Originally Posted by SLE

I found a disllike! Don't get stuck in the mud! I was out looking over a pipeline route and took a prairie trail that looked decent. After traveling about 500 yards I decided that it was gonna get a bit sloppy so I decided to turn around. Of course as I pulled into a grass area to make the turn the front driver side tire dropped, and the the rear driver side was sitting in the rut on the prairie trail. I found I could move about a foot forward or backward but couldn't get it to climb back up on top. The tires turned into to complete slicks and were all but worthless. To make matter worse, between the throttle by wire and the turbo lag I had a heck of a time trying to rock it. Since I could only move a foot and needed to go backwards, from the time I would stand on the go pedal to the time when it would actually wind up, I had already moved back a foot and was up against the ledge. It was like for the first second or so I had about 1% of the power and then it would kick in. I ended up having to power brake it inorder to build boost and get rid of the throttle lag and even then it still wasn't good! My other complaint is with the throttle by wire when you let off the go pedal it takes a second for it to notice this and quite building power. I noticed this before in the snow but it was really apparent when I was stuck.

I never did get out on my own power however I called my brother in law who brought down his 2012 Chevy 3500 Duramax. Well he ended up stuck before even making it half way down the prairie trail. I don't think he was in 2" of slime and that thing wouldn't move at all! We ended up doing a little shoveling, stuffing some wheat chaff under the tires and pushing his out. He gave us a ride back to town where I grabbed the ol F250 V10. No, as bad as my tires are on it I didn't even attempt it with the F250! I hooked up to the flatbed and took a tracked skidsteer out for the extraction!

Anyway, long story short, there is a massive lag in throttle reponse between the turbos and the throttle by wire that makes getting unstuck almost impossible! when driving it day to day I don't notice it very often but it was very apparent in this situation.

Originally Posted by SLE

tseekins, not at all. why do ask?