Darwin Award

Mutt · **Posted:** Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:56 pm

Friday my Powertrax came UPS from 1CalKid.

Saturday, I didn't install the locker due to a:

My buddy called about 11 p.m., so we went out and did a little wheeling.

A little different line lead to this:

A truck with very large tires must have come through here after the last time I was here. This is a 31x10.50 stuck in about 40" of mud and water and yes it's extended all the way down. Just freewheeling in the water:

Plenty of traction over here, too bad my locker is sitting on the mantle instead of in my rearend:

The drivers side rear and passenger side front wheel would have made a paddle boat proud. The poor KJ was hopelessly stuck:

Oh yeah, I broke the cardinal rule and was out wheeling by myself. Over confident at how easy this mud was last weekend. After walking out, searching for cell phone service, we finally had a friend pick us up.

Three trucks, two ATVs, a shovel, three tow straps and ten and one half hours later the Liberty was extricated. Yeah, we got stuck about midnight. I haven't been to sleep in over twenty four hours and I still have to clean the KJ.

I think I'm going to stick to rock crawling and give up on this mud thing.........

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

Yikes! Add changing your diff fluid ASAP to your list of things to do.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:54 pm

Skyjump136 wrote:

Yikes! Add changing your diff fluid ASAP to your list of things to do.

Should be just fine, I would be sure to check them though. The vent tubes should be higher than that.

DaveKJ02 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:59 pm

Water can enter from the ends. Swap the fluid.

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:35 pm

I just love this picture

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:55 pm

yea but, I bet Mutt is not to happy about it......

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:20 pm

propally not too happy at all.
Sitting in the woods with 1 good stuck KJ and lockers at home.

I vote not happy

Mutt · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:49 pm

Believe it or not, I'm happy about the whole thing.......at one point I thought we'd have to helicopter it out!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:48 pm

I used to wheel alone alot with my '84 F-150 in highschool,it sucks waiting for someone to come and pull you out(that was the days before cell phones to).Some really good stuck pics,should send them to 4wheeler mag or offroad mag.

LostRenegade · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:38 pm

I know how that goes. I got stuck a week before I put my powertrax in. It does no good to the Jeep is it is still sitting in the box.

I high centered mine going over a sand berm.

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

DaveKJ02 wrote:

Water can enter from the ends. Swap the fluid.

Exactly. I don't care how good your seals are. If it has been sitting submerged you most likely have water in your fluid.

dog_party · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:44 am

Wow! That's some STUCK Mutt! Glad to hear you didn't have to call in the Coast Guard to 'copter you out.

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:59 am

LOL yea it would look like they were trying to air lift a cow that fell off a cliff....

jake105 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:22 pm

My wife and I used to go rockhounding a lot by ourselves. No mud, but I got high centered really bad one time and went through the same senario. It wasn't as difficult to get it unstuck but I walked for hours to get cell service and get back to the vehicle. We spent the night in the Jeep until help came the next morning. Never again. The wife makes sure of that.

Mutt · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:58 pm

dog_party wrote:

Wow! That's some STUCK Mutt! Glad to hear you didn't have to call in the Coast Guard to 'copter you out.

That would be rather embarrassing.................as that is where I work.

4wdParakeet · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:35 pm

Mutt feel better about the whole thing buy looking at the big picture. The Darwin Awards are for cases of death by stupidmule not injury by idiocy.
Injury being stuck like chuck in this case. Me and my buddy have come to an understanding.... We don't go wheeling by ourselves, but if the urge shall overcome our pea sized shread of common sense, we will come to his aid only point and laugh at every possible moment.

Parakeet

P.S. Gotta love the Frankenlift huh Mutt.

KJ04 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:34 pm

Mutt,
don't fool yourself thinking you won't get stuck with a locker. I've been stuck with a Detroit True Trac in the front and Power Trax in the rear and high centered a few times. A winch is your friend to the rescue, when no ones around!

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