Ride: 10" vs 12" with 42's

[blazinzuk]

A suspension that actually moves and articulates some will work better in the mud, besides just making the ride much more comfortable. Some decent suspension travel will help keep the tires on the ground when blasting through holes, and most mudholes on the trail I have seen do not have smooth and even entrances and exits.

quoted for truth, in my truck I can blast across ruts no one else can cause I flex and their trucks ride like tanks or worse

 

[odin]

A suspension that actually moves and articulates some will work better in the mud, besides just making the ride much more comfortable. Some decent suspension travel will help keep the tires on the ground when blasting through holes, and most mudholes on the trail I have seen do not have smooth and even entrances and exits.

Well put.
I can state this from experience. I wheel with plenty of sky high leaf sprung mud trucks (all on 44s or larger) Once on the trail NONE of them can keep up. My linked junk on 35s makes it down the trails leaving these guys with one tire off the ground trying to make it over a tree stump or rock pile.