Marsh Mud

[johncub]

Last night I decided to take a little path I noticed a couple weeks ago. It is hardly noticeable and right off the main road. It is a little path that goes parallel with a bridge to get on to the island. I've been wanting to see where it went (under the bridge or not) so last night after wing night at my favorite dive I decided to wheel the jeep in to see what I could see. It was already 8-ish so it was pretty dark. The entrance to it was tight, having an electric pole and a ground mounted electric light but there were tire tracks on the other side so I figured it was possible.

There was a small (maybe 10' around) puddle but if you've every been around any marsh that big of a hole can mean certain death, or at least stuck beyond compare. I only had to put one side of the jeep in it (passenger side) and being that there were tracks on the other side I went ahead and assumed it was navigable. I put it in 4 hi and eased on through without any troubles. I did sink into the marsh mud a bit but nothing that caused concern.

I went out a couple hundred feet and realized I wasn't really able to see the trail in the dark with the stock lighting so I turned it around and decided to hit it another day during the sunny parts. On the way back through I felt more confident about the puddle so I didn't bother slowing down. This time it was on the drivers side and I had my window down about 4 inches as I was likely enjoying a cigarette. The first thing I noticed was a larger angle than I recalled going in so I gave it some gas to be sure I wouldn't have to call my friend to come drag me out. Immediately I realized I had mud on my face.

I ended up getting quite a bit of mud on the drivers side which I was quite excited about. Every time I've been off the road with the unlimited since purchase it has been as dry as a bone. Mind you, we don't have too many opportunities here in the Savannah area to get a place to get off road but anytime I leave town it's the first thing I look for. So this was my first mud, even though it was a paltry bit and I was excited. I didn't bother with pictures since it was just a wee bit compared to what I've seen on some rides online but I have one piece of advice for anyone that gets into any saltwater marsh:
The mud stinks. Wash it off asap!

It was a good bit of fun and I plan to explore that little path as soon as time and daylight allows. Maybe next time I'll snap some photos.



...just thought I'd share. Anybody else done any marsh bogging?

[jeepnut]

Aaaah, I got into it like it was a good story. Don't hesitate to share pics in here. EVERYBODY started off in a smaller mud hole ...everybody. I like to see all and any pics available on this site. Too bad we all don't have smellivision yet, I'm curious to what saltwater marsh smells like.

[johncub]

Honestly it smells like poop. Well, poopy mud. But I'll hit you up with some pics as soon as possible. Glad you liked the story. I enjoyed typing it out.

[nfunlimited]

Here in Newfoundland, we have a lot of bog. The soil content of the bog is very acidic. If you leave the mud on too long it will flake the paint.

It happenedd to my yj. I left the mud on for 2 days, and a few weeks after I washed it, it begain to chip, in almost the same shape as teh blob of mud. I now wash it off imediately when I get home,

[johncub]

Had to hit the marsh mud one more time before leaving. Big marsh bog was calling my name and since we're leaving for more rural pastures this weekend I had to hit it one more time.

Loaded up the kids (mine, 6 years old, nephew, 8 years old) and hit the very small patch of mud left on the island. The kids thought it was better than ice cream. I agreed.

Soon to come, stories of how red clay gets stuck in tires and bogs things down. ...or how an unlimited has so much torque it throws red mud 20' in the air. Or both.

[treeofliberty]

Living in Phoenix, we also don't get too much rain, and therefore not much mud. However, during January and February of 2005, it rained like I've never seen in Arizona. Some spots just north of Phoenix got 26 inches of rain during those two months. I think Phoenix got something like 13". Anyway... I was driving home from work via I-10, which was a parking lot. Getting low on gas, I jumped off at 32nd street to fill up. I passed a vacant lot, and it was too much to pass up. With a full tank, I started doing donuts and "burnouts". Since the Unlimited has 33x12.5's, I have about 3-4" of tread beyond the flares. This threw rooster-tails of mud waaaaay into the air, from all four tires. I was afraid the grin was going to be permanent. My mirrors were so caked with mud I had no hope of using them. That was big fun. A few days later it rained like that again, and I made sure to hit that lot again.

[treeofliberty]

This is my favorite muddy Jeepin' picture:

[huskerjoe]

treeofliberty said:

This is my favorite muddy Jeepin' picture:

You know its funny, this picture says a lot about people, the list of things we choose to stress ourselves out about these days is longer then ever before - but put someone in a Jeep and drive them through the muddiest hole you can find - and they all come out with a huge smile on their face.....hmmm, maybe we should just send a fleet of Jeeps to the Middle East, get a couple of guys from each side of which ever "war" happens to be going on at the time and slam them through a couple of huge mud pits, I bet they come out with a different view on things.....

[surfnsnow]

The mud up here in NorCal isn't that bad, but it gets slick as snot. The only thing that sucks is that it gets everywhere in the engine compartment. The guys at the jiffy lube hate servicing my jeep because of all the dry crustyness under the hood. Here's some muddin photos