Tiny F-150 is a Big Mud Monster
F-150 has a shortened wheelbase and body, making it a cool little bogger with big V8 power.
The current trend in the monster mud truck world seems to be building the biggest truck possible, but the Ford F-150 in action in the video above has been designed with the opposite focus. What appears to have started as a short bed, short cab pickup has been chopped up to feature an even shorter wheelbase, making a very cool and very unique mud truck. Like us, you will want to call it small, but with the monster chassis setup, it is both tiny and huge in different aspects.
Shorty F-150
The footage above of this unique shortened F-150 playing at Perkins Mud Bog comes to us from the MudClips YouTube channel. Unfortunately, there is no information provided on this truck, so we can only guess as to what is going on in terms of mechanical features.
As you can see in the side views, this Ford truck has been shortened, with the rear wheels shifted forward towards the cab and the bedsides have been trimmed to place the wheel openings over the relocated axle. It clearly has a serious suspension setup, lifting the F-150 way up into the air, making plenty of room for the huge tires while providing plenty of ground clearance in the deepest mud. We can also see that the bed has been gutted and a police-style light bar has been attached to the roof.
Finally, the powerplant is definitely a healthy V8, with the exhaust headers being routed up through the hood, letting this F-150 roar in fantastic fashion. Frankly, we don’t understand why every dedicated mud truck doesn’t route the exhaust up through the hood.
The Rise and Fall
The footage begins with the shorty F-150 storming through the deep, Michigah mud in a portion of the pit that doesn’t look particularly deep, but it is thick enough to pose a challenge to the drivers and their rigs. After kicking through one of the deeper holes, we can see the white Ford working to dig through the shallower mud, eventually making to a harder section where the driver has to slowly move around the bulldozer.
In the next three clips, the shortened F-150 blasts across the mud, easily making it from one side to the other as it skims across the slop, but on the final run of the video, things don’t go as smoothly.
As the F-150 charges left-to-right across the Perkins Mud Bog off in the distance, we can see that the truck suddenly sinks, almost rear-end-first. This stops the big Ford in its place, and when the driver tries to back out, we can see that it just digs deeper into the mud, reminding us that sooner or later, everyone gets stuck.
Crank up your speakers and enjoy!
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