I talked a buddy of mine at work into riding along for some wheelin'
today for lunch... Got way back on the trails with no problem, except
for that one hill we were going down that was so steep that the back
left tire came about 2 feet off of the ground and we almost rolled
right there....but I let off on the brakes and pushed in the clutch
and we went flying down the rest of the hill after that back tire came
slamming back down... then almost made it back out when I hit a
monster rut that was so deep... It was so deep that the right side
tires (31" truck tires) were completely under mud except for about one
inch showing at the top of each of them....the only reason it didn't
sink further was that the jeep was resting on the right side of its
body. I tried for about 15 minutes to get out but it was *s.t.u.c.k*
STUCK. Called the wife and she came out in the 2WD Ford pickup and
was unable to pull me out so got her to take my friend Joe and I back
to work where his shiny new 2003 Chevy 4WD truck was. Got him to take
it offroad for the first time. He was able to pull me out in 4WD
high, without even going to low which is a good thing since he didn't
know how to put his truck in 4WD-low. D'oh! Of course the wife got
pissed at me that she had to take time off of her schedule to help me
out so I promised her it'll never happen again. I found a Ramsey
8000# winch that I'm buying on my credit card this Friday. Damn, I
have mud all over the seat of my pants where I fell down on the trail
while hooking up a rope. The "ladies" in the cafeteria at work were
laughing at me over it. Good excuse to go home early? :-)



--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

In article <g640qvos0hni4bdnvil8kercol2ai3eqnb@4ax.com>,
travis <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> while hooking up a rope.

Yeah I have seen that in your pictures( http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep/paint/13.jpg), and surprised no one has yelled at you for it. I see that it has
metal hooks, that is a BIG NO-NO! They have been known to become
missile if the rope/strap ever breaks.

--
o_o_o_o
/| ,[_____],
|???L --O|||||||O-
()_)?()_) ????? )_)

 

In article <g640qvos0hni4bdnvil8kercol2ai3eqnb@4ax.com>,
travis <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> while hooking up a rope.

Yeah I have seen that in your pictures( http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep/paint/13.jpg), and surprised no one has yelled at you for it. I see that it has
metal hooks, that is a BIG NO-NO! They have been known to become
missile if the rope/strap ever breaks.

--
o_o_o_o
/| ,[_____],
|???L --O|||||||O-
()_)?()_) ????? )_)

 

In article <g640qvos0hni4bdnvil8kercol2ai3eqnb@4ax.com>,
travis <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> while hooking up a rope.

Yeah I have seen that in your pictures( http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep/paint/13.jpg), and surprised no one has yelled at you for it. I see that it has
metal hooks, that is a BIG NO-NO! They have been known to become
missile if the rope/strap ever breaks.

--
o_o_o_o
/| ,[_____],
|???L --O|||||||O-
()_)?()_) ????? )_)

 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:39:07 -0500, aGraham
<aarongraham@mac.com.removeme> shared the following:

>In article <g640qvos0hni4bdnvil8kercol2ai3eqnb@4ax.com>,
> travis <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> while hooking up a rope.
>
>Yeah I have seen that in your pictures( http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep/paint/13.jpg), and surprised no one has yelled at you for it. I see that it has
>metal hooks, that is a BIG NO-NO! They have been known to become
>missile if the rope/strap ever breaks.

I just ordered an 8000# Ramsey winch for it that will be replacing
that rope. But thanks for the tip. :-)



--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:39:07 -0500, aGraham
<aarongraham@mac.com.removeme> shared the following:

>In article <g640qvos0hni4bdnvil8kercol2ai3eqnb@4ax.com>,
> travis <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> while hooking up a rope.
>
>Yeah I have seen that in your pictures( http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep/paint/13.jpg), and surprised no one has yelled at you for it. I see that it has
>metal hooks, that is a BIG NO-NO! They have been known to become
>missile if the rope/strap ever breaks.

I just ordered an 8000# Ramsey winch for it that will be replacing
that rope. But thanks for the tip. :-)



--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:39:07 -0500, aGraham
<aarongraham@mac.com.removeme> shared the following:

>In article <g640qvos0hni4bdnvil8kercol2ai3eqnb@4ax.com>,
> travis <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> while hooking up a rope.
>
>Yeah I have seen that in your pictures( http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep/paint/13.jpg), and surprised no one has yelled at you for it. I see that it has
>metal hooks, that is a BIG NO-NO! They have been known to become
>missile if the rope/strap ever breaks.

I just ordered an 8000# Ramsey winch for it that will be replacing
that rope. But thanks for the tip. :-)



--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

If you think a locker would have got you out, you need to learn the
brake pedal method!

If you bang the brake pedal down when one wheel is turning, the brake
will stop that wheel and transfer the torque to the other side.

