So this just happened...

I never thought I would introduce the truck to mud but me and the wife took the 4-wheeler out and it got stuck, and I mean stuck.

Light bulb, hey I have this huge truck, it can get it out.

Good news, 4-wheeler is free...bad news...




Tried a come along, I decided to back off before I broke it.

So my options...

Sleep in truck till it dries up and drive it out
Call a tow truck
Find someone with a truck that has enough testis to pull me out
"Borrow" a service truck from the fire station and winch it out...using it for personal use is highly discouraged.
Buy a member a pack of beer and have a laugh while he pulls me out, wink wink, tim....maybe a couple packs of beer...

Better call Tim and see if he can get near enough to get you out. How far from solid ground are you?

About 40 50 feet.

I would love to say this was a wife egged me on to do it but it was more of a, that doesn't look to bad, here hold my beer watch this type thing.

Does it need to go forward or backward?

I know what your thinking Gimp. Hopefully backwards.

Well it would be best to go backwards but the distance to drag would be almost doubled, although there is a patch of dry land not even 15 feet behind it. Just getting to it you have to go over a few small trees as it is a 4 wheeler trail.

You could use the rears as a winch. Run some rope through the rim holes and back out. It would help to do a rope on the left and the right.

Recovry4x4 said:

I know what your thinking Gimp. Hopefully backwards.

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No more thank you button?

Also by solid ground I mean ground you can jump up and down on and not dent more than 1/4". A wrecker will sink on ground that a 818 will walk across and barely leave tracks.

Wish I were closer... I would attempt to lend a hand.

Good luck getting it out. Take (and post) more pictures!

gimpyrobb said:

You could use the rears as a winch. Run some rope through the rim holes and back out. It would help to do a rope on the left and the right.

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I'll go to home depot and get some bulk rope tomorrow and give it a shot. I'll put in between the duals to minimize risk.

I like the idea though.

This will be a youtube moment tomorrow.

Csm Davis said:

Also by solid ground I mean ground you can jump up and down on and not dent more than 1/4". A wrecker will sink on ground that a 818 will walk across and barely leave tracks.

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I know what you meant, I was a H8 so I know, that why it would have to be forward drag.

I'm going to try the makeshift tire winch tomorrow, will take video.

ke5eua said:

This will be a youtube moment tomorrow.

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Absolutely!

Excited to see how this turns out.

In for video.

I see a lot of maintenance in your future.

So...I'll just let the video speak for itself. I suggest 720 or 1080 if you have the bandwidth.

The rope was maybe 1/2" nylon, I think it was marine rope, yellow. It was free, so I'm not to heart broken over it.

Any suggestions on rope type and size. I don't want to use wire or chain.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhLIpA5KdnI&feature=youtu.be

have you tried deflating the tires to 15-20psi? with NDT tires it makes a really big difference