heptofite
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- Joined
- Oct 25, 2009
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- Vehicle Year
- 2019
- Engine
- 2.3 EcoBoost
- Transmission
- Automatic
So yesterday, when i buried my B2 in a mudpit, i had to get help getting out.
after about a half hour of trying to find somebody, gf's cousin has her friend come out with a nissan xterra and a ratchet strap.
Not exactly my first recovery option mind, but beggers can't be choosers, and it was a 4k pound strap.
so, mind you, my truck is cocked at a 45 degree angle nose up, about 35 degrees to it's side, and it's turned about 20 from straight, since what had happened was i was driving around the mud pit rather than through it, and the ground caved into the pit, and my back end slid in before i could do anything about it.
so back to the story, her nissan had a receiver, but not hitch, so i had her back up towards my B2, and i tell her not to get too close because she might get stuck, she said, and i quote "this thing can't get stuck"
Now, her totally radical badass invincible offroad masterpiece (bone stock xterra) is sitting on the very ground that had previously gave way and swallowed my b2, but she thinks she can't get stuck.
long story short, we hooked the two together with the strap, tightened it up, and with her pulling, and me spinning the tires in reverse, we got me out.
But it got me thinking, believing you can't get stuck and that your rig is invincible is a dangerous, how many times have you come across somebody like that?
i mean, i know the limitations of my rig, as soon as the ground gave way i knew i was boned so i shut it down rather than bury it further, but when we started to slip coming out she punched it and painted my truck brown(er).
so, have you guys run into people with rigs that "can't get stuck" ?
after about a half hour of trying to find somebody, gf's cousin has her friend come out with a nissan xterra and a ratchet strap.
Not exactly my first recovery option mind, but beggers can't be choosers, and it was a 4k pound strap.
so, mind you, my truck is cocked at a 45 degree angle nose up, about 35 degrees to it's side, and it's turned about 20 from straight, since what had happened was i was driving around the mud pit rather than through it, and the ground caved into the pit, and my back end slid in before i could do anything about it.
so back to the story, her nissan had a receiver, but not hitch, so i had her back up towards my B2, and i tell her not to get too close because she might get stuck, she said, and i quote "this thing can't get stuck"
Now, her totally radical badass invincible offroad masterpiece (bone stock xterra) is sitting on the very ground that had previously gave way and swallowed my b2, but she thinks she can't get stuck.
long story short, we hooked the two together with the strap, tightened it up, and with her pulling, and me spinning the tires in reverse, we got me out.
But it got me thinking, believing you can't get stuck and that your rig is invincible is a dangerous, how many times have you come across somebody like that?
i mean, i know the limitations of my rig, as soon as the ground gave way i knew i was boned so i shut it down rather than bury it further, but when we started to slip coming out she punched it and painted my truck brown(er).
so, have you guys run into people with rigs that "can't get stuck" ?