT: i was in mud, not ice. some here seem to be confused on that.
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