Chandler,</P>
I myself like to take care of my equipment also, my wife makes the joke & tells folks that I like to keep the hunting vehicles as clean as if I was going to church in them. If there is a mud hole or water, and there is a way around it, I take the "dry" route. Like you, I have to pay for everything. Your equipment will take care of you if you take care of it. And I agree, there are times when hunting in the winter, that a person runs across some surprises, like falling into a deeper mud hole or water is a little deeper than a person thought, but that is far, far between, and that only runs very few feet, it's not like you running constantly in it, Something like a old stump hole or something, you will slip off into one for a second or two.</P>
Around here, when we come in from hunting, no matter if we are getting up just a few hours later and getting back intothe woods, or how tired you are, The vehicles get clean upas if they are going to be put up for awhile. That's why my equipment still looks brand new after years gone by. And we never, upon never, have any mechanical problems. We also spray down the vehicles with "Son of a Gun" or Armour All, that way when we come back from hunting, and afterdressing out the deer, when we clean off the mud and stuff , it just falls off the vehicles, makes it so much easier come cleaning time way after dark. We don't run threw water & mud just to prove a point, or just to test things, we use the vehicles just like they are set-up for. That's why our equipment last for so long.</P>