This trick works great and is as old as the model T.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

travis wrote:
>
> I talked a buddy of mine at work into riding along for some wheelin'
> today for lunch... Got way back on the trails with no problem, except
> for that one hill we were going down that was so steep that the back
> left tire came about 2 feet off of the ground and we almost rolled
> right there....but I let off on the brakes and pushed in the clutch
> and we went flying down the rest of the hill after that back tire came
> slamming back down... then almost made it back out when I hit a
> monster rut that was so deep... It was so deep that the right side
> tires (31" truck tires) were completely under mud except for about one
> inch showing at the top of each of them....the only reason it didn't
> sink further was that the jeep was resting on the right side of its
> body. I tried for about 15 minutes to get out but it was *s.t.u.c.k*
> STUCK. Called the wife and she came out in the 2WD Ford pickup and
> was unable to pull me out so got her to take my friend Joe and I back
> to work where his shiny new 2003 Chevy 4WD truck was. Got him to take
> it offroad for the first time. He was able to pull me out in 4WD
> high, without even going to low which is a good thing since he didn't
> know how to put his truck in 4WD-low. D'oh! Of course the wife got
> pissed at me that she had to take time off of her schedule to help me
> out so I promised her it'll never happen again. I found a Ramsey
> 8000# winch that I'm buying on my credit card this Friday. Damn, I
> have mud all over the seat of my pants where I fell down on the trail
> while hooking up a rope. The "ladies" in the cafeteria at work were
> laughing at me over it. Good excuse to go home early? :-)
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

If you think a locker would have got you out, you need to learn the
brake pedal method!

If you bang the brake pedal down when one wheel is turning, the brake
will stop that wheel and transfer the torque to the other side.

This trick works great and is as old as the model T.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

travis wrote:
>
> I talked a buddy of mine at work into riding along for some wheelin'
> today for lunch... Got way back on the trails with no problem, except
> for that one hill we were going down that was so steep that the back
> left tire came about 2 feet off of the ground and we almost rolled
> right there....but I let off on the brakes and pushed in the clutch
> and we went flying down the rest of the hill after that back tire came
> slamming back down... then almost made it back out when I hit a
> monster rut that was so deep... It was so deep that the right side
> tires (31" truck tires) were completely under mud except for about one
> inch showing at the top of each of them....the only reason it didn't
> sink further was that the jeep was resting on the right side of its
> body. I tried for about 15 minutes to get out but it was *s.t.u.c.k*
> STUCK. Called the wife and she came out in the 2WD Ford pickup and
> was unable to pull me out so got her to take my friend Joe and I back
> to work where his shiny new 2003 Chevy 4WD truck was. Got him to take
> it offroad for the first time. He was able to pull me out in 4WD
> high, without even going to low which is a good thing since he didn't
> know how to put his truck in 4WD-low. D'oh! Of course the wife got
> pissed at me that she had to take time off of her schedule to help me
> out so I promised her it'll never happen again. I found a Ramsey
> 8000# winch that I'm buying on my credit card this Friday. Damn, I
> have mud all over the seat of my pants where I fell down on the trail
> while hooking up a rope. The "ladies" in the cafeteria at work were
> laughing at me over it. Good excuse to go home early? :-)
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

If you think a locker would have got you out, you need to learn the
brake pedal method!

If you bang the brake pedal down when one wheel is turning, the brake
will stop that wheel and transfer the torque to the other side.

This trick works great and is as old as the model T.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

travis wrote:
>
> I talked a buddy of mine at work into riding along for some wheelin'
> today for lunch... Got way back on the trails with no problem, except
> for that one hill we were going down that was so steep that the back
> left tire came about 2 feet off of the ground and we almost rolled
> right there....but I let off on the brakes and pushed in the clutch
> and we went flying down the rest of the hill after that back tire came
> slamming back down... then almost made it back out when I hit a
> monster rut that was so deep... It was so deep that the right side
> tires (31" truck tires) were completely under mud except for about one
> inch showing at the top of each of them....the only reason it didn't
> sink further was that the jeep was resting on the right side of its
> body. I tried for about 15 minutes to get out but it was *s.t.u.c.k*
> STUCK. Called the wife and she came out in the 2WD Ford pickup and
> was unable to pull me out so got her to take my friend Joe and I back
> to work where his shiny new 2003 Chevy 4WD truck was. Got him to take
> it offroad for the first time. He was able to pull me out in 4WD
> high, without even going to low which is a good thing since he didn't
> know how to put his truck in 4WD-low. D'oh! Of course the wife got
> pissed at me that she had to take time off of her schedule to help me
> out so I promised her it'll never happen again. I found a Ramsey
> 8000# winch that I'm buying on my credit card this Friday. Damn, I
> have mud all over the seat of my pants where I fell down on the trail
> while hooking up a rope. The "ladies" in the cafeteria at work were
> laughing at me over it. Good excuse to go home early? :-)
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!