Ford F-150 is a purpose-built machine, but this videos reminds us that sooner or later, everyone gets stuck.
In most cases, we only try to showcase videos of Ford F-150pickups succeeding in the mud, but this video reminds us that getting stuck is an unavoidable part of playing in a serious mud bog. This footage comes to us from the Rockwell Offroad YouTube channel and it features footage from the Pine Grove Mud Racingevent in Bon Wier, Texas, back in the summer of 2018 showing that not every truck makes it out of the slop without help.
F-150 on Tractor Tires
Sadly, there are no details on this Ford F-150, but we know from the appearance that this truck came from the tenth generation, which ran from 1997 through 2003. Well, the body is from a tenth generation F-Series pickup and there is a chance that the chassis did as well, but we don’t know for sure. What we do know is that this truck is competing in the Tractor Tire class at the event and to make those huge tires fit under the body, this F-150 has an elaborate chassis and suspension build.
Also, we can tell from the roar of the engine that this F-150 is packing a built V8, with the headers extending up through the hood of the surprisingly clean exterior, but we don’t know what variety of mill is at work here.
Deep Mud Racing
Mud drag racing is generally done in a pit that is either shallower or drier than the slop in the video above, but the mud in this footage looks more like the average bog than a race track. As the F-150 launches hard, kicking up grass, dust and dirt as it roars into the mud, it has good momentum and it appears to be off to a great start, but that ends in a hurry.
A short distance into the pit, the Ford truck hits a hole of thick, deep mud that stops the F-150 in its tracks. As the driver tries to dig out, the rig quickly sinks to the point where the tires are buried. There is clearly no chance of this Ford truck driving out on its own, so they get a bulldozer to drag it back to dry land.
The video ends with another run, this time in the dark, but once again, the thick mud proves to be too much, bringing the F-150 to an abrupt halt.
"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.
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