Posted by Bill VA on February 27, 2016 at 09:24:02 from (216.24.79.193):
Me and the boys went out EARLY this morning while everything was frozen to cut a jag of firewood. Had a few what can go wrong can go wrong delays and the ground started to begin thawing.
Along the road we have into a section of woods, it has always been a little damp as it is at the bottom of a hill and flat a but NEVER had any trouble going through, even if it's raining. Not so today. Recently we clear cut the hill side above the road and the runoff goes straight to this section of the road. Before I realized what I was dealing with - bam - stuck and no 4x4 was going through it, including mine!
Hiked back to the tractor shed and got the JD and chains. Pulled alongside my stuck jeep (we use a jeep with trailer for hauling wood) far enough up hill where it was solid and yanked the jeep and trailer out of the mud - no problem.
Never encountered quick - quick sand type mud with no apparent bottom as long as I've been driving off road. Today was a first! Once I started spinning, I knew I wasn't getting out - so I quickly shut down the jeep - rather than bury it to the frame and make matters worse.
I've seen plenty of pictures over the years of farm tractors up to the frame, even 4x4 models in fields while plowing.
Didn't get any wood, but definitely had a teaching moment with my boys. First hand experience with quick, bottomless mud, second, 4x4's are not invincible and can be stuck. Third, once you atart spinning - stop or you can make matters worse.
Anyone had a similar experience? What did you get stuck and how did you get it unstuck?
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