Then on the other side, I've had the under carrage so full of mud, it's like trying to pull 2 yards of mud out of the hole with the truck.

For the cost of what Mike has for a skid plate, I think I'm going to try that out.

My first "love" was (I still have it) is a 2 seater dune buggy.  I can still out wheel a lot of people in the lil 2 wheeler.

Anyway, the underside is like one giant skid plate.  I know that all I have to do is to get the front tires over an obstical and it will just slide the rest of the way over.