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Old 07-13-2011, 11:58 AM
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nice! it's always fun to be the big truck...........until you get stuck, and then you are generally screwed.
 
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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!!
 
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Originally Posted by 73 ford guy
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!!
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.
 
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Originally Posted by 73 ford guy
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!!
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.
 
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Old 07-13-2011, 12:38 PM
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Got damn, nice work Kirbers
 
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Not too bad.


+1 for welding your rear carrier.
 
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i think his rear is welded. kirby, you go full hydro steering? weld em both up.
 
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Originally Posted by Kirbys73F100
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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Old 07-13-2011, 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
 
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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.
 
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Old 07-13-2011, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by captain p4
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.
 
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Old 07-13-2011, 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?
 
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Old 07-13-2011, 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.
 
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wheres the pic of that?
 
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Old 07-13-2011, 11:05 PM
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