Guys like to brag about the mud bogs they hit on the weekend, but hearing the stories gets old after a while. The real fun starts when a person gets their own truck. Then they can brag after the weekend is over. It is a blast going through the mud pit in your own decked out truck.
This activity has been around for years in the south, but it is starting to gain a following all over the nation and even worldwide. It has several names like mud bogging, mud racing, or some simply refer to it as muddiing. Whatever name sticks it is basically when off road vehicles are driven through mud pits to see how far a person can make it. The person that makes it the farthest wins.
To get the hang of the mud pit watch a few competitors go through first to learn the strong and weak points of the mud bog. Do not be in a hurry to be the first one, watch and learn first. After some information has been gathered then the chance of success greatly increases.
There are many videos online that can be valuable knowledge concerning tactics and discipline. Many examples of how it should be done and how it shouldn't be done (some of the best learning is want not to do). Some examples show actual racing, others simply show drivers fighting their way through deep, muddy holes or pits simply to prove they can take it.
The bottom line is two things are needed. A good solid truck and some wet mud, the wetter the better. The mud bogs are easy to find, especially in rainy season. If it is just a couple of guys killing time then any mud bog will do. If it's a scheduled event then a place that is set up for spectators might be needed, and it does seem to be a very popular spectator sport.
For the first time out any truck will be okay but eventually upgrades are going to be needed, especially if winning is the motive. Any thing that can be done to produce more horsepower is a must and beefing up the suspension will help.
The tires are the key to the greatest success of any good hard terrain truck . More aggressive patterns seem to have better traction over tough terrain. Better traction equals more distance and distance is the key to winning events. Also a back and forth motion offers new ground for the tires to grab on to. Try to maintain a good steady forward motion, changing the gears often seems to lose forward momentum.
This activity has been around for years in the south, but it is starting to gain a following all over the nation and even worldwide. It has several names like mud bogging, mud racing, or some simply refer to it as muddiing. Whatever name sticks it is basically when off road vehicles are driven through mud pits to see how far a person can make it. The person that makes it the farthest wins.
To get the hang of the mud pit watch a few competitors go through first to learn the strong and weak points of the mud bog. Do not be in a hurry to be the first one, watch and learn first. After some information has been gathered then the chance of success greatly increases.
There are many videos online that can be valuable knowledge concerning tactics and discipline. Many examples of how it should be done and how it shouldn't be done (some of the best learning is want not to do). Some examples show actual racing, others simply show drivers fighting their way through deep, muddy holes or pits simply to prove they can take it.
The bottom line is two things are needed. A good solid truck and some wet mud, the wetter the better. The mud bogs are easy to find, especially in rainy season. If it is just a couple of guys killing time then any mud bog will do. If it's a scheduled event then a place that is set up for spectators might be needed, and it does seem to be a very popular spectator sport.
For the first time out any truck will be okay but eventually upgrades are going to be needed, especially if winning is the motive. Any thing that can be done to produce more horsepower is a must and beefing up the suspension will help.
The tires are the key to the greatest success of any good hard terrain truck . More aggressive patterns seem to have better traction over tough terrain. Better traction equals more distance and distance is the key to winning events. Also a back and forth motion offers new ground for the tires to grab on to. Try to maintain a good steady forward motion, changing the gears often seems to lose forward momentum.
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Mudding truck videos can offer a lot of instruction on how to get good performance, also highlighting some of the pitfalls of the sport. It can get expensive if you push the truck to hard. Things break and they have to be fixed before you can go mud bogging again.
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