Anyone ever get their CTD Stuck in mud?

[silkey]

there were two or three times that i got stuck when i drove a flatbed lumber truck,a ford 4500 series or something like that when the impossible would happen,i would get pulled out by a pickup truck. beyoud all odds and they would deliver. this one story is i had to go down a horseshoe driveway that was all red clay. it had rained two days earlier and i knew once i got in there i would not get out. it was about a 6 degree incline with the u at the bottom. this guy had a 2500 dodge diesel. to make this as short a story as possible,i got stuck and he pulled me up the incline while he was idleing!i still had about a 1000 pounds left on the truck. i would not have believed it unless i had seen it. i figgure i weighed in at about 18000 pounds!it made me a believer.

 

[thejeepdude]

Gotta remember the front of this truck is HEAVY... stock tires and high psi means quick sinking if the dirt is hard on top but soggy underneath... some vehicles can drive right over it, but unless you get bigger tires you run the risk of breaking through. Here's the one that got me:

 

[BRuppel]

I know everybody has a chain for emergencies, but loose that piece of junk. Get a strap/rope or a cable. A strap/rope gives your tow vehicle a chance to build momentum. I've never used a cable, but if they break, they just drop. No pieces go flying like chain links do.

Have you ever seen a strap break? It is pretty violent as well. They do not just fall, but will snap back to the place they are still attached. There is a pretty good vid of a guy in a Yota and this happening to him. He is lucky he wasn't killed. I also heard of another guy last year that was killed in the same situation.



As for the guy who said he was going with thornturds next, please save yourself the trouble and get a better tire.



In a situation where you start to feel yourself sinking there is one thing that you need to always remember to do. That is make sure you are driving straight. There is a lot less resistance going in a straight line rather than trying to do a u turn or make turn.

 

[troll3193]

Have you ever seen a strap break? It is pretty violent as well. They do not just fall, but will snap back to the place they are still attached. There is a pretty good vid of a guy in a Yota and this happening to him. He is lucky he wasn't killed. I also heard of another guy last year that was killed in the same situation.

I have, broke one trying to pull down a tree last summer. bent my back license plate when it hit the truck. .



One recommendation I have gotten since, was to throw a blanket over the strap when pulling. If it happens to break the blanket helps take the energy out of the strap.



Regards,



Bryan

 

[mrsnow]

This is my latest stuck. It only took an F-150 to get it out.



Mud or snow I am always getting this thing stuck or darn close to it.

 

[steved]

This is the reason my truck never leaves hard ground... been there, done that.



steved

 

[steved]

I know everybody has a chain for emergencies, but loose that piece of junk. Get a strap/rope or a cable. A strap/rope gives your tow vehicle a chance to build momentum. I've never used a cable, but if they break, they just drop. No pieces go flying like chain links do.

Ever see a cable snap?? They act 10 times worse than a snatch strap because they have weight. I watched a guy almost lose his hand when a cable under strain suddenly failed. They act just like a rubber band.



I'd use a chain (alone) before I used a cable. I have a ProComp snap strap myself, but I doubt it would hold up if I really got a bite... it's only a 20k.



steved

 

[JBlubaugh]

I know how crappy the stock tires are. I spun out twice ON THE FREEWAY and and came out without a scratch, but it could have been a lot worse. They were worthless on everything, mud, snow and wet roads.



I did some checking around are found these bridgestone dueller at's. They are awesome. I got in mud down to my front axle by a pond and was able to get myself out by rocking the truck. I would never have been able to do that with the stock tires. They are also great on wet are snow covered roads. Needless to say I am very pleased. By the way they are load range E 10 ply.

 

[PKitzman]

I pulled my little travel trailer into an elk hunting spot in New Mexico last year. Overnight it rained like a SOB. The next morning I jumped in the truck to get out hunting. It was still raining pretty good and the roads were super greasy. I basically slid to the bottom of the ridge that I was parked on. I had to go up a twisty steep road to get to the area I wanted to hunt. I should have just gone back to bed, but I decided to go for it.



To make a long story short, I didn't get stuck but I had several times where the truck started sliding toward the edge of a cliff on some outside bends in the road where the road sloaped out toward the drop off. To say the least I was a little puckered up after that experience.



I left my travel trailer there that weekend and came back to get it the next weekend.

 

[Nate]

Stuck... .



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The Dodge stays on the street. WAY too heavy to take out on the trails. That's my Grand Cherokee, old pic though. I don't have any stuck pics that are recent. Don't get stuck too often

 

[wcjp]

I know everybody has a chain for emergencies, but loose that piece of junk. Get a strap/rope or a cable. A strap/rope gives your tow vehicle a chance to build momentum. I've never used a cable, but if they break, they just drop. No pieces go flying like chain links do.

