It's always and adventure with me...especially turkey hunting it seems

Dani

Dani

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Another first for me...OOOOPS!!! I went from ankle deep water on the high spots , and then slid right into the wheel ruts left by trucks and atvs...

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Three hours later, my buddy was finally meeting me up at the main highway...he came from jax while I walked the three or four miles to get there....whoooeeee (nor did it take me three hours to get to the highway...I got to sit around for two)

No bird either...but I saw him! And he's a monster!

Dani
 
Another first for me...OOOOPS!!! I went from ankle deep water on the high spots , and then slid right into the wheel ruts left by trucks and atvs...

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Three hours later, my buddy was finally meeting me up at the main highway...he came from jax while I walked the three or four miles to get there....whoooeeee (nor did it take me three hours to get to the highway...I got to sit around for two)

No bird either...but I saw him! And he's a monster!

Dani
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Did you at least say "yee haw"?
 
That's not an unfamiliar feeling, fortunately for me it's never happened to me in more than a few inches of standing water. I've also gone the other route where I started in the ruts and realized part way through that they're deeper than my clearance. Both involved shovels, mud & sweat to extricate.

Your learning!

scott
 
Hi Dani,
Those pics take me back to the three years I lived in Brunswick and fooled around with enduro motorcycles. I learned about waterproofing and mud riding real fast there. Make sure your brakes get washed out real good and dried or they will freeze up (just a little Yankee humor). Now go get that tom. I am looking forward to the day I can spend spring days chasing turkeys instead of teaching. Our season opens Wed I think. Good Luck.
 
Been there, Done That. Now I always carry two cable comalongs, a tow strap. ten feet of chain,an axe.a shovel, a chain saw,a large jack, a couple of short planks. and most important some experience.

Now that you have some experience. Go get that bird.(: )

 
Been there, Done That. Now I always carry two cable comalongs, a tow strap. ten feet of chain,an axe.a shovel, a chain saw,a large jack, a couple of short planks. and most important some experience.

Now that you have some experience. Go get that bird.(: )
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I don't know, but you would think a tough kid like that would pull out the hi-lift, grab a couple gators or snapping turtles to put under the tires for traction and get going. Maybe have to build a bit of corduroy road out of some 6' gators until she got going good.
 
I don't have a comealong, but will be getting me one soon enough, if not a winch. But I do have tow ropes a hatchet, shovel and usually have a couple of short planks as well. Not this time though...

And I couldn't find any gators or snapping turtles. Apparently my reputation preceded me and they made themselves scarce. And the few snakes I could rustle up wouldn't stay tied together and kept swimming off...

it was an interesting afternoon though.

Dani
 
Dani,

First time I buried a vehicle in mud/water I pulled out my 2 ton cable (1-T doubled) comealong, wrapped a strap around a tree and got NOTHING! The mud and water just won’t let go. Someone here may be able to refine the recommendation but I believe the minimum size winch for off roading is 4 or 5 tons. Even jacks need to be upgraded from the stock equipment. I tried to jack up my S10 after burying it in mud and water and the jack deformed before the vehicle started to move. The suction was just too much. A good hi-lift and a heavy chunk of board to transfer the jack’s load over a big area of the mud to keep the jack from burying it’s self in the mud.

A few words of caution. Winches are great because you generally don’t have to stand next to them to operate. A cable comealong has you standing right next to the highly stressed cable. Generally this isn’t the place to be if something goes wrong.

Enjoy! Scott
 
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Dani,

Fess up now... you were singing "get a little mud on the tires" with old Brad paisley weren't you...;-) What did we do before cell phones. I'm happay to say the last time for me I was drivin a "72" Chevy Blaser. As I recall it took two 4x4 John Deere tractors and a 12 pack of Bud...Oh those were the days. I'm glad to see you don't have any gator pictures in your puddle...hehe

Take care,

Ed L.
 
WHENEVER you are trying to yank something with a chain or cable make darn sure you have a tarp, blanket, or even a jacket or something else draped on the chain or cable to dampen the snap back when it breaks. Chain breaks have hurt people in the past and will again if you don't take precautions.
 
It's good to see you are having fun with that truck. I've done the same thing with a Nissan Pathfinder. The rut was on a slope, and the truck listed to one side and fried the brain located under the passenger seat--- fortunately the insurance covered me for my stupidity. It was a small puddle but deep, and it'll probably be something that will never be forgotten by all the friends who showed up to help me get her out. The truck was destroyed.

I like the Toyota trucks much better.

Did you try to lower the air pressure in the tires? , sometimes it'll give you a better footing-- but mud is mud slick as ice.
 
Ed-

Don't tell anyone! Geesh...and it irritated me b/c Redneck Woman was next...

Before cell phones...I'd go and beg someone to pull me out...thank god for cell phones sometimes...PIA though they are.

Dani
 
No, I didn't try lowering the air pressure...hadn't really thought about that...does that work well?

Dani
 
When we off road on the outer beach which is very loose sand we lower the pressure down to 12-15 psi. I've seen folks get stuck because they didn't "air down" and once they do they get unstuck. I don't know how it would work with mud because it's slippery, but it would give you more tire on the the ground, like a snowshoe.


The catch is finding an air station once you get back on pavement, you don't want to go too far with that pressure because it'll eat your side walls.


Here's a link that does suggest deflating tire pressure http://4wheeldrive.about.com/cs/offroadingtips/ht/blsandsnowmud.htm
 
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from there is about a fifteen minute drive...so it would just be better to have transportable air pump...I don't know if they make those or not, but it's something I'll keep in mind...

I know though that if I had deflated my tires there, I'd have basically bottomed out the truck so the frame was resting on the high spot...that would have been worse than the three hour wait and walk...IMO

Dani
 
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That's the great ting about 4 whell drive, it allows you to drive further in crap before getting stuck. With 2 whell drive, you would have gotten stuck much sooner and closer to the road.

The number of times I had this come true is too many to remember.

Mark W
 
Mark,

The way to do this is only drive in as far as two wheel drive will take you. Save the four wheel drive for getting back out.
 
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