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Well I'm hoping this is in the right forum, I just didn't think it would get the viewing I wanted it to in the General Diesel. If not I'm sorry, and I'm sure a moderator will move it.



This was in the Worst Stuck section of one of my monthly 4x4 Magazine's "Off Road"

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What was that guy thinking

Oh! that's right he wasn't. :rolleyes: My truck has been close to the muddy and it took a hole day to clean it up. :( But you know what, I learned one valuable lesson. Don't get drunk and go wheelin in the feed lot after it rains and you just put new BFG Mts on the truck. ;) Cow Pooh is not fun to clean off your truck, ex specially in large amounts. :eek: :{



Darrell
 
Re: What was that guy thinking

Originally posted by DarrellB

What was that guy thinking Oh! that's right he wasn't. :rolleyes: Darrell



The only thing the caption say's is "he was attempting to cross this pond"



Wonder if this guy is a TDR member? They say he lives in Missouri
 
Re: Re: What was that guy thinking

Originally posted by got smoke?





Wonder if this guy is a TDR member? They say he lives in Missouri



If he is a TDR member I wonder if he will own up to being brite enough to try an cross a pond with a 8,000lb truck. :D



I've done some pretty brite things myself but I think that one takes the cake. :(



Darrell
 
HOLLY CRIPES

he is a bright fellow... ... ... ... . I bet its dark at his house when he is gone:{



If I wanted to treat a truck like that I would use a Ferd:{
 
ahh cmon guys that 4x4 shifter needs to get used once in a while. That pond aint even that deep not even up to the floorboards. I ford deeper in my nova. You all just cant appreciate good fun. Lookin at the mud on the roof I dont believe that was his first time through either. I bet he had been rallying for about an hour before he lost momentum at the wrong time. I cross "ponds" like that leaving my driveway.



I wish I could get my stuck pics on here. Very worthy.
 
Don't get me wrong

I love to romp around in the muck and mire:D but I would rather use one of my 4x4 Polaris's than to take my truck out and then have to clean it up for 2 days. :( (been there done that):{



I paid way to much $$$$$ for my truck to be flogging it around in a pond. :p



I will admit it though, it's great fun to get good and muddy every now and then. ;) You know your muddy when you have to use the hose outside before mom will let you back in the house. :-{}



Darrell
 
I spent 20 bucks at the local carwash to remove the quagmire when I broke my transmission. I wish I knew how to convert video. The mud on the driver side was just below the mirror. I didnt buy it to admire. I bought it to use to its maximum capabilities on a daily basis. Spanking v8's and showing these kids what a real 4x4 can do. I have a diesel for its fording and hillclimbing abilities. Keep them tires spinning and the mud isnt too much trouble either, as long as there is a bottom. I have super swampers on my truck and just removed a pair of baja claws. I make it a point to absolutely destroy the tires before they are retired. If you arent missing large chunks of tread you need to try harder.

Drive it like you stole it Polaris Rules.
 
ain't deep!

I used to go pond hunting in my 77 Ford on 35's.



Most of them were lots of fun, but the one that made it a long night (frog hunting off the flatbed) was deep enough to get water in the distributor. I made 3 or 4 trips across the hood(can't do that in a cheevy) and stood on the brushguard to dry up the cap. The fan was kicking up the water, so I wound up backing around and out. Wish I had photos, but that was WAY before digi cams.



Still have the truck and would stuff a 5. 9 in her, but it's a 1/2 ton--and is still excellent for tree pushing, mud slinging, and hill climbing.
 
That is not too bad. Right after I bought my truck I drove it down to Texas to show my brother. My brother and their friends and I went fishing in their "secret spot". My brother said they took his Wrangler there all the time. Well I said ok. I said ok before I saw my brothers Wrangler and heard the tells that went along with it. At that time his Jeep is in Alabama broke down and really trashed.



At 2:00 am we head out and drive for 30 mins. or so. Just as we crossed a bridge he yells turn here. I stop and did not see anywhere to turn. He says right there in the opening of the trees. Well I look and it drops down into water and I just look at him saying whhhaaatt? My brothers friend is saying it is only a few inches deep and the bottom is solid. I got out and look and it looked to be ok. It was only about 20 yards long. So I put the truck in 4lo and drop off the road. I drove through with no problems. The further I got from the road the narrower the "trail" gots. Remember it is dark outside, very dark. My headlights shine on water again, this time it was a very narrow spot which is not good in a 3500.



