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Discussion starter · #41 ·
slayer1962 said:
all ball busting aside congrates on getting into the mud!
I used a CJ5 for years in the mud. Got too expensive so I bought a atv. lighter on thier feet (tires) than the Jeep
If you are going to offroad I always spent about $3000 a year on repairs! springs, spring hangers, shocks, driveshafts, bearings , brakes and tires (nails, railroad spikes)
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i wasant really off roading just the trail i used to pull down my stands for the season.
 
Discussion starter · #43 ·
Zone9DeerSlayer said:
That looks like Wharton State Forrest. (Where wheeling is legal, no one would post pictures of trespassing here I'm sure :rolleyes:). The Pines didn't get as much snow as we did up north.
yep it in zone 23, wasant realy off roading thats the main road. lol. you have to be street legal to drive on it. i was in there pulling tree stands. and got stuck. knew you guys would get a kick out of it.
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#48 ·
i feel your pain bro i got my 10 silverado stuck in the snow a week ago ! i tried to cut through my buddys property threw 2 feet of snow got half way and spinnnnnnnn! my brother had a f150 in the plowed driveway , and super long rope , when we connected up and his 2x4 got stuck in the driveway on ice....lol when my buddy came back from the liquor store with his jacked up 4x4 f250 and plow , came into the snow to chain up next to me and got stuck .....all three of us idiots were now stuck ....!! so my buddy called his buddy with an old ass bronco and got us all out lol!!! it was pretty comical but moral of story is without the proper setup and a little less beer dont try this at home !!
 
#49 ·
BUCK_BLASTER said:
i feel your pain bro i got my 10 silverado stuck in the snow a week ago ! i tried to cut through my buddys property threw 2 feet of snow got half way and spinnnnnnnn! my brother had a f150 in the plowed driveway , and super long rope , when we connected up and his 2x4 got stuck in the driveway on ice....lol when my buddy came back from the liquor store with his jacked up 4x4 f250 and plow , came into the snow to chain up next to me and got stuck .....all three of us idiots were now stuck ....!! so my buddy called his buddy with an old ass bronco and got us all out lol!!! it was pretty comical but moral of story is without the proper setup and a little less beer dont try this at home !!
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^Thats a classic right there.

Me and a friend were baiting and got stuck so my other buddy came to pull us out and then he got stuck. He got pissed and kept revving it up big time. He finally said forget it I'll go get the back ho. While he was gone getting the back ho his truck caught on fire. Me and my buddy were running around like two blind foxes in a hen house. His truck got all burnt up and I felt horrible.
 
#51 · (Edited)
I pulled a dodge 1500 extended cab out of a ditch at the bottom of a hill. During that snow storm we had on Halloween two years ago. With my 92 wrangler, 8000 lb American built winch, a snatch block in the right place, and a cable dampener. I had to pull him from up above him on a hill, entire street was a sheet of ice, anchored my rig to a tree with a tree saver my rear D-rings and a heavy tow strap. The guy I pulled out couldn't believe it worked took about twenty minutes to set up and ten to pull him up inch by inch. He was a heavy equipment operator and had experience pulling machines out of tough spots. Proper technique is important. When I got him out he said he was going to buy a jeep. Takes years of trial and error to learn. Now after twenty years of watching guys go to the emergency room. I give seminars to my club on safe winch technique with the winch reps once a year. Minimizes unsafe practices and cuts down on injury. Recovery can be dangerous if done wrong. Chains and cables can kill quickly if used improperly. Ive even seen guys spool their hand into the cable drum before, chains come through windshields, cables snap and whip people. (I use a synthetic rope instead of cable now) Scary stuff changed my views on steel cables and chain.

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#52 ·
Zone9DeerSlayer said:
I pulled a dodge 1500 extended cab out of a ditch at the bottom of a hill. During that snow storm we had on Halloween two years ago. With my 92 wrangler, 8000 lb American built winch, a snatch block in the right place, and a cable dampener. I had to pull him from up above him on a hill, entire street was a sheet of ice, anchored my rig to a tree with a tree saver my rear D-rings and a heavy tow strap. The guy I pulled out couldn't believe it worked took about twenty minutes to set up and ten to pull him up inch by inch. He was a heavy equipment operator and had experience pulling machines out of tough spots. Proper technique is important. When I got him out he said he was going to buy a jeep. Takes years of trial and error to learn. Now after twenty years of watching guys go to the emergency room. I give seminars to my club on safe winch technique with the winch reps once a year. Minimizes unsafe practices and cuts down on injury. Recovery can be dangerous if done wrong. Chains and cables can kill quickly if used improperly. Ive even seen guys spool their hand into the cable drum before, chains come through windshields, cables snap and whip people. (I use a synthetic rope instead of cable now) Scary stuff changed my views on steel cables and chain.

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what club are you in?
 
#53 ·
I wasn’t planning to mention this on NJH, but I got my Toyota Tacoma, adequately equipped with street tires, stuck in the snow on the last day of winter bow this year. I was trying to park on the side of the road by a hedgerow I was going to hunt from, but within nanoseconds, I bottomed out couldn’t move an inch. Fortunately, I had just enough foresight to bring a snow shovel along. So after an hour of digging, bending my shovel and getting nice and sweaty, I managed to get my truck free… just in time for a squad of snowmobilers to drive by where I was planning to set up, hooting and hollering like a bunch of cowboys the whole time. I decide continue with my hunt as planned, so after I managed to park without getting stuck, I got geared up and trudged 150 yards to my spot through 2 ft snow, getting even hotter and sweatier in the process… I hooked my climber to the tree, got strapped in and ready to climb when I notice one of my stirrups was broken. At first, I thought I’d “probably” be ok with one stirrup, but then it occurred to me that when folks think something will “probably” be ok (meaning there is a known possibility of failure), is exactly when it turns out not to be ok… Sort of how I thought trying to park in 2 ft of snow, or the OP thought driving through a mud puddle in the woods, would “probably” be ok, even though all our vehicles had were street tires.
 
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