Operation Super-Stuck

[BlackBourbon]

Well a little Sunday afternoon trail ride took us down through the woods and ended up at a nice little sandbar by the river. However....the ground that "looked" pretty dang solid turned out to be a crust on top of some of the nastiest goop I've ever seen. At first I only sunk about halfway up the tires. Then when I tried moving a little the Burb worked itself down to the rockers. Tried come-alongs, a winch and even a couple Jeeps but no dice. Gave up about 11pm and locked it up. Came back in the morning with a backhoe and got it out. The backhoe alone wouldn't get the suction off though. I used the hoe to lift the rearend out of it's hole and then had to use a beefy gear reduction come-along my buddy had to inch it out a little at a time. Here ya go.......
first plop-

after about 3 seconds of spinning-

the next morning, it settled a bit more haha-

 

[toomany]

Looks like that quicksand type of mud...the more you struggle the deeper you go. Atleast you were able to get it out without ripping the truck appart.

 

[BlackBourbon]

Looks like that quicksand type of mud...the more you struggle the deeper you go. Atleast you were able to get it out without ripping the truck appart.

Definitely what it seemed like. There wasn't even any water on the ground until I sunk. Then the more I moved or disturbed it, more water came to the top. It was like jello pudding or somethin haha.

 

[t89blazer]

Looks like fun to me. Can't believe you are abusing my old parts . When are you getting a locker?

 

[BlackBourbon]

Haha, I'm not abusing them......yet. I def need a front locker soon, but don't think it would have helped in that stuff. I need a beefy winch soon too.

 

[t89blazer]

I like it Man!! I don't think a locker would have helped either, but maybe it can be a good excuse to buy one.

 

[nolidnoworries]

ewww looks nasty, been in plenty of that stuff on 4wheeler, thats about the worst thing u can get into

 

[BlackBourbon]

A couple local guys there came down with some Heeps and tried to pull me out forward that night. Both were on tons. One on 39.5 Rockers and the other 37 IROKS. They both hooked on to me at the front but I was too heavy and too stuck. They just started pulling towards each other when they spun.

Worst part was the co-pilot(aka wifey) was like, "You are gonna get stuck bad". I was like "No way, watch this"

 

[t89blazer]

Worst part was the co-pilot(aka wifey) was like, "You are gonna get stuck bad". I was like "No way, watch this"[/quote]


GREAT!

 

[trukker]

Very lucky you didn't leave parts in there. Been in a place like that and don't want anymore

 

[BlackBourbon]

Very lucky you didn't leave parts in there. Been in a place like that and don't want anymore

No crap haha. No more for me!!

The old man that let us use the backhoe was like, "The Wa****a(the river) rarely let's one leave whole."

 

[BlackBourbon]

The river is the Wa$hita. guess the middle got edited^^

 

[Fabrimacator21]

Also very lucky you found a cool dude with a hoe. Otherwise I see a chain of trucks and some axles left in the muck.

 

[scouthead]

I've been there... That backhoe saved your butt.
When my friend's toyota sank we didn't have a backhoe. Instead we got "the little tow truck that could"... untill it couldn't.

then my suburban got involved as the winch anchor to recover the damn stuck towtruck! 30 minutes of me with the motor running and both feet on the brakes trying not to get pulled in too. But at least when the towtruck finally got out we were on our own again with the toyota.
Never done so much digging in my life.

 

[BlackBourbon]

Also very lucky you found a cool dude with a hoe. Otherwise I see a chain of trucks and some axles left in the muck.

Yeah, I got lucky. We have 2 hoes but they're both 2wd and the trail to the river is pretty hairy. Even if I would have gotten one down there I don't think mine would have had enough hyd power to pull on it very hard. They're both pretty old. Good thing about small towns though, everyone willing to lend a hand.

 

[original balzer]

Man when I was doing irrigation maitainance for the tribe I pulled my ford 655A backhoe along side a ditch to clean out a debris blockage.
The ground was covered in grass and I wasnt paying attention. When I looked down I noticed the grass looked like a wave as my tires where going across it. I eased to a stop and gently shuttled it to reverse and as soon as I gave it a tiny bit of throttle it broke the surface sod and I sunk all the way to the floor boards (on a backhoe thats about 3.5 feet high)

It was the same muck as that, just like quicksand. It took another back hoe and a track hoe to pull me out of that mess. It was just slick enough that they couldnt get traction so they had to use the hoes to pull me out.

It was crazy to see a trackhoe just spin both tracks.

We then had to dig a huge hole where it was quick sand and refill it with other dirt I trucked in with my 10 wheel dump truck.

 

[mnstrburbon]

Nice stuck.. Sounds like some one jenksed you.. dont you love that.

 

[ghostrider32]

My k5 was down to the frame on the south canadian river in quicksand. My 12000 lb ramsey broken cable twice, redneck truggy on a sand bar with 2 4x4 quads all buried to the frames as an ancor. Ooohh not to mention the 20 drunks rocking the truck (to the point i thought i was going flip sitting there) to break the sucktion. Three hours and i was on the way back up the river. Never run on dark sand, the darker the sand the worst its going to be. Around here all use sand rats can tell when we are running on quicksand because it feels spongey and there is always a trail of water on your tracks.

 

[Fordum]

That is one of the few times that a snatch strap is almost useless. A snatch strap delivers a LOT of pull in a short time.
When you are stuck like you were, you need a lot of pull over a long time.
I have pulled out several trucks with my big PTO winch that had defeated much more powerful trucks than mine with straps.

About a year ago, I drove up on a truck in a stream bed almost exactly like yours was except for the color of the mud<G>.

My truck is stock height, with 12.50s. Stock engine. Parked around on the bank were trucks with 16.50s, big block engines, and several broken straps.
Plus the stuck truck had the back window broken out, and one of the pull trucks had the tailgate half caved in from the impact of a snapped 4 inch strap.
I put my front bumper against a big oak tree, knocked the winch into freewheel, and wandered down the bank hauling the hook.
I handed it to the stuckee, ( Winch etiquette around here, if you are stuck, you do the dirty work, not the guy pulling you out. ) and told him to hook it to his hitch.
Told him to put his truck in four wheel low range, and run it just above idle. Just enough to let the wheels turn, not sling mud or dig deeper.
Went back, put the winch in gear, put the tranny in drive, and tightened up until everything was groaning a little.
Backed off the gas and let the tranny stall out. Gave it a little gas from time to time as I watched his truck.
After a few seconds, it started piling mud up a little. Kept inching it out a little at a time, giving the mud time to let go.
Had him out in about 20 minutes.
The look on the other guys faces......Priceless<G>.

J.

 

[RootBreaker]

Haha, I'm not abusing them......yet. I def need a front locker soon, but don't think it would have helped in that stuff. I need a beefy winch soon too.

well lockers front and rear could have helped... in one of two ways..

1. get you farther out there to be stuck in the middle....
2. dig ya to china and really have ya in there!!!!

either way that mud is just flat out sick.... since i did detroits front and rear (havent driven it much as it is now apart) I noticed a HUGE difference offroad.....