Team EnigmaGPS Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 i think i need bigger tires.... doing a hunt up near Savona on Dec. 23 for a tag in "Performance Driven Cache". i know we all love to share in each others mishaps..so figured i'd send a photo. The turck got off track, and girlfriend and i hiked out 7.5 km (after the 10 km round trip to the tag i had already done), before the towtruck got there. He made it in all of 130 meters from where the road was no longer cleared. Thnak you to the GPS gods for having a logging skidder working nearby, and a guy who was willing to help us out. Those things make one hell of a back country towtruck!!!!! i highly recommend every team get one for back country travel Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Now that is a stuck truck. I have never been rescued by heavy machinery. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 (edited) 1) Buy some chains $100 for proper V-link cam lock. $60 for cable style. 2) Buy a shovel, $15 3) If you are serious, a high lift jack, $80 You can get yourself out of any snow stuck with the above. I wheel off road in the winter all the time. Another important thing to know, is the lower the tire pressure, the better the traction. Street pressure to 15 psi will double traction, 10 psi will double again, when you get to 6 you can not be stopped.... Just be careful in the turns. Edited January 8, 2004 by Red90 Quote Link to comment
+Dagg Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 ooops! We need a pub night soon, ahhh the stories Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 1) Buy some chains $100 for proper V-link cam lock. $60 for cable style.2) Buy a shovel, $15 3) If you are serious, a high lift jack, $80 You can get yourself out of any snow stuck with the above. I wheel off road in the winter all the time. Another important thing to know, is the lower the tire pressure, the better the traction. Street pressure to 15 psi will double traction, 10 psi will double again, when you get to 6 you can not be stopped.... Just be careful in the turns. A 12V compressor or power pack is nice when you want to air up. Red90, is that the back end of a FJ45 in your avatar? Quote Link to comment
+Capitalpete Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Well, they say that you have never really been offroading unless you have gotten stuck. Needing heavy machinery? Well stuck........ Nice job guys, glad you were safe. Nice thing about having the GPS, is you exactly WHERE you are stuck! Quote Link to comment
+ZoomZoom Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I got stuck once! Let's see... oh yeah! in traffic. Joking aside, in northern Ontario I got stuck on a sand bar in Lake Superior late one night, next day someone I knew with a skidder came and pulled me out. Wish I had a picture of that as I had a canoe on my rack at the time. Then there was this time I spent all night in the bush unstucking myself out of a mudhole. Then there was this other time... Quote Link to comment
nomaddante Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Zoom zoom...please don't let that last sentance finish with "... i was at bandcamp" Quote Link to comment
+ZoomZoom Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 ...I got stuck on the biggest boulder crossing a river, ended up with a bent drive shaft. Once I made it back to the highway I took the drive shaft off and drove home with only the front drive. Man my arms ever got tired from counter steering all the way. Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 What were you driving? Quote Link to comment
+ZoomZoom Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Back then I had a 1978 Jeep J10 pick-up. Wish I still had it but I total it when I rolled it and landed on the beach facing some fishermen in a boat, more or less. Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I drove one of those when I was a skeeter killer for the health department. Nice rigs. I buried mine in a "dry" Plya, broke through a 3" crust to mud. Took a 1 ton ford and a toyota SR5 to get me out. The sweet thing is I was on the clock. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Red90, is that the back end of a FJ45 in your avatar? Landrover Defender 90 Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Can you have tire chains in BC? Ontario you can't..... Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 (edited) Well, yes. But there is no real need to use them on the road, or at least it is quite rare. Highways have chain up and chain off areas around major hills. You'll like this regulation: National Parks Regs "SNOW TIRES AND CHAINS 40. (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle (a) on any highway in Mount Revelstoke National Park, Glacier National Park or Yoho National Park, ( on the Icefield Parkway in Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, © on the Banff-Windermere Highway in Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park, or (d) on any other highway in Banff National Park, Jasper National Park or Kootenay National Park that has been designated by the superintendent by means of a notice prominently posted or displayed on any such highway during the period between November 1 to March 31 or any other period during which the highway is covered with snow or ice unless adequate snow tires or tire chains have been installed on the motor vehicle. SOR/90-79, ss. 16, 25(F); SOR/91-375, s. 3(E)." That is funny as hell. Probably less than 1% of motorists have "adequate snow tires". Edited January 9, 2004 by Red90 Quote Link to comment
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