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Article: In the soup. (techniques for driving a truck with mud tires in muddy conditions)
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- Outdoor Life
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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Learning to negotiate in mud is a matter of moderation
It's spring. You and your truck are 20 miles deep in the woods and the trail ahead is slippery as a wet bar of soap. Then you see it--a gooey, gaping mud hole dead ahead.
Okay, let's hunker here a minute and think about your next move.
Is it time to turn tail?
Could be. Just as the best snow fires can't work miracles on glare ice, the best mud fires in the world won't get you through a mud hole that's just too deep.
Steady as She Goes
After checking out the situation thoroughly, however, you decide that it's a go. The cardinal technique to employ is: Use your ...