I'm sitting home a little after 7pm and my cell rings... Its my friend Jim, whose Cherokee XJ we lifted @ my house a few weeks ago (4" lift kit with 33x12.5). He was wheeling alone (his buddy Mike riding shotgun) and tried to traverse a 35' mud hole and got stuck. He was trying to get out for an hour and had pretty much high centered his rig, and was asking for help.. He tried lifting his rig with his high lift and digging out but the water was 32F and he was wearing sneakers.. Needless to say he was cold... I grab my recovery kit (40,000lb tow strap, shackles, shovels, and 2 come alongs and head out.. When I find the entrance to where he is I see it is being actively logged. The ground is very muddy with deep one foot ruts everywhere.. I call Jim's cell to get directions as I didn't want to be driving around looking for him with the potential of getting stuck myself. Anyway I drive 1/2 way in and stop at a 30' long puddle about a foot deep.. By this time Jim has found me and confirmed the puddle was no problem so I go through it.. I pick up Jim and Mike and head back to his Cherokee.
Here is Jim rigging up a tow strap. The water is about 2 feet deep and has started to come in through the front doors.
Unfortunately the only place to pull him from is on a hill... the other ground is way to mushy as we are right next to a river.. The locals call this "Mud Road" . Anyway we hooked up a few tow straps and gave it a go.. Actually it was a no go Jim was way to stuck and with me trying to pull uphill in mud was just not working.. I would let the yank strap have a few feet of slack and then really yank it, but my tires would just spin once the slack was gone... In the pic below you can see the deep ruts I made trying to yank him out.. I then whipped out my handy dandy 4 ton Ebay special come along and began to pull him out.. At first it was actually working, but the puller started bending its spool (you get what you pay for).. After trying for several hours we decided to leave it and come back in the morning...
The next morning we can actually see
Here is Jim rigging up a tow strap. The water is about 2 feet deep and has started to come in through the front doors.
Unfortunately the only place to pull him from is on a hill... the other ground is way to mushy as we are right next to a river.. The locals call this "Mud Road" . Anyway we hooked up a few tow straps and gave it a go.. Actually it was a no go Jim was way to stuck and with me trying to pull uphill in mud was just not working.. I would let the yank strap have a few feet of slack and then really yank it, but my tires would just spin once the slack was gone... In the pic below you can see the deep ruts I made trying to yank him out.. I then whipped out my handy dandy 4 ton Ebay special come along and began to pull him out.. At first it was actually working, but the puller started bending its spool (you get what you pay for).. After trying for several hours we decided to leave it and come back in the morning...
The next morning we can actually see