My brother says its fine no problem. I trust him, he's my brother. I start to drive through and found water up to my bumper and the bottom was MUD. I started to spin tires so I used the "redneck posi" E-brake. I make it though the slop ok and hit dry land again only to see I was on a small Island. Water was in front of me again. Now I looked at my brother and his friends and they all look lost. My brother says,"The river must be up, But then again I never been here sober before. "



I get out to look at the mess I am in. It was dark, we had zero flashlights. Here I am sitting in a swap on a little island about 15 ft long and wide in a $50,000 dollar truck. As I am standing there in a swap thinking how I can kill my brother and his redneck friends, I see these little red things floating in the water all around us. They are all in pairs of two, then it hits me. I say "Micheal, are those what I think they are. " He looks and says, "Wow, I haven't seen that many aligators here before. "



About that time I hear someone calling for my brother. Three guys come walking up and they looked around with the same confused look my brother had. "Where did all this water come from. More people needed dieing. I get back in my truck and start to back out, no place to turn around. It took my about 5 tries to get out and only needed the winch once. I backed out all the way to the street. Once I get back to the street I see these two raised Chevy trucks that were well used and abused sitting aloneside of the road. It is what those 3 guys were driving. I looked at the driver of one of the trucks and asked him why did he park here instead of driving it back there were I just came from. He looked at me like I was a dummy and said, "Ain't no way in he!! I would drive back there.



Well I got out of there with no damage to the truck, and no one died. We found another fishing hole, well really it was the same one. We crossed the bridge and pulled up to a lanch ramp and parking lot. In the back parking lot was the "secert spot". As the sun came up my brother looked at me and said, "You know, next time I think I will just park here instead of driving back there".



BTW my brother hit a Mack truck in his jeep, head on. My cousin and him "fixed it" The grill was pulled out by hand and a rope kept the hood down. The radiator was shot so they went to a juck yard for one. Well no Jeep radiators around so they just grabed a radiator. The radiator was way too big so it was just wired in front of the grill. Another wire was holding the upper radiator hose away from the bent and cracked engine fan. And to top it off, there was a set of Longhorns on the hood.
 
Wow, sounds like some of the fun we had years ago in Pennsylvania. Back when none of my vehicles were worth much and it didn't matter too much if things were tore up a little. I had a '56 CJ-3B Willys and later a '77 Bronco. Both would go through about anything. Believe it or not, I never had any damage from any of these exploits we made. No alligators though :D



Blake
 
Some of us have to do things like that with our trucks as part of our job... ... :eek: . I have had the Silver Cloud sunk in a pipeline right-of-way where the running boards were only about an inch off the tundra when I finally climbed out to see why I couldn't move anymore!



Also got stuck last winter in snow going downhill..... trust me, you haven't lived until you get stuck going down. My fat butt ain't made for shovelling-so a little rocking in 4Lo and 3rd got the 315's to float back up on the surface-wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't saw it with me own eyes!



Jason
 
only one time

I have had my truck that dirty one time and only one time, My cousin called and told me to come up to a mud bogging deal a 4by club was having I told him I was NOT going to get new 97 dirty he said no problem I made it all day resisting the urge to play but the only way out was to go through a little mud 4 to 5 inches deep just driving through got me hooked so I wipped a dougnut grabed 4 wheel and giver hell and again and again 4 or 5 trips through the mud deeper each time. Before you could leave you had to hose off your windshield and headlights (with a low psi garden hose) and they had cops at the county road to check so we went for supper and I headed home 20 miles down the road I decided to wash truck before getting home spend $30 pulled of the wheel simulater spraded and then some. The next day I spend 3 hrs with garden hose with good psi getting the rest off 1 year later when removing acessories I found dirt still in cross members and frame rails, I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN what a dump bass move on my part
 
Stuck downhill. I had that last winter on my mountain sled. We Highmarked this mountain and was coming down. We decided to pause cause it was hard work getting to the top. We stopped on a good downhill grade and low and behold all three of us are stuck pointed downhill. All three sleds have paddle tracks. 136,136, and 144 all two in.

Same day we all drop a little cornice into a shallow valley. My sled is much more setup for powder so soon as I hit bottom I knew we were in trouble. I peg the throttle . The snow is creeping up my chest til its over my head . I never let off and I pop out the other side about 45 seconds later. I had seen some small trees before I went under and I pointed towards them for traction. I make it up and out and I look back to see two heads going under. They dissapear completely. They both get stuck. Im thinkin I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER we are going to be digging all day. Fortunate for them they were both close enough to my track to get out in about 15 minutes. It was funny snow. No base. The winter had been gropin somthin fierce. Then wham powder up to yer neck. It was fun but you couldnt let off the throttle.



Seen somin funny(not to him). This guy shows up with a friend and two brand new RMKs. We hear him comin so we sit and watch. He has his friend right behind him. He does a big 180* carve and heads back down and nails a huge spruce. His buddy right behind him meets a similar fate. Two sleds brand new totalled in about 30 minutes flat. Imagine the shame in his face when he went back to the shop.
 
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