This actually happened this weekend.
We took our camper and Ranger on it first voyage and went to the IXCR race just outside Bedford Indiana. On Saturday it rained and turned everything to mud and trucks were stuck all over the place. I hate mud on my ranger but we took it for a drive and ran up on a F150 that was stuck and another F150 was trying to pull it out but couldn't. I was asked if I thought I could pull him out and I said I doubt it but I will try. The ranger not only pulled them both out but it drug one of them for about 2 hundred yards before the guy got it out of park. I was really amazed at what it did so after a few more beverages we got asked to pull another truck out. I thought OK so we headed over and saw what they had stuck!!!
This one was a joke and no way I could do it but I wanted to try any way. It was a big dually with a 24 foot enclosed trailer on it and it was stuck and sliding toward a motorhome. There was another crew ranger there with bald tires and I had him hook on to the side of the trailer and pull it away from the motorhome while I pulled on the truck from the front at a 60m degree angle to keep it away from the motorhome while still pulling. I found a spot in the mud where it was solid rock about 3 inch down and used enough strap to get to that place. I left about a foot of slack in the strap and told the driver to just lightly spin his tires on the truck and if we started moving do not stop. I hit the end of the strap and I heard the ranger pull down as I fed it throttle. With a large drunk crowd of hecklers and supporters watching , the ranger pulled that freaken rig right out and up the hill. I could not believe it and the entire crowd cheered with dis belief also. I ended up pulling two more trucks out before the night was over and although I hate mud, I had a blast doing it.
Now for the bad news, Sunday we got up and headed to watch my buddies son race and I noticed a little vibration, just about that time another guy pulled up beside me and asked me if I knew I had a bend left rear axle
Looks like I will be making a purchase for 2 rear axles for it. I know there were several people videoing the pull on the dually and I hope someone can find it and post it.
We took our camper and Ranger on it first voyage and went to the IXCR race just outside Bedford Indiana. On Saturday it rained and turned everything to mud and trucks were stuck all over the place. I hate mud on my ranger but we took it for a drive and ran up on a F150 that was stuck and another F150 was trying to pull it out but couldn't. I was asked if I thought I could pull him out and I said I doubt it but I will try. The ranger not only pulled them both out but it drug one of them for about 2 hundred yards before the guy got it out of park. I was really amazed at what it did so after a few more beverages we got asked to pull another truck out. I thought OK so we headed over and saw what they had stuck!!!
This one was a joke and no way I could do it but I wanted to try any way. It was a big dually with a 24 foot enclosed trailer on it and it was stuck and sliding toward a motorhome. There was another crew ranger there with bald tires and I had him hook on to the side of the trailer and pull it away from the motorhome while I pulled on the truck from the front at a 60m degree angle to keep it away from the motorhome while still pulling. I found a spot in the mud where it was solid rock about 3 inch down and used enough strap to get to that place. I left about a foot of slack in the strap and told the driver to just lightly spin his tires on the truck and if we started moving do not stop. I hit the end of the strap and I heard the ranger pull down as I fed it throttle. With a large drunk crowd of hecklers and supporters watching , the ranger pulled that freaken rig right out and up the hill. I could not believe it and the entire crowd cheered with dis belief also. I ended up pulling two more trucks out before the night was over and although I hate mud, I had a blast doing it.
Now for the bad news, Sunday we got up and headed to watch my buddies son race and I noticed a little vibration, just about that time another guy pulled up beside me and asked me if I knew I had a bend left rear axle
Looks like I will be making a purchase for 2 rear axles for it. I know there were several people videoing the pull on the dually and I hope someone can find it and post it.
