Reduced to crutches, then left in the woods.

[Will]

I would take a generator, a 110V welder and a piece of angle iron and weld the thing in there any old way. Cheaper to buy that stuff then new alternators, bumpers and winches. Then drive it back off the trailer and get the trailer out--then drag the truck out on its wheels. I wouldn't drive 3 hours on a tractor out there. If the tractor gets stuck, then you're really screwed. It's unlikely, but I've seen them swallowed up in fields before.

Rubber tires suck.

 

[mhughes165]

English please?

Sounds like we're going to get the Kabota out there, probably tomorrow.

a duece and a half is a 2 1/2 ton military vehicle that most people take the rockwells from.....

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...?q=Deuce+and+a+half&gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&sa=G

 

[yodaman1151]

any way you could take that side of the TTB off and rig the log there so you could just pull yourself along with the winch? then put it on the trailer once your in a position where the roads will allow you to do so?

 

[koda6966]

The duece and half was a two and a half ton military vehicle, i think.

Yep. Had one once in the Quarry.

 

[Boggin]

yeaa if you can, get a tractor with tracks like will posted, or that other rig you got

 

[Dishtowel]

I would take a generator, a 110V welder and a piece of angle iron and weld the thing in there any old way.

kk, but why do that when I have the rad arm pieces at home, with good material, work bench, better welder, etc? I just dont have the time in my days! ARGH. I kept at the trailer avenue because I *thought* it would be succesful in a reasonably amount of time. Boy was I wrong.
(PS: the toy alternator was on it's way out anyways, this was the last straw is all. I dont feel bad about that)
(PSS: the Kabota will be delivered to the trail on a friends heavy car hauler.)

a duece and a half is a 2 1/2 ton military vehicle that most people take the rockwells from.....

Would be nice, but I have not seen them up here. We have commanders, but not them, lol.

any way you could take that side of the TTB off and rig the log there so you could just pull yourself along with the winch? then put it on the trailer once your in a position where the roads will allow you to do so?

I thought the trailer would be less hassle. Silly me.

 

[yodaman1151]

hey, trailer would seem like a great idea to me but after seeing where you got it stuck i was wondering how the heck you even got it in there?

 

[Boggin]

hey, trailer would seem like a great idea to me but after seeing where you got it stuck i was wondering how the heck you even got it in there?

x2

 

[Dishtowel]

hey, trailer would seem like a great idea to me but after seeing where you got it stuck i was wondering how the heck you even got it in there?

The fact that those wheels arn't powered is the killer. It's like dragging a boulder. Getting it in was easy, the toyota had to yank the GM once of twice, but a bit more throttle and the GM would have made it thought on it's own. Amazing how some weight on that trailer will screw you.

 

[CheapThrillB2]

cool carnage.....we've been out in the middle of no where and a XJ ripped the RF knuckle off. WE took the hood off a ranger layed it under neath the busted knuckle area and dragged it out with it just sliding down the trail like a ski till we got it to an access where we coudl get it on a trailer. with that wide flat area is suprisingly slide very easy deu to such a light contact patch with the ground. SLides over mud and ruts to.

 

[DRangerd]

a duece and a half is a 2 1/2 ton military vehicle that most people take the rockwells from.....

They are not unstoppable, though, saw one get stuck in a similar bog, we then used a 5 ton to try to pull it out and the winch cable snapped- very scary watchin that whip by from a distance......

Good luck, man!!

 

[mhughes165]

a duece and a half is a 2 1/2 ton military vehicle that most people take the rockwells from.....

They are not unstoppable, though, saw one get stuck in a similar bog, we then used a 5 ton to try to pull it out and the winch cable snapped- very scary watchin that whip by from a distance......

Good luck, man!!

by no means are they unstoppable, but from the looks of the trail they were runnin it would jsut cruise back there grab the trailer and leave.....

 

[Boggin]

yea pullin bumpers off isnt pretty,
one time i had my truck stuck..

my bud tried to pull it with his 07 B4000,
the bumper pulled off that like shit on a stick,
seeing it fly back was scary, i thought it was goin to bust up his truck and drain my bank account, luckly he steped on it so the bumper didnt fly back on his truck

 

[Dishtowel]

by no means are they unstoppable, but from the looks of the trail they were runnin it would jsut cruise back there grab the trailer and leave.....

It would, and so will the Kabota.
It should be noted that this is by no means the level of trail that I built this rig for. This is a nice, known-to-us trail for rig testing before we go push the envelop. It has some bog, a mud hole, some nice challenging hills, (especially in the rain), and a normally wetter creek crossing. I like to be happy with engine and things before I go and really challenge the truck. (and myself)

Bottom line, nothing is unstoppable. Nothing. Doesn't matter what the machine, there is terrain somewhere that will stop it.


Boggin,
By 'stuck' do you mean "driven under a snowpile"???

 

[yodaman1151]

Dishtowel, do you have a detailed write up of how you built your own lift?i checked the car domain but just wondering if you could elaborate on the self built drop brackets?