Originally Posted by jawbone
I guess my dad got a good deal on them because he put mud grips on the rear of my first car, a '72 Ford LTD. That thing had a big engine and would go through mud about as well as any pick up. This was in the late 70's and it was not uncommon to have mudders on the rear of a 2 wheel vehicle as 4 wheel drives were not as common as today.


One of my logging contractors would buy old Ford LTD wagons and throw some mud tires on the back and use them for crew “trucks”. With a load of tools in the back and 4-5 men in the seats, he’d go lots of places as long as he could touch bottom.