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#100476 - 23/01/02 01:28 PM Advice on driving on muddy slope....
KJ_dragon Offline
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How do I drive on a slightly muddy slope with General Grabbers?

See the Story for details.

thanks in advance to anyone who can offer some words of advice.

[ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: KJ_xterra ]
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#100477 - 23/01/02 01:40 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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I sold the grabbers to a soccer mom the same day I picked up the X. Seriously, if you use your X for work and you have to drive in that kind of slop, get a better set of tires. It beats "waiting till they wear out" to justify the purchase. What if you'd slid back into 101 and gotten creamed by oncoming traffic? Would that have justified new tires?

Good tires are absolutely the first mod you should make on any "specialty" vehicle whether its a sports car, a 4wd, or whatever. The only vehicle I ever bought new that had a righteous set of rubber on it was my Polaris ATV...
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#100478 - 01/02/02 07:13 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Is it a manual or auto?

One of the trick to hill climbing with a manual is picking the right gear. On hill climbs like that where you don't have much traction you need momentum and generally the highest gear you can possibly can be in and still spin the tires. Usually in 4 low, first is too low, 2nd is good for most and third is usually the highest you will want to go.

You don't want to give it too much throttle and be spinning. You want to give it as much throttle as possible without spinning or very little spinning. If it starts to spin let off slightly and ease it back on. You don't want to let off too much, just enough to just barely stop the spinning. On hillclimbs spinning just wastes the very little traction you have. There is a lot of trial and error though since every situation is different.
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#100479 - 01/02/02 08:07 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Fire up a pair of SRM's (Solid Rocket Motors)... laugh

DetR6oit pretty much nailed it, though.
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#100480 - 01/02/02 09:46 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Originally posted by BoarderPhreak:
Fire up a pair of SRM's (Solid Rocket Motors)... laugh


SRM's? Might want to get them from these folks... http://www.srl.org

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#100481 - 02/02/02 03:14 AM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Nice Jeeper smile Great advice! And an FNG, undoubtedly here because of the JU posting... Let's start the brainwashing...

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#100482 - 02/02/02 11:14 AM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Matt, that's weak man. Ian knows how to do it:
http://www.xterrain.com/asciiart.html

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#100483 - 02/02/02 10:25 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Quote:
Originally posted by Matt Peckham:
Nice Jeeper smile Great advice! And an FNG, undoubtedly here because of the JU posting... Let's start the brainwashing...

X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A X T E R R A


Well, I have seen this site once before but the JU post brought me back and caused me to look around. As for the brainwashing that will be pretty hard. I am a pretty diehard Jeep guy. smile Still like the X though.
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#100484 - 02/02/02 10:33 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Originally posted by DetR6oit:

As for the brainwashing that will be pretty hard. I am a pretty diehard Jeep guy. smile Still like the X though.


then its all good cause i think you could say the reverse is true for most of us...
we're pretty diehard Xterra guys. smile Still like the Jeeps though.

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#100485 - 02/02/02 11:26 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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then its all good cause i think you could say the reverse is true for most of us...
we're pretty diehard Xterra guys. smile Still like the Jeeps though.

[ 02-02-2002: Message edited by: Todrick ]


Hell yes!! I owned a '80 CJ-5 for 6 years back in the day and miss it dearly...ahh a Jeep with ROUND head lights. wink I remember people getting pissed when they went square. BTW, sound familiar?? laugh
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#100486 - 02/02/02 11:42 PM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Originally posted by Miikkaa:


Hell yes!! I owned a '80 CJ-5 for 6 years back in the day and miss it dearly...ahh a Jeep with ROUND head lights. wink I remember people getting pissed when they went square. BTW, sound familiar?? laugh


yeah... once again its just reversed...

Jeepers got pissed when the round lightas went square

Xers got pissed when the square lights went round

ok this is getting creepy laugh

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#100487 - 04/02/02 02:08 AM Re: Advice on driving on muddy slope....
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Originally posted by Todrick:


yeah... once again its just reversed...

Jeepers got pissed when the round lightas went square

Xers got pissed when the square lights went round

ok this is getting creepy laugh


Well if it is truley reversed to Jeeps maybe you will get a solid axle next, unlike the Liberty which got IFS. Then I really might convert and gett an Xterra. laugh
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