Time for some MUDDING!!!!

Ran the Hooben "Easy Eight" though one of my test course mud holes that is filled with 2 inch deep silty mud and a thin layer of water. I did not run the "Easy Eight" through my deeper mud because of the low ground clearance under the hull, it would have just gotten "bottomed out" and stuck.

Overall the Hooben "Easy Eight" did rather well. I had no track lose and the tank cleared the silty mud easily. I did get stuck once as the silt became more churned up and softer, though the tank was able to free itself with a little left-right-back-forth toggling of the control stick. A couple of small issues came up as the testing progressed, one was the rear exhaust grill dragging through the now churned up softer mud began to act more like an anchor. The second was the silt particles getting into the rear open slot on the fake shocks. This caused the suspension to lock up, but did do stop the tank or cause any other issues.

I had a REALLY fun time with this phase of testing and wanted to keep going!! But 35 min. of mud play and a locked up suspension was pushing it knowing there is still more testing that needs to follow.

I will be letting the mud dry on the tank then running it to see how "Easy Eight" components can self clear. After which I will be doing a suspension breakdown cleaning before moving on with further testing.

Below are some of the screen shots highlights from the "MUDDING" fun.