self extracting from mud without a winch

[corax]

I saw this while randomly trying not to go stir crazy and thought I'd share, just another tool in the mental arsenal

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/02/howto-get-a-tractor.html

 

[zidaro]

Nice, outta the box with a perfect outcome.

 

[Ash]

Who needs Maxtrax when you have a stick! :sombrero:

 

[TwoTrack]

They had done that before

 

[Mamontof]

They had done that before

As many others too

Even attach to 2 wheel drive car make unbelievable performance in mud

 

[Mukiwa]

A friend of mine was stuck in a mud hole in the middle of the bush with just himself a rope and a chansaw. He tied a rope 20ft up the tree with a few feet of slack then put his jeep in neutral and cut the tree down away from the jeep. I personaly would prefer using my winch but anything that works works for me!!

 

[fasteddy47]

Farmers = Ingenuity!!

That was slick....

 

[Tumbleweed]

Many military manuals from the 40-50's show this concept for getting unstuck. Many military vehicles of that era had holes in heavy metal end caps on the axles for that reason.

 

[Northern_Touch]

Theres also the reel method where you wrap a strap around a drive wheel and tie the other end to a tree,rock,large immovable object. Some of the VW iltis even had a little hub on the wheels for just that purpose. Anyways with a little luck you giver a little gas and the strap locks tight around the wheel turning the wheel into a reel of sorts pulling you out of the hole.

 

[Master-o-Turbonics]

check out this wheel winch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4cKc4FKSM