So, I mostly lurk around here, hardly posting at all. I saw this today, and knew I had to share it with you guys.

A welder who was on his way home in Rochester, NY helped pull a semi out of several inches of snow on the highway.

Watch the video here

'It's a Ford': Welder's Pickup Pulls Stranded Rig From Snow

 

My SD saved me last week. I slid my kubota tractor with an 1100Lb. round bale of baleage, chained to the bucket, backwards into a ditch in ice and snow. I was able to dump the bale, push it out of the way with the ranch-hand, and pull the tractor out, while on sheet ice. I love my SD! the studded snows sure help too!

 

Its a FORD. Enough said. Love it

 

I'm sure the tractor-trailer had to be empty and the tractor was also using it power to help get out of the snow drift. Still pretty cool though!

 

Well, it's not like it's a space shuttle...

 

Before I bought my 2010 F350SD 4X4 6-Speed, I was on the fence whether to buy Ford or Dodge. That was settled when watching an episode of Gold Rush on Discovery, where a stuck semi towing a low boy trailer hauling a 20,000lb rock wash plant stuck in the Yukon mud, was pulled up the road with the full load behind, by one of the gold Miner's F350 SD. SOLD!

 

Yep, Dave Turin saved the day.

 

YES!!!!!! What a great response.

 

I love seeing these videos. Another what not to do. A chain wrapped around a hitch ball. A hitch ball is not a recovery point. Hitch *****=cannonballs. This could only be worse if he were shock loading the chain. Offering to help is a great thing to do, but do it correctly and safely. Someone is better off being stuck, than being injured or worse from a broken chain or hitch ball flying, or having a tore up car from it. Just because everyone does this all the time doesn't make it right. I've seen it happen. Use a strap, not a chain. If you don't have a recovery point put the strap loop in your receiver and put the pin thorough it as a next best option. I help anyone when I can but I do it correctly so I don't hurt myself, my truck, someone else or their vehicle.

 

Not sure how smart or "right" it is. But I have used my pintle hitch/ball combination and close the upper latch. I use a tow strap. At first I'll ease into it. If that doesn't work then I will jerk on it.