Too young!?

[Hammerlane]

Would you, have you taken a child wheelin?  how young was he/she

My daughter used to love it, she was 2, in the car seat in a 73' blazer (top removed) boggin was her favorite

My son now 3 1/2 just went for his first mud bog ride, strapped in of course but no car seat. took it easy and he had a blast.
I also wheeled him around out at the mounds last year, but we kept it pretty tame ( did'nt want to scare him )


How young is too young?? or does it depend on the child

[blue byu]

i think alot of it has to be the child my son was less then a year old on his first ride and he slept most of the way, the girl  on the other hand she was almost 4 and didn't like it still don't. but oh well i got one lil bogger so it's all good 

[Mudbuster]

I don't have any kids but I agree that it has a lot to do with the kid I tryed taking my niece with me once and she was fine untill I went to go up a fairly steep hill. But I say get them started early it may help keep them out of trouble when they get older.

[firemanp]

I had my 4 (quads) on the dunes when they were 1 years old. They loved it, slept most of the time.

[Hammerlane]

Yea, I took my youngest for his first ride on a quad when he was just 2 months old (1st gear with very little throttle) he smiled the whole time.

[Smithingell]

I think he means quadruplets...as in 4 babies, not a 4 wheeler...

[JeepinKammi]

It really depends on the parent and the child both.  If the parent feels comfortable with it and if the child feels comfortable with it.  Our youngest was 2 when we first took him out and he had a blast.  He thought for the longest time that he owned the bronco that we had. 

[HeatherLuvsMud]

I really think it depends on the child.  I have taken my son (he's 6) out to a few places now.  He was a little scared at first, but now everything is how much horsepower (even the Hot Wheels trucks he has), how big are the tires, and does it have a !

[jeepinjimmer]

my earliest memories are bouncing around in the back seat of a new ih scout up north.
if the child can walk, then i think its ok. if they can't support their own head, then it's not safe, they stand the chance of injury.



and by the way..i remember hitting my head on the roof of the scout....we didn't have car seats back then i guess...or seatbelts for that matter!

[Smithingell]

ahhhh..now we know why Jim is the way he is...


International brain damage...

[MidMichiganMudRun]

Never to young .....

[jeepinjimmer]

ahhhh..now we know why Jim is the way he is...


International brain damage...

yup...thats it!

[StephenLee]

I agree with jeepinjimmer. Only if they can support their own head. My earliest memories are of hill climbing with my mom in her 76 Chevy pickup, on a home made cushion on the console. lol

guess I'm just a chip off the ol big block!

[TBigLug]

Definitely, just old enough to support their own head and neck. And, like everything else in our sport, being responsible while wheeling. There could be nothing worse than a child getting injured while enjoying our sport. Across the road from me, a kid got ran over (years before I was here) during a mud bog and killed. Bad times. I take my nephew out with me every chance I get. I've taught him to "Hold on!' LOL, now if he sees me let go of the shifter in my truck he yells, "Hold on Big John, hold on!" All about the education and the continuation of our sport.

[my broke ass ford!!]

my little girl is 3 now she has been boggen and going to silver  lake  with me scince she was bout 5 months old she loves it and wants to god mudding every chance she gets just last weekend me and my little one went with better beaters wheeling at a buddys house as long as there not a newborn and can at least sit up there like a crunch wrap good to go

[betterbeaters]

I feel if you have young  kid with you your driving should be different... I dont have any kids but I have given lots of my friends kids rides and I aways take it easy, I throw some mud so the have a good time but I dont get on my rig like I would if the kid was not in it! safey frist!

[Hammerlane]

I feel if you have young kid with you your driving should be different... I dont have any kids but I have given lots of my friends kids rides and I aways take it easy, I throw some mud so the have a good time but I dont get on my rig like I would if the kid was not in it! safey frist!

I agree 100% I definately change my driving style with a little one in the truck, for safety the most but also so I don't scare them, then they won't want to come back.

[Smithingell]

I agree too...I drive a little easier with just about anybody else in the truck, unless I know for a fact that they can handle it...every time I have rolled, it was either by myself, or with my nephew Johnny in the truck...

if I'm by myself...wow, watch out!!!

[LUCKY]

I agree too...I drive a little easier with just about anybody else in the truck, unless I know for a fact that they can handle it...every time I have rolled, it was either by myself, or with my nephew Johnny in the truck...

if I'm by myself...wow, watch out!!!

Yep I can vouch for that last time I seen Johnny he was laughing and didnt know if he should video the roll over's (yes that plural) or help out.... So he did both

[Amcmudman]

I was 5 months old when my dad took me wheeling down in the smokey mountains in tennesse  been going ever since