Yep like above said, diesels are heavy but ford and dodge are better in deep mud, and tires make a big difference.
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All of those great features will cause you to bury your truck in some really bad, remote spots. A few years ago, I had to pull two 3/4 ton Chevy 4x4's that my Navajo Game Warden Buddys were driving. These pickups had the traction control.
Surprising thing was I did it with my Ford Ranger and a long jerk line.
Adios,
Gary
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Speaking from Ford diesel experience, tires make all the difference between a diesel totally sucking in mud and kinda sucking in mud....and all terrains lean more toward totally sucking than kinda sucking.
Look at the Dodge a few posts up with the more aggressive mud shedding tires. No wonder it's owner does well in the mudLast edited by Smart; 10-26-2018, 11:57 AM.
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The two 3/4 tons I pulled out were the gassers.
One of my lion hunting buddies from Montana purchased a new Tacoma and it took him several tries to shut the computer off so that we could get out of a snow bank. On the second jackpot, we never could get the computer to shut down so that we could get any power and I had to pull him out.
Adios,
Gary
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Nearly got in a few binds in utah last week. 4x4 long bed crew cab duramax with highway tires. Go down roads that were frozen in the morning and try to leave that evening after they thawed. Hitting the traction control button for 10 seconds to turn off traction control and stabilitrak helped. But in the end we had to run chains on all 4 tires.
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Originally posted by Gary Roberson View PostThe two 3/4 tons I pulled out were the gassers.
One of my lion hunting buddies from Montana purchased a new Tacoma and it took him several tries to shut the computer off so that we could get out of a snow bank. On the second jackpot, we never could get the computer to shut down so that we could get any power and I had to pull him out.
Adios,
Gary
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Originally posted by doublearrow View PostNearly got in a few binds in utah last week. 4x4 long bed crew cab duramax with highway tires. Go down roads that were frozen in the morning and try to leave that evening after they thawed. Hitting the traction control button for 10 seconds to turn off traction control and stabilitrak helped. But in the end we had to run chains on all 4 tires.
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If you want all the power, all the time, in a newer duramax you have to get to get it deleted and tuned. The stock computer settings only lets you use all the power when your pulling a trailer. My buddy got stuck out by the lake and had the same problem as what the OP described. If you know your going to be in a lot of mud I would get you a set of tire chains that will turn your street tire into a super swamper pretty much.
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Originally posted by keatonskidmore View PostOn pretty much every vehicle the traction control stays off once you press the switch. When you hold it it'll disable stability control and the other stuff. BUT when you go over 35-45 MPH it automatically enables stability control again. Only way to fully disable is removing fuses or wiring in a switch to the fuse to shut it off and on easier. Or have a tune written to disable it.
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