How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
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justice
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How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
I have a ban hammer and I ain't fraid to use it!
Current - 2004 Astro Cargo
Former
95 Safari (money pit - sold)
93 Astro Cargo (totaled)
85 Astro - (Bought for parts and scrapped)
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Current - 2004 Astro Cargo
Former
95 Safari (money pit - sold)
93 Astro Cargo (totaled)
85 Astro - (Bought for parts and scrapped)
92 Astro Conversion (sold)
87 Safari Shorty (sold)
Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
Turned that JEEP into a "trailer queen" at least for the ride home... TOO FUNNY. Jim
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T.Low
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ihatemybike
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Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
The whole video made the rounds on the Jeep sites a couple months back. Ridiculous yanking not in line with the stuck vehicle done by a diesel dually. Pretty much everyone thinks the owner of the Jeep got what was coming to him. Should have been smarter with the extraction.
Aaron
2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
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2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
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T.Low
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Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
My general rule of thumb is that a forward pull generally exceeds the capacity of the vehicle. I would prefer to be yanked backwards thru my own tracks instead of forward thru the stuff my truck couldn't go thru in the first place.
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kings-x59
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Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
I guess it never occurred to the bonehead in the dually to take up the slack in the two strap slowly...
Nah, I'll just yank it out like a wine bottle cork, oops.
Nah, I'll just yank it out like a wine bottle cork, oops.
'89 Astro, 4.3L, TBI. Minor intake and exhaust mods. Rebuilt 700R4 trans (by me). Corvette servo, 0.5" boost valve, police grade 1-2 accumulator spring (shifts fast and solid). B&M stacked plate trans cooler. Bilstein shocks. Belltech sway bars front and back. New head unit, speakers and subwoofer. Needs paint and a new headliner.
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
That was the dumbest thing I have seen in a long time. Get the wheels spinning on the jeep in the direction you want to go and then put a winch to the front of it. If you jerk a line like that something is going to snap no matter what you were pulling. I agree with Tom thou if you can get pulled back out that is usually alot easier on the equipment. you just don't want to be the last guy in the line to try the hole because then it is all chewed out by your buddies and there is no one behind you to pull you back.
1999 Safari Touring edition.
trailer tow pack with a 3:73 posi
Bucket bench seats, Rear heat, Rear Airconditioning.
teal green
300 000 kms
AirRide air bags in the rear to fix soft stock suspension.
Onboard aircompressor to make it all work nice.
trailer tow pack with a 3:73 posi
Bucket bench seats, Rear heat, Rear Airconditioning.
teal green
300 000 kms
AirRide air bags in the rear to fix soft stock suspension.
Onboard aircompressor to make it all work nice.
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Smiliesafari
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Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
I don't get the mud thing. #-o I hope his wife beat him bloody. 
1996 Safari SLX Hotair balloon transport vehicle
Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
T.Low wrote:My general rule of thumb is that a forward pull generally exceeds the capacity of the vehicle. I would prefer to be yanked backwards thru my own tracks instead of forward thru the stuff my truck couldn't go thru in the first place.
Married life DOES come with wisdom EH!?
heheh - was that a bad joke?
I agree.
Also I have not welded in my front hooks yet so I only have the hitch in the rear to get me out of trouble >.<
97' Safari AWD SLT - Nicknamed "Princess" cause of all the TLC she begs from me!
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"
Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
I like how they did a slow motion for all the retards that didn't see what happened
the first time #-o
When in doubt get the tractor out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9swSa6 ... re=channel
the first time #-o
When in doubt get the tractor out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9swSa6 ... re=channel
90 Astro Cargo V-8
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
Re: How not to get your Jeep out of the mud....
LOL I like that! Thanks for the post!
But the question will be if there is a tractor around when you need one
97' Safari AWD SLT - Nicknamed "Princess" cause of all the TLC she begs from me!
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"