While I typically like to find a Muddy Monday video that shows a truck digging around in several feet of slop, there is just something about watching a relatively small Ford F-150 pulling a commercial dump truck across a slick sloppy clay surface.
While the F-150 in question really isn’t playing in much mud, the footing is slippery enough that the massive dump truck is stuck down the fairly slight slope, but fortunately there is a stock looking F-150 on hand to swoop in and save the day. You could probably fit several Ford trucks in the back of this big dump truck, yet the F-150 is strong enough to get it up to safety.
While this Ford F-150 is able to pull the dump truck up the incline, it comes with quite a bit of work and a whole lot of the smaller pickup sliding around the sloppy grounds. In the end, the F-150 is able to get enough traction of its own to pull it out, showing us all why the F-150 is one of the bestselling vehicles in the USA.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
