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Jul 13, 2011 | 11:58 AM

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From: utica il

nice! it's always fun to be the big truck...........until you get stuck, and then you are generally screwed.

Jul 13, 2011 | 12:15 PM

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I can't believe 2 , 12,000 lb winches couldn't get you unstuck!!
Mind you the suction to break those tires free would be a bitch.
Did you guys run double line pulls on the winches with the back end of the recovery trucks anchored to a tree? That would make 48,000 lbs of pulling power!!

Jul 13, 2011 | 12:25 PM

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getting buried that deep is hell on anything to try and move. last time i was that stuck it took 2 semi wreckers to get me out, technically only the one pulling, but they anchored the trucks together and had to run line to a telephone pole and their 30k single line still took over an hour to move me 25 feet to freedom. the suction was so bad that my frame was flexing when i tried to gas it to help them out, bed rubbed the hell out of the cab.

Jul 13, 2011 | 12:30 PM

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We tied both trucks off to trees and both had two ****** blocks. The trees started coming out of the ground. The bronco you see in the picture wasn't touching the ground anymore.

Jul 13, 2011 | 12:38 PM

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Got damn, nice work Kirbers

Jul 13, 2011 | 01:15 PM

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Not too bad.

+1 for welding your rear carrier.

Jul 13, 2011 | 01:18 PM

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From: utica il

i think his rear is welded. kirby, you go full hydro steering? weld em both up.

Jul 13, 2011 | 01:18 PM

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At one point the bell housing bolts backed out and the transmission became detached from the motor, pulling the driveshaft from the slip yoke.

This trumps all other automotive fails that you have posted. Good job, or better yet...tighten your freakin' bolts.

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Jul 13, 2011 | 01:22 PM

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i think his rear is welded. kirby, you go full hydro steering? weld em both up.

There is no way THIS rear end is welded unless he is absent the ability to spin those tires much over idle

Jul 13, 2011 | 01:30 PM

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Rockwells are super easy to weld too. I weldednone for a friend with my 110lincoln and it still holding up. Even broke a couple shafts. Lol.

X2 on tightining the bolts. I'ive been accused of over tighteningnthings but I haven't had onecome loose.

Jul 13, 2011 | 02:18 PM

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Got damn, nice work Kirbers

Thanks!

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i think his rear is welded. kirby, you go full hydro steering? weld em both up.

I'm saving for a Grizzly locker for the front

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This trumps all other automotive fails that you have posted. Good job, or better yet...tighten your freakin' bolts.

Oh damn! That's a great idea. Thanks for that advice. I'll go do that right now.

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There is no way THIS rear end is welded unless he is absent the ability to spin those tires much over idle

THAT rear end is welded.

Jul 13, 2011 | 03:15 PM

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Then am I missing something or did your passenger side rear tire not spin at all when your front went under?

Jul 13, 2011 | 08:54 PM

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Then am I missing something or did your passenger side rear tire not spin at all when your front went under?

That's a picture of it getting pulled out. At one point all four were out of sight.

This is just after we started pulling it. It refused to come up and out and just got deeper from there.