Muddi gras, Kenansville, Florida

[FloridaCherokee1988]

Just had to post this link to Jeepz here. These are pics from the muddi gras mud fest in February 2009 in Kenansville, Florida. Lots of Jeeps but out of 43 pages of pics only 1 XJ (page 21), funny though, he's the only one that can go through it all without tractor tires!; )

Muddi Gras Feb., '09 - Bill Pruitt Photography

 

[TerryMason]

Pretty cool pictures!

What's with the rotor / caliper mounted on the front of this truck though:

Muddi Gras Feb., '09 - Bill Pruitt Photography

 

[FloridaCherokee1988]

Lol not sure what that's about, sure there's a story behind it lol

 

[xt master]

It is the braking system.I took this from the Big Foot site

"Something else we have that is unique in the monster truck industry is an internal planetary disk brake, also called a wet brake," Chandler said. "BIGFOOT trucks have one at each wheel. Ninety-nine percent of other monster trucks out there have disk brakes on the drive shafts. If they break an axle, differential, drive shaft, or a planetary, they have no brakes on two of the wheels." Although the truck still would have brakes on the other two wheels, it presents a hazard nonetheless, Chandler explained. After a jump, monster trucks often land on two wheels. If those wheels don't have the ability to slow or stop, the driver doesn't really have any control over the vehicle until the other two wheels touch down.