Yep old ski poles work great for keeping yourself vertical while traversing mud. They are also great for wading streams while fly fishing.
4x4 for wister
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I dont think it really matters that much. 4x4 or not once that wister mud cakes up in your tires you are going to slide!
I drive a 2000 tacoma 4x4 rear dif lockers, got stuck a couple times. What makes me not want to go out again in the mud is the massive amount of undercarriage rust it caused. I always pressure washed the underside after each trip and still the whole underside of my truck is hammered with rust. I respect the guys that go for it in their new trucks but make sure you get all the mud off. A lot of the area around wister stays like this even if we haven't had rain. I'm sticking to the dry dirt roads this season.
This is what you'll need to get out of the mud at Wister
Inflation for shure Steve I remember about 10 years ago they had 5 stuck on scaup.....it was 500 a pop thenYep...At a 1000 bucks a pop...It's probably paid for itself a 100 times over...
I know what I'll do...... I'll call the diesel Brothers and have them build me a diesel-powered track bus with all track drive. The bus would be like 5ft high. I'll pull up to the check station, load up 25 guys ,there dogs and Arrow weed. Ill haul them out to the parking lot for there blind. I would do 2 trips a day to each parking lot. Before sunrise and after sunset. Cost you $20 a trip from Main parking lot to blind parking lot and vice versa.
There would be lots of storage under the bus and a long extended flatbed trailer for decoy carts and other large items. Think I could probably get it done for about $75,000..... Now just to come up with the cash.
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There would be lots of storage under the bus and a long extended flatbed trailer for decoy carts and other large items. Think I could probably get it done for about $75,000..... Now just to come up with the cash.
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With all the mud and snow I've been in, the balance of the weight in the truck makes a huge difference from stopping on top of the road or sliding off one side.
The location & size of the tranny and bigger trucks
250 & 350 is not better in mud & snow.
Personally I'll take a little mud over that fine silt dust.
The location & size of the tranny and bigger trucks
250 & 350 is not better in mud & snow.
Personally I'll take a little mud over that fine silt dust.
Limited slip or locker, I'd go locker, but neither will help much without big tires.
I have offroaded and done volunteer recovery in the Valley for 20 years. Locked Cummins on 40" tires, 12 winch and boom. The mud is grease when wet. Best thing if you don't want to pay a big bill is give it a day or two to dry.
If you get stuck, holler...I like a challenge.
I have offroaded and done volunteer recovery in the Valley for 20 years. Locked Cummins on 40" tires, 12 winch and boom. The mud is grease when wet. Best thing if you don't want to pay a big bill is give it a day or two to dry.
If you get stuck, holler...I like a challenge.
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Good leg work out if the 10lbs of mud on each boot isn't enough.I'm getting the shoe chains for my waders. They'll work in the Wister mud.