I just realized this past weekend how big a difference tires make... things were pretty muddy out at the offroad park and three of us were heading down the steep trail that we usually use to get to our campsite. My girlfriend has Bridgestone Dueler AT Revos and she was slipping all over the place. My friend has BFG ATs and he slipped quite a bit - but not as much as she did. I have BFG MTs and I was solid as a rock. Almost NO slipping.

If you like to mud, get some mud tires... you'll be pulling that Jeep out when he gets stuck following YOU.

BTW - be really careful in the mud. You've obviously been splashing through it really hard to coat your entire truck like that... that's a recipe for frequent alternator replacement and possible mud intrusion into the intake. Several people here have destroyed their Xterras by going through (and getting stuck in) deep water and deep mud.

I try to stick to the rocks myself. When I see a big mud puddle I do the manly thing and drive around it