Blake A
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- November 9, 2010
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- City, State
- Florence, Alabama / Searcy, Arkansas
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 Sport Trac 4x4
So "bro night" with two of my buddies ran into a little of trouble when my truck got high centered on some hidden ruts. My idle spun my tires at times from being so far off the ground.
The ride started without a hitch by avoiding a huge mud hole at the entrance of a trail and going around it where smaller trucks had made a path. After crawling through to the end of the trail we turned around to leave. When we got back to the mud hole i asked my bud in the passenger seat if he thought i could make it through the shallow side of the hole since he had been through it in his jeep about a year ago, he said yep so without hesitating i drove into the mud. The second my back tires left solid ground i stopped moving.
It ended up taking three jeeps, two winches, and five hours to free my truck from the muck. Oh and by the time we freed my truck the mud had begun to freeze over. Not the most fun night but it was a lesson learned and another memory made between friends. After cleaning up and running around town it doesn't seem anything has torn up on the truck. Lucky me!
After looking everything over the ruts had to have been made by something with at least 38'' to tear it up since my friend had been there with his 31''
The ride started without a hitch by avoiding a huge mud hole at the entrance of a trail and going around it where smaller trucks had made a path. After crawling through to the end of the trail we turned around to leave. When we got back to the mud hole i asked my bud in the passenger seat if he thought i could make it through the shallow side of the hole since he had been through it in his jeep about a year ago, he said yep so without hesitating i drove into the mud. The second my back tires left solid ground i stopped moving.
It ended up taking three jeeps, two winches, and five hours to free my truck from the muck. Oh and by the time we freed my truck the mud had begun to freeze over. Not the most fun night but it was a lesson learned and another memory made between friends. After cleaning up and running around town it doesn't seem anything has torn up on the truck. Lucky me!
After looking everything over the ruts had to have been made by something with at least 38'' to tear it up since my friend had been there with his 31''