[Mulletbird]

Also, I'd recommend getting a winch. Or at least make sure you have good places front AND back to strap to another truck (that can take the weight of your own truck) so they can drag you out. I've been up in the "mud pits" (very good description btw - my truck framed out because I was in 4H and just dug right through the mud like quicksand) and had to get pulled out - if I didn't have a good/accessible place to attach a strap, I would've had to call a tow truck (and they probably wouldn't come out, either).

Here's my friend's truck, stuck in the mud:


If he can get a 4x4 with BFG M/T's, and a 3/5 lift stuck in the mud, you can get your truck stuck. Believe me.