Box Rocket
SILVER Star
One other experience with a mud recovery. Buried the 80 to the frame in thick, concrete like silt. Several attempts to snatch recover couldn't even budge the truck. A recovery from the rear was unsuccessful. The other truck that was with me did not have a winch so we didn't want to send them around me and risk getting them stuck as well. There was nothing to hook a winch to for a front recovery and we sat in the riverbed for almost 3 hours before another vehicle happened to come along on the opposite bank in front of us. We flagged them down and asked to use their truck as a winch anchor. A bit of digging to give the front tires some room to climb rather that plow the mud and the 9500lb ComeUp popped the truck out easily with a straight line pull.
Mud recoveries can definitely be harder pulls than rock crawling recoveries because of the suction and resistance in the mud. This is why having a pulley block (or two) for a double or even triple line pull can be very valuable. Having quality recovery gear (not cheap amazon Chinese knockoffs) that are rated correctly is also important.
IMG_6908 by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
IMG_6907 by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
IMG_6918 by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Mud recoveries can definitely be harder pulls than rock crawling recoveries because of the suction and resistance in the mud. This is why having a pulley block (or two) for a double or even triple line pull can be very valuable. Having quality recovery gear (not cheap amazon Chinese knockoffs) that are rated correctly is also important.
IMG_6908 by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
IMG_6907 by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
IMG_6918 by Adam Tolman, on Flickr