Went to the local Mud Bog Boogie today and ran in my first ever mud bog. 
It was really fun. 
I drove home under my own power too.....
Met a fellow CK5'er there (91 full size jimmy), so hopefully he'll post up his images on this thread. I don't have any pics of ME, since I'm the one behind the camera most of the time, but I had quite a few people snapping pics of me and my truck, so once I get them I'll post them in the gallery too.
HERE WE GO!!!!.........
Link to pics is here: http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Gallery/album134
...And the Video of my run in the pit (50MB!) http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/bb03/pics/Gregs%20Mud%20Bog%20Run.MPG
I hope you like my "sponsors"
I unbolted the exhaust and ran open headers just to make it more raunchy-sounding. The pit was 150' long and had deep tracks in it. I was having quite a bit of trouble just getting through the tracks that the bucket loader made to even get to the timing lights at the staring line....I figured my run was going to be DOOMED! But once I got through about the first 30 feet...the truck just got in a slow rythym and I just kept the revs up and sawed the wheel from side to side which really helped it to "bite" in to the ruts and keep me moving along.
I forget my exact time, but I think it was something like 1m 30 seconds. The fastest truck made it in something like 20 seconds....and a LOT of trucks didn't even get all the way down the track, so I felt pretty lucky to have gotten as far as I did.
It was a LOT of fun....my engine compartment is packed with mud, and my electric fans are broken (again) but other than that the truck ran flawlessly.
It was really fun. I drove home under my own power too.....
Met a fellow CK5'er there (91 full size jimmy), so hopefully he'll post up his images on this thread. I don't have any pics of ME, since I'm the one behind the camera most of the time, but I had quite a few people snapping pics of me and my truck, so once I get them I'll post them in the gallery too.
HERE WE GO!!!!.........
Link to pics is here: http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Gallery/album134
...And the Video of my run in the pit (50MB!) http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/bb03/pics/Gregs%20Mud%20Bog%20Run.MPG
I hope you like my "sponsors"
I unbolted the exhaust and ran open headers just to make it more raunchy-sounding.
The pit was 150' long and had deep tracks in it. I was having quite a bit of trouble just getting through the tracks that the bucket loader made to even get to the timing lights at the staring line....I figured my run was going to be DOOMED! But once I got through about the first 30 feet...the truck just got in a slow rythym and I just kept the revs up and sawed the wheel from side to side which really helped it to "bite" in to the ruts and keep me moving along.I forget my exact time, but I think it was something like 1m 30 seconds. The fastest truck made it in something like 20 seconds....and a LOT of trucks didn't even get all the way down the track, so I felt pretty lucky to have gotten as far as I did.
It was a LOT of fun....my engine compartment is packed with mud, and my electric fans are broken (again) but other than that the truck ran flawlessly.
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