what do you think is better for a mud truck. stick or auto. stick shift can be push started if dead battery or starter. auto has no clutch to fry. whats your oppinoin?

 

IMO, off road stick will always be better.

 

I have had zero problems off roading in mine and mine was a 5 speed. Going to a six speed at the moment.

 

Autos are easier. Manuals aren't bad with proper gearing and half a brain. I don't do mud just trails/rocks/whatever else but i don't have to touch the clutch in the explorer (5.13's 35"s). Looking forward to building a doubler...but that's for another thread

 

I think it is more of what you are comfortable driving...Personally I would drive a manual over a auto any day they just seem more capable because you can rock them easier and such.

 

in the dunes i love manual cause you can just put it in 2nd and kind of crawl out of the sand if your getting stuck a little. but i love my auto. so funn, but it shifts like crap in the loose sand. 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd. all when im flooring it and drifting it. i know my tranny hates me when i go to the desert. but for mud i would just say mans. cause then you can pick a gear and stick with it!

 

definitely manual for a mud truck. you can easily get a truck unstuck by dumping the clutch in first and reverse. manuals don't do it the same.

 

my buddy has a jeep liberty with auto shift (like and old three wheeler manual shifting with no clutch) i've never drove it. i wonder if it would be the best of both worlds.