Fun time doing an easy then more difficult recovery

[Yeller]

Neighbor got his truck stuck yesterday. I swung by to pull him out, easy peasy, 2wd truck, not buried, hooked up the ol’ snatch rope and gave a gentle tug….

 

[Yeller]

Well should have had much more commitment…. My wife mows this so I was being gentle doesn’t look very stuck, flat ground or not it was just sinking, forwards, backwards, idling they were all 4 spinning…..

 

[Yeller]

Never fear! Broncno to the rescue! Tugged them both right out

 

[spap]

Great color on the jeep truck

 

[phred]

Nice work Steve. Glad to know I’m not the only one to ever be stuck on flat ground. Lol

 

[Madgyver]

rain soaked?

 

[ksagis]

Got a somewhat similarly funny story, back in the early 90s a buddy had a dually (only 2 wheel drive), stuck in wet grass at friend’s parents house - we’re in early 20s.

The guys dad comes out, get out his VW Rabbit, slings my buddy a rope, and pulls out the dually. Priceless!

 

[Yeller]

rain soaked?

Very much so

 

[nvrstuk]

Sounds like "sugar snow"... never want a video of you sitting there with all four 40"s gently spinning at idle in maybe 2" of snow... lol

 

[Speedrdr]

Sounds like "sugar snow"... never want a video of you sitting there with all four 40"s gently spinning at idle in maybe 2" of snow... lol

We have “sugar sand” down here. Will put one on the frame if perchance you were to ‘slightly’ spin 7.50-16s…or so I’ve been told.
Is that the same thing as “sugar snow”?

Randy

 

[nvrstuk]

Probably similar stuff. You can stand next to your rig on compact snow and your tires as they are spinning do not move ANY bits of snow at all. ZIP, none.

You could leave it there 5 min and it wouldn't have sunk a 1/2".

I will try to find a video where I am sitting in about a foot of sugar snow with all 4 wheels spinning and I'm 50' away taking a video of it. lol

 

[Yeller]

Probably similar stuff. You can stand next to your rig on compact snow and your tires as they are spinning do not move ANY bits of snow at all. ZIP, none.

You could leave it there 5 min and it wouldn't have sunk a 1/2".

I will try to find a video where I am sitting in about a foot of sugar snow with all 4 wheels spinning and I'm 50' away taking a video of it. lol

Had an instance like that with my Ram with the stock tires on it…. Working it back and forth on the hump at a gas station entrance. Truck would walk back and forth but not even shake forward or back on 1-1-1/2” of snow. Flinally cleaned enough of it off that it moved. When I finally got it home new tires were ordered. Next event was ice. New tires were better on ice in 2wd than the originals were on snow in 4wd. I was not impressed, nor a happy camper… truck with 12k on it getting new tires and they were less than 50% left. Love the Maxxis razr AT’s on it.

 

[nvrstuk]

I'm about to order some new MT, Baja MT's. Would love to try 42's for the snow but the rest of the year I just don't need them... It is amazing what a tread pattern will and won't do. My most obvious example was the Toyo's! Holy cow, what a WORTHLESS tire on anything but hard blacktop under an 8,000# truck. Rubber is so hard I drove them for 6 yrs and didn't wear off any tread. They are the only tire I've ever had that I lose speed, yea actually lose speed going downhill from my house (same road, same vehicle, same "test" for the last 47 yrs) as the rolling resistance is so high on them!

People love them but all they know is mileage.