<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H2 Rocks:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MarineHawk:
I'm just really curious about how my new toy works. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Put the key in the ignition, turn it fully clockwise, after the engine starts, return the key to the accy position. Drive to the nearest mud hole and depress the accelerator all the way. You should notice a significant horsepower to weight ratio. Don't let this concern you, just keep the accelerator depressed or you next lessons are:
1)How to extract a 7000 pound vehicle from the mud with hecklers watching the whole time
2)What the little blue button on the dash does when you push it
Welcome to Elcova!
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Thanks. I'm still a little intimidated by mud. Fear of the unknown. I understand my limits on rocks, tree trunks, sand, snow, etc., but I've never really experienced mud enough to judge when to play and when to fold. I've seen a lot of people ruin their day in deep mud. My only real experience, was when I was second in a convoy of five Marine HMMWVs coming off of sand dunes onto a five-mile wide salt flats. However, because of recent rain, it was mud. The first two vehicles kept up enough speed to keep from sinking. The other three must have let off at one point a little, or maybe because they were in our tracks or something, and sank. So deep and so far from the other side (where our camp was) that they had to be lifted out by Chinooks. BTW: This is one situation where the new Allison engine would have probably helped IMO.