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Posted: 7/21/2024 8:12:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DoctorCAD]
![]() ![]() This is what happens when it rains hard and you have a sand road...and the biggie is that your 4x4 doesn't function. I buried it to the spare tire with 35" mud tires. Mud tires make great shovels. Neighbor had to pull me out, he tried with his Kaw Mule but had to switch to his Tacoma. I feel like less of a man being rescued by a Toyota. |
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Been there and it sucks. Glad you got out.
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Been there done that. I wonder if airing down early on would’ve gotten you unstuck. I buried my truck in my yard once in 4wd and sometimes late at night I wonder if I had aired down prior to making it so much worse if I could’ve saved myself those 2 hours.
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You should move to the right lane, where the rule of vehicle and traffic law still exists. You will not survive here. You are not a wolf, and the left lane is the land of wolves now.
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"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
G. K. Chesterton |
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Glad you got out OP.
I got nothing on mud, but by far the deepest snows I've ever successfully driven in (success measured by "did I get home from DC") were in Fords - an Explorer and Expedition many, many years ago. In both cases I had em in AWD, took my sweet time, and was literally passing around numerous cars and trucks stuck on and off the road. But back then I was over the top OCD anal retentive about keeping new, state of the art tires on em both. |
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Proud and grateful Tennessee Squire
flgfish: "Low mileage cars piss me off. You saving your girlfriend for the next guy? Drive the car and enjoy it. A 911 is damn near bulletproof." |
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Originally Posted By DoctorCAD: I feel like less of a man being rescued by a Toyota. . View Quote Is that even possible being a Ford owner? :) |
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Those are not mud tires...it may say mud terrain...I can assure you, the tread is to tight and lugs to small to properly self clean. Once they get packed full..you have slicks.
I have been stuck quite a few times. I started carrying a winch. Prior to that a lever hoist to drag me out...it is a bad time to find out your girlfriend can't drive a stick. E tool, a shovel, Hatchet and saw...chainsaw works better. Dig out shelves to stack logs in. Jack up truck and put logs under the tires. Get down on it! |
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Originally Posted By Goostoff: Is that even possible being a Ford owner? :) View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Goostoff: Originally Posted By DoctorCAD: I feel like less of a man being rescued by a Toyota. . Is that even possible being a Ford owner? :) At least he wasn't in a Ram. ![]() |
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Originally Posted By DoctorCAD: This is what happens when it rains hard and you have a sand road...and the biggie is that your 4x4 doesn't function. View Quote Maybe you should fix your issue with the 4 wheel drive so it works. . |
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Occid Vel Occisus Est !!
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Originally Posted By IdahoPCCinc: Maybe you should fix your issue with the 4 wheel drive so it works. . View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By IdahoPCCinc: Originally Posted By DoctorCAD: This is what happens when it rains hard and you have a sand road...and the biggie is that your 4x4 doesn't function. Maybe you should fix your issue with the 4 wheel drive so it works. . Ya think???? Thanks, Captain Obvious. |
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Occid Vel Occisus Est !!
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Yeah,. Those look like street tires with passive agressive tread.
Don't stop nextime ? |
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[Last Edit: drobs]
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Get a set of Chinese Ebay Knock Off Maxtrax / Traction boards.
$50 https://www.ebay.com/itm/135141090816 I have nice set of US Action Trax (made in the USA). https://usactiontrax.com/collections/all ![]() How To Use Your MAXTRAX | MAXTRAX Tips When you get your 4x4 working, you still can get stuck. Air down your tires down to 15 psi, shift into 4wd low, turn on your rear locker (if you have one) and do this: ![]() Off-Road: How to Remove a Stuck Car out of the Sand Note the above works for dry sand. It most likely wont work for mud / really wet sand. You ought to start thinking about getting a winch with synthetic winch line. I have been doing a lot of recoveries over the past 2 years with my Harbor Freight 12k Synthetic Apex Winch. https://www.harborfreight.com/12000-lb-winch-with-synthetic-rope-and-wireless-remote-56385.html Skip steel winch line, it sucks. It wants to birds nest when in free spool and broken strands from the steel cable will stab your hand. A come-a-long can work as a hand winch but they suck. The best come-a-long hand winch is the Wyeth Scott More Power Puller. https://www.wyeth-scott.com/orders.php But... they are heavy and are almost expensive as a good winch like a Badland Apex 12k synthetic. ![]() Hand Winching a 4WD Ute - Wyeth Scott More Power Puller versus Standard Come A Long |
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Originally Posted By Goostoff: Is that even possible being a Ford owner? :) View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Goostoff: Originally Posted By DoctorCAD: I feel like less of a man being rescued by a Toyota. . Is that even possible being a Ford owner? :) People frown on the lack of tech in a Toyota, but at least the 4WD works. |
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Originally Posted By sigman68: People frown on the lack of tech in a Toyota, but at least the 4WD works. View Quote They do? All I see it Toyotas with features like adaptive cruise control and crawl control and even a feature to try to get you unstuck without actually having to do anything yourself. I pulled out a 4 door long box F150 a few years back. He was stuck in the snow. Pulled him out with a little single cab short box 4wd Nissan hardbody. Shit happens. Sometimes all you need is a little nudge. |
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[Last Edit: drobs]
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I've pulled out two 3rd gen Tacoma TRD OR's in the last 6 months with my Jeep Wrangler.
1 was stuck in the mud by the lake. He went to help out his buddy that was stuck in a F150. I didn't get the Taco on video but did get the F150. I used my kinetic rope on both vehicles. ![]() Kinetic Rope Recovery The other broke a CV Axle. I had to winch him up a rock ledge, then he was able to drive the rest of the way off the trail. Where a friend picked him up with a flat bed trailer. ![]() I never busted a CV axle on my 2019 Toyota 4Runner TRD OR and I wheeled it pretty hard. I think it was only a matter of time though. ![]() Everyone that I know of that wheels a Toyota just expects to break a CV. A selling point to me on switching to Jeep from a 4Runner. A Jeep Wrangler is built to be an off road vehicle that can drive on the highway. A Toyota is a highway vehicle that can go off road. There is a difference. F150's - great highway cruiser and kind of fun in the sand. My 2019 F150 Platinum can use it's locking rear differential in any drive mode to include 2wd, 4A, 4H, and 4L. You cant do that in Toyota. ![]() |
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[Last Edit: DoctorCAD]
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Well...it wasn't a Ford issue, it was a defective IWE not made by Ford. Brand new, less than 100 miles on the set. The driver's side broke so open front diff with one side not engaging = no 4 wheel drive.
I installed the Dorman eliminator kit this morning, steel gears and no rubber or plastic moving parts. Should be good to go now. I also bought a high lift jack with wheel lift straps, a tree strap and a couple of shackles to throw in the back cargo area just in case I need to pull somebody else out next time ![]() |
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