First off, we took the trails deep in the woods where ATVs and dirtbikes run and the foliage was dense enough that the ground hadn't dried out completely from Wednesday's rain. If we had stayed in the trails that connected campsites, we wouldn't have had any issues.
Basically Moose's stock tires and my ATs were no match for one spot before lunch. Neither of us have lockers (at least installed...i'm so stupid...) so we both got our wheels stuck in ruts that we just couldn't get out of.
Moose was leading and made it pretty well through one spot, but to avoid a tree, his tires slipped in a hole. He lost momentum, and no matter what we tried, he couldn't get over a hump to get three tires with traction. I tried another trail around him so that I could give him a pull out, but a group of 4wheelers came blasting through. I lost the necessary momentum and no matter what I tried I kept slipping into a hole that I didnt want to be in. My passenger front tire was deep in a rut, my passenger rear was 6 inches from another hole and I was off camber pretty bad.
I was setting up my hi -lift as a winch and Eddo somehow got Moose unstuck. He pulled around to give me a tug. But since my front tires were unable to turn and Eddo was pulling on an angle, the shoulder of the passenger front tire stayed in place while my Jeep started to roll. Luckily he let off the throttle and I came back down. He readjusted the tow direction and shortened the pull (doubled my 30' twice = 7.5' strap length) and got me out.
It took us about an hour and half to get around that mess. But sorry, no pictures of either, we were all just thinking of ways to get each other out.
Here are a couple shots:
Brookville lake on the way to Haspin via Oxford.
Some shots leading to our stuck spots.
Lunch.
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