Getting Stuck
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Getting Stuck
I was trying to pull someone out who got high-centered on a sandbar on the Red River, and there was about 4 inches of water over where the road used to be. I couldn't budge him, so I gave up, but one of my friends got in and spun the tires until I got stuck, we tried winching my truck out, but the winch cable had come off the spool, so we tied it to my tow hooks and had a Jeep Commander with a Chevy big block, 37" Boggers and lockers try to pull me out, and he snapped the winch cable. We had to leave it overnight and the water rose about 3 feet. I had to have a custom off-road tow truck come and pull me out, then he got stuck and I had to pull him out. Cost me $400
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From: Carlos, MN
Originally Posted by quadzjr
i was wondering the same thing...
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From: Carlos, MN
Oh ya and never take a PSD swimming they sink really quick in soft soil or mud. They are a great truck for pulling people out, but stay on solid ground.
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Too many variables in a situation that progressively got worse.
Sounds like a lack of the correct recovery gear was a big factor, and the improper use of the existing stuff available
Could buy some pretty nice recovery gear for $400,00.
Too bad the truck had to be left overnight.
Did it get very wet inside the cab?
Sounds like a lack of the correct recovery gear was a big factor, and the improper use of the existing stuff available
Could buy some pretty nice recovery gear for $400,00.
Too bad the truck had to be left overnight.
Did it get very wet inside the cab?
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From: Senoia, GA
Originally Posted by RogueSpear2023
Possibly the pin that hold the end of the wire came loose when they spooled it out
next time use a long strap or chain as a winch line extender. i have used both with great success.
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From: Western US
Originally Posted by captain p4
Sounds like it shouldn't have cost you 400 dollars if you had to pull the tow truck out.. lol
poor truck
poor truck
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the cable pin had rusted off. yes my friends paid for $300 of it and there was a little bit of water in the cab but there was no damage other than a snapped cable. the ground i was on used to be a road, but my drivers side was a little off to the side. i had never gotten stuck so bad i needed a winch, i always just used chains so the pin came off from not being used, but the cable was not rusted at all.
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From: MARYLAND
Originally Posted by fishmanndotcom
how in the world does a winch cable just come off the drum?
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Here are pics of the snapped winch cable, the knot started out about ten times bigger
yea maybe I didn't have the right recovery gear, but I hadn't planned on going mudding, my brother and his dumb friends wouldn't stop calling me and my dad said I should go help so I improvised with what I had.
yea maybe I didn't have the right recovery gear, but I hadn't planned on going mudding, my brother and his dumb friends wouldn't stop calling me and my dad said I should go help so I improvised with what I had.