panhandle mud, how do you get around?

[randal]

we have that red dirt at my lease and when it rains its HORRIBLE, can't drive straight, end up in the bar ditch, the 4 wheeler gets the tires coked up cause its so sticky.. so i was wondering how do y'all get around when it rains it the red dirt???

[Drycreek3189]

Drive faster !

[Plain Lucky]

I stay home and save the myself from getting stuck, the cleanup, and avoid making the landowner mad by tearing up his roads.

[Killer]

If you can't drive a 4-wheeler in it it must be real bad!

[panhandlehunter]

I never had much of a problem when I hunted there. Either in my truck or my lease vehicle.

[westtexducks]

true mud tires help that have big enough spaces between treads to facilitate getting the mud thrown off of the tire instead of sticking to it.

But like mentioned above I just stay out of it. Our place down along the pecos river in west texas gets like that, I can get in and drive it if I have to but, it takes a good amount of tractor work to get rid of the ruts that remain.

[Shane]

Fat/wide tires are bad in mud and on ice. You need taller, skinnier tires. Then you just need to learn to drive in mud. Not too fast, not too slow. Know when to gun it and when NOT to gun it.

[Playa]

Wait til it freezes

[Smart]

[ultralite09]

I avoid it, ill go hunt somewhere else rather than make the 3 hour drive to go get stuck. Theres been times Ive contemplated it, multiple times but have just not been mad enough at them.


Luckily the road to the camp house is paved and my lease is 2 miles away from where I stay out there but I could get to my lease on a paved road. From there it would be about a 1/4 mile walk to the stand.

So really, I could do it if I wanted to.

[Heron]

Like others above, I don't. I sit there and spin my wheels for several minutes then give up. Fortunately, this is in the driveway of my folks barndo so I usually just unpack and go hunting.

[randal]

In thinking about getting a motel room about 6-7 miles from the lease and parking on the side of the highway but there's only a couple stand choices if I do that and the roads may be bad.. I thought about pulling my bils can am 1000 out there because I feel like that would have enough power to not let the wheels clog up with mud and lock up.. Maybe making it to camp and walking to a stand everytime (which leaves one stand choice) but I paid a lot for the lease.. The ranch manager tears the roads up in the rain doing his thing then blades it later so I'm not worried about that..

[Kurdawg]

Spray your tires with Pam before going in mud.

[Flint knapper]

I stay home and save the myself from getting stuck, the cleanup, and avoid making the landowner mad by tearing up his roads.

I agree! Quickest way to get run off a lease!

[tkuehn5410]

We had the same problem at an old lease that was 3.5 miles from nearest paved road. Took us a couple of years til we quit going out there if there was bad weather.