how I wasted my day - picture attached

[aviator41]

Here, for your vieweing pleasure, is a photo of what I did today.

temp got up to 111, according to the truck. this is what happens when you don't scout your trail to the river after an abnormally high rainfall summer. You probably can't see it, but just in front of the truck is a three foot cliff. had I not slammed on the brakes, I'd have seriously damaged the truck. Instead, I got stuck. all four wheels spinning freely, entire frame sitting on powdery sand. you can see the step bar is below the sand line. seriously stuck.

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I had driven the trail a hundred times last year without so much as needing 4X4. this time, I not only got my truck hopelessly stuck, my brother whom I called out to help, got hopelessly stuck as well.

We finally used the locking diff on my truck to pull him free by using a wheel as a redneck winch of sorts, the turned around and used the same setup to free my truck, dragging his truck 6 feet in the process. got out there at 9:30 this morning, didn't get home until 7:00pm.

Amount of work I got done: absolutely zero. what a waste. I will have a 12,000 lb winch on the truck by the end of the week.

 

[piston10]

Nice truck! Hope that helps

 

[dennishoddy]

HA! HA! I've been stuck worse than that a zillion times. Just don't have the pics to prove it.

Sand sucks. Worse than mud.

My solution on sand(and I have had several trucks on Little Sahara State Park in the big sand) is to let the tire pressure down to just enough to keep the bead from coming off the wheel. Most times if your not high centered, this will work.

I never leave the house without a shovel and high lift jack.

 

[cichlid-dave]

Not my truck but I did try to help this dude out. This is under the Reno Ave Bridge on the North Canadian River (aka Oklahoma River). The truck sat there for about a week in a cold spring month.

 

[dennishoddy]

Lesson #1. Never go mudding without a back up truck and equipment.

 

[aviator41]

Lesson #1: never go where a winch can't get you out.
Lesson #2: have a winch

Pinton10: thanks!

There is just no way I'd leave my truck stranded for a week. Just. No. Way.

 

[TerryMiller]

Lesson #3: A four-wheeled vehicle is guaranteed to be a vehicle to get one into a place where a tow truck can't pull you out.

 

[twocan]

Not stuck... Just delayed

 

[Okie4570]

Ford Super Duty + Suger sand= stuck 99% of the time. I can confirm this three times.

 

[ez bake]

Could have been worse...