Need help... stuck in the mud near intersection of Uzzle/Moriah Roads, Rougemont

WarriorMom

WarriorMom

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Need help getting my F350 Diesel crew cab, long bed out of the mud... Yeah, it's dug in pretty good. Gonna need a jack, some material to put in or over the nice deep ruts where the tires are currently sitting, maybe a compressor and some pvc piping to use to break the mud seal (not sure), etc. etc. Oh, and the batteries are no doubt dead because, yes that is just one more thing that could go wrong (I have a brick to charge the batteries).

Two vehicles tried to haul her out and all we ended up with were broken tow straps and a lot of frustration (mostly mine...) I've waited for it to dry up a bit before another attempt, but clearly it will be summer before that happens. A heavy duty electric winch might work or a come-along with a pulley to multiple pulling capacity once the truck is jacked and the ruts filled in. It's about 4 foot from solid ground (or where the other tow vehicles that tried to get it out were). I have a tow chain with 5600 lb. capacity but nothing is gonna happen until the side steps aren't resting on the ground. She is sitting on my private property in pasture land... looks can be deceiving. I stopped to lock the hubs and she sunk just enough. With street tires, and pretty bald at that, it was all bad.

So if you've read this far, you're either laughing out loud or feeling a bit of sympathy, maybe both. But remember, if you venture off road, chances are you've gotten stuck at one time or another. If you haven't, you've been lucky. You're day is coming and it might be me that comes and hauls you out!

If you think you can free my truck before she sinks to China or rusts where she sits, please reply. Happy to compensate for your time and trouble. Located near the intersection of Uzzle and Moriah roads in Rougemont (near Berea).
 
It's seems its going to take a hell of a machine to pull your F350 out.......
 
Lee said:
I live off of range rd. I can get you out if you still need help. I have a one ton dodge on 37s with a 12k winch.

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She's buried pretty good. I still need help and will arrange my schedule to your convenience. Let me know some days / times that would work for you and we'll confirm. I live in Wake Forest so need travel time to get up there when it's convenient for you.
 
criket said:
It's seems its going to take a hell of a machine to pull your F350 out.......
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It's not the pulling that worries me, it's the digging first. Side steps are resting nicely on the ground and everything in front of the truck was a bog. It'll come right out if we could go forward, but with the street rigs that tried to yank her before, going backward was the only option. I'm hoping Lee's rig will get it done.
 
I'd help if i were closer. maybe you could post some pics for us to laugh at.....err...gauge the severity of the situation and figure out what is really gonna be needed.
 
Reid said:
I'd help if i were closer. maybe you could post some pics for us to laugh at.....err...gauge the severity of the situation and figure out what is really gonna be needed.
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So it's gonna be like that, huh? Why just pictures? Let's do a video so you can hear me weeping in the background! Hmmpff... maybe I need to up the ante with a bonfire and some entertainment? There's a pond and it wouldn't take much to create a nice big mud hole.... Dang, if the weather was better, I'd throw a party! :bounce: Hopefully, she won't be too bad off. I've got a nagging feeling she's been vandalized...
 
WarriorMom said:
She is sitting on my private property in pasture land... looks can be deceiving.
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Reid said:
i take it this isnt on private property then? that might add some complication to getting help.
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Its impossible to keep people off your property, especially if it isn't where your residence is, so vandalism isn't a shocker, even on your own property.
 
http://goo.gl/maps/5smqD

for any one considering going. this should give you an idea of where the stuck is. maybe warriormom can pin point the direction of pull that is needed and where the best place to lock down the extraction vehicle.

ive got a feeling she is gonna need a five ton. when i responded to a stuck in kernersville in a similar situation...thats what it took. guy was burried up to the frame. it ripped the rear Ubolts out due to the muds grip on the undercarriage and sent the axle flopping. it took a 5 ton truck and a 20k winch to get him out. and that was in a jeep, not an F350!

this is probably gonna take some creative extraction skills.
 
Yes, she is stuck pretty good and pretty deep - side steps resting on the ground though she is stock so reg tires and springs. An air compressor and pvc piping to break any mud seals would be good (which requires a generator to run the power for the compressor all of which I have but can't transport), or maybe a dang fire hose to really get the mud pit going. We can turn her into a boat and float her out.... She is on private property, not visible from the road, which is good and bad... if you don't know she is there you won't see her, if you do know she's there you can vandalize and no-one will see you. There is a local farmer right near the property who has a big tractor (cause the one the guy next door tried to use was on the smaller side and it dang near flipped over on him when he tried to pull her out) but I'm not local to that area. Lee is local and probably knows Dr. Cherry, who has the big tractor. The one thing I don't have is my truck to haul all the crap I need to the farm so I can get my truck out of the mud.... A frustrating Catch 22. I'm fine going old school and doing the prep to break any mud seals, jack her up and fill the ruts, etc. Just can't get the stuff I need to do all that there without, oh yeah, MY TRUCK. The weather hasn't been cooperating either.

The map Reid linked is close, but my skills are non existent in Chinese, which is what the language switches too whenever I use Google. I've uploaded a map in pdf and a couple of pics. The erased part of the pixels is just about where the truck is and gives an idea about the ground. The truck is just the truck in better days and also shows what the ground is like.
 

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