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Posted by David Sherman [72.47.9.228] on Monday, March 07, 2011 at 10:39:12 :
In Reply to: Re: interesting way to get unstuck from Mud posted by Winslow Bent, Jackson Hole, WY [69.145.93.143] on Monday, March 07, 2011 at 00:51:22 :
The video didn't show a log on the other side as well, but on a truck with an open differential you'd need one on each side. Some tractors have a mechanism for locking the differential, or for separating the brakes so you could use the brake to lock the wheel on the side without the log. I think it'd be a piece of work to unstick a truck using this method, but better than abandoning the rig and hiking out 50 miles if you were way back on the boonies somewhere. The worst mud-holes where I drive are the dry lake beds of Nevada and Southern Oregon in the spring, and around the boggy seeps in the desert. In those places there isn't a stick of wood in sight (and no place to anchor a winch), though I suppose a desperate man might steal a pair of fence posts.
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