I try not to get into disagreements on this board. Most are very protective of their opinions. Don't ever trust the cable on a winch. Cable needs something draped over it to absorb the energy as stated by someone else. They do make synthetic line that's advertised as no snap back. While their claim may/may not be true the synthetic line is easily frayed when in contact with rock or other sharp objects.



If you want a rig that's great with mud and whatever else you can throw at it try buying a Jeep or Toyota.

 

[DaveK98]

You guys are really scaring me with my puny 2wd truck...



The night I picked up my 5th wheel it had been raining for hours and where I parked my 5th wheel I had to drive across some soggy grass. I sunk down a good 4 inches or so almost up to the rims but never even spun the tires. I guess the weight of the 5ver on the back tires helped... .

 

[rrausch]

My brother's 4X4 Chebby once got stuck on WET GRASS on an uphill grade in our pasture--he hadn't sunk down an inch, he just couldn't get traction. He just sat there with the tires slowly spinning and him cussin' till he got smart and backed down the slope and got to a dryer spot. :-laf

 

[JasonCzerak]

Gotta remember the front of this truck is HEAVY... stock tires and high psi means quick sinking if the dirt is hard on top but soggy underneath... some vehicles can drive right over it, but unless you get bigger tires you run the risk of breaking through. Here's the one that got me:

The only patch of dirt in the city, you find it and sink in it. . How did you end up there?

 

[Hohn]

Ever see a cable snap?? They act 10 times worse than a snatch strap because they have weight. I watched a guy almost lose his hand when a cable under strain suddenly failed. They act just like a rubber band.

I'd use a chain (alone) before I used a cable. I have a ProComp snap strap myself, but I doubt it would hold up if I really got a bite... it's only a 20k.

steved

I'm in the military and I've seen a guy lose his leg when a steel cable snapped. Cut through his FEMUR like it wasn't even there. That's the biggest bone in your body, too.

Forget the chain and forget the cable. You need a specialized recovery rope-- something that will stretch.

The best thing going is a Super Yanker. Poke around MasterPull's site-- I sort of know the man (Emil, who's Icelandic) who runs the business and he KNOWS his stuff. He's made ropes up to 6" thick that can handle FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS!! They use them as mooring lines for supertankers.

A Super Yanker is money well spent-- you won't break it, and you won't break your truck. Most of all, SAFETY!

Once you've used a super-yanker, you'll be spoiled. It stretched a good bit and just yanks you right out!

 

[Hohn]

My brother's 4X4 Chebby once got stuck on WET GRASS on an uphill grade in our pasture--he hadn't sunk down an inch, he just couldn't get traction. He just sat there with the tires slowly spinning and him cussin' till he got smart and backed down the slope and got to a dryer spot. :-laf

I had a similar incident that led to a deep hatred of my OEM Michelins! They should come with a warning "do not leave pavement with your 4x4!"

 

[Hohn]

I try not to get into disagreements on this board. Most are very protective of their opinions. Don't ever trust the cable on a winch. Cable needs something draped over it to absorb the energy as stated by someone else. They do make synthetic line that's advertised as no snap back. While their claim may/may not be true the synthetic line is easily frayed when in contact with rock or other sharp objects.

If you want a rig that's great with mud and whatever else you can throw at it try buying a Jeep or Toyota.

I agree. A TRD package Toyota or a Rubicon is a great factory 4x4.

 

[Cattletrkr]

It seems I've been fed some bad info. My brother drives a cement truck for a very large company. All they use anymore is cable strictly for safety reasons. He said they'll just lay down when they break 'cause there isn't enough stretch in them to fling them back. Maybe they use some sort of special cable.



Yes I have seen a strap break. When the strap breaks not much happens. Yes, it flings itself backwards, but it has such little weight it just kinda flops back and lays there. Now if the clevis or pin used to attach it breaks, then yes, things shatter.



Chains are hard on equipment, easy to break, and allow for little or no "run up".



Hohn, thanks for the link. I've looked at those before. Now I just gotta break what I got so I have an excuse to get one.

 

[Blu-meanie]

I got my '01 stuck when I backed up to my wood pile and unloaded. When I tried to go forward, it sunk. I had to insult myself by pulling it out with my '86 F*** diesel.

I turn my trailer around in my pasture. Last December after it rained a lot and just prior to really raining, I dragged my trailer out there with my '05 DRW. I had it in 4 wheel low and 3nd gear, didn't stop to look back, just kept steady RPM's. The truck didn't sink hardly at all, but the trailer went to the axels and left a really nice lawn job behind. This truck would make a decent tractor.

 

[Grizzly]

I was given some good advice when I was ready to order a my 95 Dodge/Cummins, which was going to be a 2WD. A friend of my, who had more savvy then I, suggested that I order a 4WD if I was going to get the Cummins, otherwise it would get stuck every time I got in loose sand or mud. I got the 4WD.