Pulling a bus
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Pulling a bus
I was driving down the road today and i saw that a school bus full of kids was stuck half way in the mud, i offered to pull them out but the driver said they had someone coming...i REEAAALY wanted to try.. Would I have been able to do it or would i have made a fool of myself? 06 FX4 f250 stock
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Originally Posted by Jocaren
I was driving down the road today and i saw that a school bus full of kids was stuck half way in the mud, i offered to pull them out but the driver said they had someone coming...i REEAAALY wanted to try.. Would I have been able to do it or would i have made a fool of myself? 06 FX4 f250 stock
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The way I see it, it depends on how bad he was stuck and how much traction you could get. Unless he was REALLY stuck (up to the frame), I would think that you could do it IF you were on pavement (or compact dirt). If you were on grass....no way. It was probably good they didn't let you. Years ago, I thought I was going to SAVE THE DAY by pulling out a flatbed truck out of the mud with my moderately built Jeep. I hooked up and all I did was spin all 4's and didn't even budge him. Boy did I feel dumb!
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i think u had it! a few weeks ago my budy (works for PG&E) got his f-650 stuck. dont know how much it weighed, but it was fully loaded with tools, welder, and cherry picker. he was in mud i was on pavement. put a big chain from him to my front tow hooks, dropped into 4-low, threw it into reverse and he was out in no time. barley had to touch the pedal!!
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Its a 6.0 , i would have been on pavement they werent stuck too bad, she had went off the side of the road a bit and the bus slid into a ditch with mud about up to the middle of 2 "passenger side" tires
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Bad situation. If she's at an angle, especially with kids on board, and you apply a bunch of force down low, there's always the chance of the bus rolling over (at least, if your ditches are like our ditches). Then you have some serious 'splaining to do.
I won't pull unless it's IDLH or a friend that won't cause me trouble if something bad happens. Then, my rule is... you got stuck (usually in mud)... you get dirty hooking it up. And, tie it to something that isn't going to bend!
That said, I have pulled a 3,000gal. tanker (fire dept.) out of some significant clay, after we offloaded the water, using a '99 F350 PSD 4x4.
I won't pull unless it's IDLH or a friend that won't cause me trouble if something bad happens. Then, my rule is... you got stuck (usually in mud)... you get dirty hooking it up. And, tie it to something that isn't going to bend!
That said, I have pulled a 3,000gal. tanker (fire dept.) out of some significant clay, after we offloaded the water, using a '99 F350 PSD 4x4.
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Bad situation. If she's at an angle, especially with kids on board, and you apply a bunch of force down low, there's always the chance of the bus rolling over (at least, if your ditches are like our ditches). Then you have some serious 'splaining to do.
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Originally Posted by 6L PWR
Diesel?? If you have a diesel, you might have been able to. They wouldn't have let you try for insurance reasons though. Think about the fact that they are responsible for all those kids.I have a friend that drives for UPS, same thing happened where I saw him in a ditch last winter. I know I could have pulled him out, but there's a liability issue with their vehicle. The only thing I even bothered offering was a warm seat while we waited for their service truck to arrive.
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Originally Posted by Keith1984
I used to work for UPS and if someone came by with chains and offered to pull it out they were more than welcome to. If you get stuck and requesttow service they already consider it an "accident". Plus all the time you wait for a tow adds to how long you'll be out delivering. Corporate frowns on such methods but up this way with the crummy tires they put on it isn't uncommon to see one stuck in 2" of snow on a flat road at a stop sign.
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Originally Posted by Keith1984
I used to work for UPS and if someone came by with chains and offered to pull it out they were more than welcome to. If you get stuck and requesttow service they already consider it an "accident".
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Originally Posted by 6L PWR
Weird. My driver and I are pretty good friends, but he's told me that he can't allow someone to help him like that. I wonder if that's more a local thing or something. I may talk to him more about that. I hate to think he's getting written up for something that I could help him out with.
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I can attest to these guys earning their money...I stopped off one day because I saw a UPS guy sitting up against a tree with his truck parked. I knew something was wrong. He was barely awake. He was suffering from heat exhaustion and just wanted to rest. I drove down to the store and bought him a styrofoam ice chest and some Propel to get him up again. He refused to call an ambulance and I stayed with him until he came back around. He was more worried about running late than his health. He told me he couldn't take the ice chest with him because his supervisor would end up finding out. People think they are over paid mail carriers, but I've seen both UPS and FedEX drivers run themselves to death.