F-150 is making good progress, but each run ends with the deep mud winning the battle.
Most of the mudding footage that we feature shows a Ford F-150 conquering some of the worst pits in America, but it is important to remember that sooner or later, everyone gets stuck. There are some mud bogs that are too deep and too thick to dig through, and those are the holes that swallow up even the biggest mega mud machines.
The video above comes to us from the Mudclips YouTube channel and it shows a monstrous F-150 that handles the pit well at first, only to get bogged down at the end of the run.
Mega F-150
Unfortunately, there are no details accompanying this video, but we can make out the key features based on what we can see and hear.
This is an “old body style” or OBS F-150 body, having been built for the 1992 through 1996 model years. The body looks to be more or less stock, at least what is remaining. There are holes cut in the hood for the exhaust and the bumpers are gone, but the rest of the body is similar to your average street truck.
Below the body, we would guess that nothing on this F-150 came from the factory. It clearly has an aftermarket suspension setup with heavy duty axles. The engine may be based on a factory option, but we can tell by the sound that this V8 packs more power than any stock Ford engine in the 1990s.
Of course, a huge set of tractor tires completes the package, likely making this OBS Ford unstoppable in just about any pit. However, no truck is truly unstoppable.
Tough Endings
The video above offers two examples of this mega F-150 storming across the Perkins Mud Bog in Michigan. On each run, the truck is making solid progress and appears to be headed for the grassy banks, but on each run, the final hole proves to be too much. When the big Ford hits these holes, the truck quickly sinks deep into the mud and as the driver tries to power out, the F-150 just digs itself further into the slop.
To some, these runs might be unsuccessful, but to an experienced mudder, this is just another day at the bogs.
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