I love this video...Music to my ears. Who wants to loan me $60-70k so I can have one built? 
[YOUTUBE]4A98SJg-iuc[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]4A98SJg-iuc[/YOUTUBE]
CK5
Register an account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members.
Crawling is for babies
- Thread starter Zeus33rd
- Start date
Thats how they wheel in the south...Check out the rest of that dudes videos. 
chevysmithz71
1/2 ton status
Must not show tree huggers!!
I would love to ride shotgun on that rig. I love the way they wheel. To me, that's a lot more fun than crawlin.
Let's see, in the woods, big horsepower, big tires, big balls. I'm in. If I win the lottery, me and all my friends here on CK5 get 60K to ONLY spend on their rig. Whatever they want, as long as its for the rig!
Let's see, in the woods, big horsepower, big tires, big balls. I'm in. If I win the lottery, me and all my friends here on CK5 get 60K to ONLY spend on their rig. Whatever they want, as long as its for the rig!
dfl701
1/2 ton status
theres a link to a john deere buggy on pirate somewhere, ill have to do some looking
edit: heres some more of these things
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981370&highlight=john+deere+buggy
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=946206&highlight=john+deere+buggy
edit: heres some more of these things
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981370&highlight=john+deere+buggy
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=946206&highlight=john+deere+buggy
KevinL
Registered Member
I don't get it
Whats wrong with crawling? Its probably faster still, and saves fuel
x2
Those are also expensive tires to do that with
Thats just the wheeling style out there. The muddy shalerock is just too slippery for slow speed traction. It's like ice wheeling.
You can't crawl up that, it's a lot steeper than it looks and way too slippery. Do you notice when the don't make it they always end up sliding backwards with all 4 wheels locked up, or flipping over if they bounce wrong? It's almost always on private land too.
90'K5
1/2 ton status
Just to clarify, that’s not how everyone in the south wheels - I've never seen that video, but the style is more Eastern Tennessee/Alabama - no offense to anyone that lives there. Do a search for Tim Cameron.
IMHO, as impressive as the rigs are and although on private property, I think that style is really bad for our sport. There is no concept of “tread lightly” and with so much tree/foliage damage the huggers can use the footage as a representation of the entire community.
IMHO, as impressive as the rigs are and although on private property, I think that style is really bad for our sport. There is no concept of “tread lightly” and with so much tree/foliage damage the huggers can use the footage as a representation of the entire community.
I think you may be correct on the northern alabama tennessee style driving, its much too flat down here for that. I love the video though, looks like an awesome time. and as for the foliage....that stuff was gonna fall off in the fall anyway...
Thats how they wheel in the south...Check out the rest of that dudes videos.
I wouldn't mind driving one of these, I wouldn't own one and drive like this all the time, but it's pretty much how we drove back home in muddy hills, it was the only way we could go anywhere.
They do have the HP though to do this, but some are real idiots and can't really handle what they got.
I did see a couple that are pretty good at it.
It's not about hitting the rev limiter all the way, it's to get it just right, and sometimes all you need after getting it going is a blip of gas here and there.
There were a couple of guys that had it perfect, hit it hard to get moving and then everytime the bounce and then hit the ground again, they blip it and they get up in a couple of seconds.
The others just hit it and stay on it and stick to a rut, and spend the day going side to side.
Kjunky5
1/2 ton status
1:10 in is the best.
1:10 in is the best.
Kjunky5
1/2 ton status
I didn't do that, but I have been stuck in ruts and going nowhere, so I have learned the hard way how to drive in this type of terrain.I take it you've done this?
My trail was more clay mud, and once your tires were coated with the stuff, you weren't going anywhere fast.
The trick is to have momentum and just enough spin to get the best traction.
And no, I don't go around breaking trees and stuff, I am no tree hugger, and neither is my truck.
I have to agree with this statement. Ive watched a lot of these videos on youtube and there are some sick rigs and look fun to drive or even ride in but I feel like this style of wheelin is a bad image for our sport. There is a lot of unnecessary damage caused by the wild crazy driving. In the wrong hands these images can have a poor effect on our sport.
