Yesterday I was out in the desert, found an open area with some standing water. I started out in 4wd & then switched to 2wd...played around & went on my way.
Today, my friend says we should go back out there & have some fun. COOL!
We get out to where I was, there is a bit more water because it had rainned this morning & lastnight. I decided to just try it in 2wd to begin with. I got about 20 feet & started to sink & slow way down...kept the gas on & flipped to 4wd...not fast enough
I try 4lo & rockin it out, not a thing.
I piled some rocks around all tires, nodda.
SO, I called my dad to bring his old tow rope & come get me. He hooked up his rope & another guy's strap (he stopped there too) & began to pull...rope ripped in half, too old I guess.
SO, I call Action Towing. 40 minutes later they arrive. Hydraulics on the thing ain't workin. By this time I've talked to 3 different cars of people that'd stopped to see what in the hell I'd done. (I've got AWESOME stories from these dudes I'll add at the end of this)
SO, I call Bogart's Towing...what do ya know, he's WAY south of town...1:30 away
...couldn't get ahold of nobody else that would come get me so I said come on out.
Couple of Jeep guys that were watching the broken tow truck came over after the tow truck left & tried to pull me out. 1 winch on 1 tow hook, 1 chain on the other tow hook...2 jeeps pulling, NOT A THING.
Their buddy in a whtie mid 90s Chevy 2500 comes back with his tow strap & we hook it up rear-to-rear & he starts to pull. Strap breaks.
We hook up 2 chains & a strap & he FINALLY gets me up outta my ruts enough so I just gun it in reverse & back out.
WHEWIE!
Chevy that pulled me outJeep on the left was chained to me, Jeep on the right (who broke BOTH U joints) was winchin meAND here is my babyRight exhaust pipe was under water (water was like 4-6" deep, 6-10" of CLAY)...thank GOD I had a SI/DO muffler
20 seconds of offroading, 3 hours of waitin...HELL of a lot of fun.
OH YEAH, the guy in the green Jeep, he is the nephew of the man my dad sold his old Jeep truck too...this guy was younger than I am right now (19) when he sold that Jeep truck.
Side Story 1:Dude said he was settin up on the mud, couldnt get a truck in there to tow him out without bustin stuff up...SO with his front & rear winches he pulled him self up a tree & built a bridge under his long bed 78 Chevy to get out
Side Story 2:Man said be bought a 65 CJ in 64, got stuck in an Arkansas river in 65 & had to be towed out sideways.
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e371/CrAz3DxL/Rest of my few pics