Low Tech Ways of Getting Your Vehicle Unstuck

[patocazador]

The first one is sort of low tech but I wonder if it will throw the vehicle out of alignment:

http://www.alloutdoor.com/2016/02/11/this-winch-is-powered-by-your-vehicles-wheels-video/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=2016-02-13&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter


The second way is really low tech .. maybe no-tech. This is from a series of videos by a Norwegian guy. He's a little hard to understand but not if you're from Minnesota:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNkmH3R9u70

 

[Smokin' Joe]

On video <a href='/tags/2' rel='nofollow' title='See all tagged subjects with: #2'>#2</a>....I've never seen that before.  Something to keep in the back of my mind for sure.

 

[patocazador]

I knew you would understand him, Joe. :lol:

 

[Smokin' Joe]

Let's see....hmm, which way did those sticks go again???? ...

 

[Muley Hunter]

Way easier to have a Jeep with real offroad tires. I can't believe where he got stuck.

 

[Okie Hog]

The lighter the vehicle the easier it is to unstick. That's one reason i like my old Toyota pickup; it weighs 3,500 pounds.

 

[Whokalouie]

The lighter the vehicle the easier it is to unstick.  That's one reason i like my old Toyota pickup; it weighs 3,500 pounds.        

My thoughts too, that is why my back country rig is a six cylinder '68 Bronco. Plus it turns on a dime.

John

 

[Okie Hog]

My thoughts too, that is why my back country rig is a six cylinder '68 Bronco.

Those old Broncos are about as good as it gets.

 

[exMember]

Not easy to get a jeep unstuck when its laying on the driver side door and high centered on the tranny skid plate

Personally, I think that the lighter weight jeeps/trucks are the worse because they just sit on top of whatever and spin. My jeep is horrible on snow packed roads.

 

[patocazador]

My 1st 4wd vehicle was a '69 Bronco. It had limited-slip front & rear. I thought at the time that a 4wd was impossible to stick. I don't know how many time I stuck that thing but it was a lot.

I also never realized how easy it was to turn one of them over until I was side-hilling one day.

I eventually learned everything is able to get stuck.

 

[Whokalouie]

Not easy to get a jeep unstuck when its laying on the driver side door and high centered on the tranny skid plate

Personally, I think that the lighter weight jeeps/trucks are the worse because they just sit on top of whatever and spin. My jeep is horrible on snow packed roads.

On ice covered back mountain roads I have went around many that could not keep going. Most had wide tires which meant less PSI footprint. I run the old narrow 6 ply 6.70 casings with caps, never had a failure. I doubt they have ever exceeded 45MPH or 25 miles on blacktop.

John

 

[exMember]

true, lowing tire pressure would help. Mine runs 235/75r15s @35psi.

 

[Okie Hog]

Glad this subject came up. Reminded me to check my truck winch: Yep, it did not work. After cleaning some electircal contacts it works great.

 

[Muley Hunter]

Not easy to get a jeep unstuck when its laying on the driver side door and high centered on the tranny skid plate

Personally, I think that the lighter weight jeeps/trucks are the worse because they just sit on top of whatever and spin. My jeep is horrible on snow packed roads.

It's your tires. I blow by every heavy SUV/truck in the snow.

 

[patocazador]

I had a set of tires on my Fiat 500 back in 1962 made by Pirelli called Inviernos (or something like that). They were narrow to allow the light weight of the vehicle to exert its weight downward to go through soft snow or mud. Half-way up the tire was a ledge on both sides that had aggressive X-ribs to grab the stuff to the side. I drove through a blizzard from Rochester, NY through Cleveland and then northern Indiana to South Bend. Many large cars (Lincolns, Cadillacs, etc.) were off the road in the ditch. I just putted on through with few problems.